Why do we willingly watch bad art? What pleasure possibly obtained from viewing William Hung’s savage evisceration of what little musicality remained in Ricky Martin’s opus major? Not once, but dozens and hundreds of viewings as the fabled excrescence was replayed across the land, revisited in American Idol retrospectives, and finally brought to life repeatedly …
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Valentine’s Day 2011
Alone and homesick among the masses In this rain-grimed city, bejeweled By bail bonds’ neon and carts of tear-streaked cans, I ponder love, without even the cloud-hidden Moon to palely reflect the warmth of your eyes, Smoldering, angry, sick with worry, Or smiling in my mirrored gaze. And I know, love is not a flower …
Hell’s Toilet
The towel I use to dry myself Smells of meat almost spoiled. Humid condensation leeches Brown ichor from wallpapered walls. Athwart an unsteady ignoble seat Ringed with grime and decay, I ponder the spider building his web, Then dash his life away. No small bird to peer within This dank windowless room, Sunk in miasma …
Driving on the Right
I drive on the right-hand side of the road. I do not do this because I believe that there is something inherently ‘better’ about riding to the right of oncoming traffic. I do confess that am habituated to this mode of driving, that it feels somehow more natural, but I do not doubt that if …
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