On June 27, 2009, I read at Barnes ‘N Noble Encino, Ron Dvorkin’s reading. I read two pieces: “Chicken by the pound put down…” and “Without battery automatic operated” Please visit www.adambresson.org for more poetry and writing. Hope you enjoy!
Also tagged death, drinking, fried chicken, poetry, ronWithout battery automatic operated
Ron rages on in the pushed together lips
And creased brow of a man waiting to scream
Whiskey-powered blood
Hidden in a flask that has scraped on it
The initials of his grandfather’s grandfather
Dvorski name carved out callously
Could have been Dvorak, Dorski, Dvorka
Would have been a disaster
That fallen son haunts you
To be reborn afterbirth wasn’t your [...]
If she’s immortal
I’ll take the dive
If she’s human
I’ll take that too
I want to have now
this table
these drinks
the stale smoke in the air
I want to crawl
into the wall
rest against the low hum
of the air conditioner ducts
and eyeball her lips blind
till the debris
layers a permanent
metallic taste
on my lips
drawing deep breaths
until the roof caves in
So we leave
calling each [...]
On August 30, 2008, I was invited to read a poem by Doug Dvorkin at Ron Dvorkin’s Barnes ‘N Noble reading. It was a special evening where over 30 poets read Doug’s poems. I read Doug Dvorkin’s poem “Christmas Eve At Denny’s…” Please visit www.adambresson.org for more poetry and writing. Hope you enjoy!
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