Philip Guichard was born in 1980 on the same day as Macaulay Culkin. He enjoys the musics of Thelonius Monk and Syd Barrett and lives in a basement in Seattle. He is quite happy, thank you, and enjoys mild pleasures like movies, making out, and hash. His favorite author is Vladimir Nabokov and his favorite poet is Arthur Rimbaud. If you write to him at Vsirin38@aol.com he will not respond, unless you pay or bribe him. His writings have appeared in The New York Press and The Stranger. This excerpt comprises the first ten pages of Daisy, a book which currently floats at around 80 pages but will soon (god and good drugs willing), when fleshed out, arranged, and combined with other assorted poems, will fill up a 200 pages book entitled Word Playground. Look for it at stores near you in the future.