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Yoda interviews Jack T. Marlowe |
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Yoda: So, a writer you are?
Jack: You talk funny.
Yoda: From Texas you are, and I talk funny?
Jack: Ever had a size 14 boot up your ass?
Yoda: Disrespectful you are. The Force is strong in you, but turned your back on the light, you have.
Jack: The dark side is more interesting.
Yoda: And dark your writing is. Why?
Jack: Too much caffeine and too little sleep. And too much exposure to the human race. Ever read a newspaper?
Yoda: Argue with that, I can not.
Jack: Exactly. And you can soak up more of my bad attitude at www.inkandblood.net.
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| 15 Mar 2008 |
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Poetry
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In Podcast and Chap-book
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anticlimax
the lightness
of his wallet
in the wake
of her footsteps
the heaviness
descending
upon his body
the lingering bouquet
of ripe vagina
with a hint
of dollar-store perfume
and the reeking duet
of pine and stale piss
the ventilator's
gentle breath
caressing
the top of his head
the hard plastic seat
embracing
his bare backside
the mocking echo
of an exchange
between strangers
a hasty coupling
of small words
and the stubborn
voice of obsession
that drove him there
the hot prospect
of anonymous sex
that once filled
his thoughts
the hot fluid
that now fills
his lungs
the cold reality
of the blade
fucking
his chest cavity
blood spurting
like his
now spent seed
onto the cold floor
of a men's room stall
wasted desire
consciousness
and black tar smoke
disappearing
like a thief--
or a thieving
junkie whore--
into the night
socratic method (jack's version)
when circumstance
gives you
a cup of hemlock
to drink
it doesn't really
matter
if it's half empty
or half full
does it?
you can
either take it
or not
and if you choose
to drink it
you'd better
ask yourself first
if you're
truly prepared
to swallow
the consequences.
tonsorial musings
another 24 hours
slip by, incognito
with nothing
noteworthy
in the realms
of pleasure or pain
no major wins
or losses
just piles
of bills and
cigarette
butts
growing faster
than
my hair
as i shed
these words
onto the page
sitting
in Death's
barber chair
fully
cognizant
that an
uneventful day
is most
probably
just another
close shave.
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Dave LaBounty's comments
i dug all of these (no surprise there) but i really liked "socratic method".
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27 Mar 2008
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