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“You need to imagine that you were sitting right there in Andy’s…”

You need to imagine that you were sitting right there in Andy’s
In a dark-in-the-corners & all-around smoky club in downtown Chicago
With your hand laying lazy like moonlight on the leg of a lady
Dressed up in lace & stiletto directions up from her feet
To the bottom of her skirt, hiding her black mesh stockings
Frilly skirt that [...]

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Adam Bresson Reading At Rapp Saloon (7/24/2009)

On July 24, 2009, I read at Rapp Saloon, a reading at the hostel in Santa Monica, CA. I read four pieces: “In waters it’s starting, Phoenix Best Western…”, “My baby likes soft rock, not no jazz…”, “You need to imagine that you were sitting right there in Andys…” and “Cigarette mouth tastes like trash [...]

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“Sickness & jazz strung out in North Beach, halo city not yet an angel…”

Sickness & jazz strung out in North Beach, halo city not yet an angel
Vagrant moonlight cast about & searching for shotgun dynamo
Seeing old ladies with holes punched through their skin, falling flatter
Teeth struggling to be kept in begging for beggars & for liars
And unable to connect to the street scene, being heard & being down
Sipping [...]

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Adam Bresson Reading At Horse Of Another Color (12/20/2007)

On December 20, 2007, I read at Horse Of Another Color, Peggy DoBreer’s reading at Venice Grind in Venice, CA. I read two pieces: “Her pink capri pants…” and “Sickness & jazz strung out in North Beach, halo city not yet an angel…” Please visit www.adambresson.org for more poetry and writing. Hope you enjoy!

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