[lit-ideas] Sunday Wotsit
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:46:16 -0800
the poet who was too nervous to read his own poetry had hair as big as houston
hair as big as al sharpton
hair that was really quite big
and beat
the poet who was too nervous to read his own poetry finally
got on with it
read
one
he described how miserable we humans are
how messed up we are
how wrong we are
the poet who was too nervous to read his own poetry stopped from time to time
in the middle of a line to tell us who first said what
so we'd not miss references
so we'd know that he knows lots about other writers
the poet who was too nervous to read his own poetry read a five page poem
really quite quickly
there being but a few words at the top of each page
then
rather than read more
he asked for questions
coming forward to where nine of us
could smell vodka
why someone asked do you lay things on the page the way you do
because
he said
after reflection about as long as a page of words
i want to
long
pause
interrupted by
are there any less hostile questions
we
thought
hard
someone raised a hand
how long did you work on that poem
pause
twenty months
oh
we thought
coincidence
that's about as long as we've been here
David Ritchie,
Portland,
Oregon------------------------------------------------------------------
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