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Eddie Kilowatt interviews himself |
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Q: What are you listening to?
A: Atlas by Battles off of Mirrored
Q: What would you rather be doing right now?
A: Regretting an abortion. Changed music to Built to Spill.
Q: What was the last book you read?
A: Raymond Carver's collected poems, All of Us. I like that guy.
Q: What's your latest epiphany?
A: I didn't leave soon enough. Now I'm listening to Gun Club.
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| 01 Mar 2008 |
Category: |
Poetry
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In Podcast and Chap-book
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going to see the surf god
as a boy
my best friend Matt
had a favorite Uncle Don.
Matt would tell me
stories about Uncle Don
that made him sound like a
superhuman surf god
born out of mythology and
living on Daytona Beach.
sometimes Matt would even
get a postcard in the mail
and he would read to me what
Don had written
as though he was relaying
a secret transmission
between spies.
one year over Christmas
Matt's family
went to visit Uncle Don.
When they got back
I went over to their house
to watch a movie and
sleep
over.
the movie was about to start
when I asked how visiting
Uncle Don had
went
Matt's dad crossed and uncrossed his legs, then
huffed and stood up,
walked in to the kitchen and
made a lot of noise
opening and closing
drawers.
Matt's sisters stared at the fireplace,
eating popcorn
one piece at a time.
Matt looked down at the carpet.
I looked between all of them
several times
while the fireplace popped.
Matt was picking at the carpet with his fingers.
I was about to ask again, when
Matt's mom said,
The hotel we stayed in was
very nice, wasn't it girls!
The girls murmured
something
Matt's dad walked through the room
wearing a jacket
with keys in his hand
and said he was going to shovel snow.
I didn't see him any more
that
night.
I never heard any more stories about
Uncle
Don
the boss's wife
We left his house
walking to the job site
but when we got there
he realized
he'd left the checkbook
at
home.
He called his wife
to say I'd be coming by
for the checkbook.
When I got there
the boss's wife
was wearing makeup and was
in a very good mood, with
two cups of tea
on the kitchen table.
I never
told my boss
about
that.
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