Fightin' Words with Laton Carter

Fightin' Words is back with Laton Carter, this month's featured poet. Be sure to check out "Mountains" in our brand-new October issue. And here, he gives the best one-word and one-name answers to our burning questions:

1. What you’re avoiding: laundry
2. Favorite Halloween costume: (box of) Cheerios
3. Superstition: Stevie Wonder
4. Sense of style: Scrabble
5. Friday the 13th: Thelonious Monk
6. Something that smells different than it tastes: candles
7. What you want: folded (laundry)
8. What embarrasses me: unfolded (laundry)