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David LaBounty interviews himself |
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q. Why are you interviewing yourself?
a. Because no one else will and I still think I'm interesting even though I'm broke, going bald, and gaining more weight. That and I really, really want my work in Beat the Dust.
q. Why Beat the Dust?
a. Because I'm a submission junkie. I write and I write and I submit and I submit because I crave attention, adoration, fame.
q. Are you famous?
a. Hell no.
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| 18 Nov 2007 |
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Poetry
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In Podcast and Chap-book
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there is more than one shot at redemption
there is Jesus
I see him with
my eyes shaped
like keyholes
and he is rags
and grease
and unkempt
hair and brown
eyes and brown,
brown skin
and he says
share and share
alike and be
kind and be gentle
he also says
each according to
his ability
each according
to his need
and well shit,
I say, that’s
like communism,
damn near
he shrugs
his shoulders
says maybe
and I tell
Him about
all my sins,
at least,
the ones
I committed
yesterday
and they
all had to
do with
coveting
something
and it wasn’t
my neighbor’s
wife but it
might have
been the
wife a few
doors down
there was that
and bud light
was on sale
at the grocery
store and I
robbed my
kid’s piggy
bank to pay for it
He pats me on
the head
His long
and dirty
fingernails
leave a trail
of remembrance
on my scalp
sin no more,
He says,
because if you do,
it’s eternal damnation
or Siberia
or maybe
more of the same.
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Anon's comments
I really enjoyed that......but Bud Light :-(
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25 Nov 2007
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