There is a place on a map called Euless Texas, rules include naming your truck after a long dead lady country star, who went to jail when she said she robbed that liquor store out on 183rd, but sang Aretha Franklin like a songbook, after five straight-up Red Eagles, looked at herself in the mirror, [...]
Also tagged aretha franklin, country, drinking, poetry, red eagleIs Molly actually cross-eyed?, heavy water carried in the bottom, nothing thoughts in the top, steals a cigarette as the Fort-Worth stripper girl gives it away for free, & me sipping scotch Johnny Walker Red, someone has lost their mama, someone has lost their way, sweatshirt closet gay tells his TXT buddy he won’t have [...]
Also tagged butt, cross-eyed, poetry, strippers, txtOn January 6, 2010, I read at Barnes ‘N Noble Santa Monica. I read five pieces: “Wickedly wet liver…”, “Is Molly actually cross-eyed?…”, “There is a place on a map called Euless Texas…”, “Is it possible to write a clever country song about A.I.D.S.?…” and “Running like hell The El kicks out trash & dust [...]
Also tagged chicago, cross-eyed, drinking, poetry, safety, videoOn December 16, 2009, I read at Velvet Guerilla Cabaret, Michael Slobotzky’s reading at Unurban Coffeehouse in Santa Monica, CA. I read four pieces: “I wonder how Baltimore is…”, “Davi come on!…”, “The hate in the mirror is bait…” and “Broken arm summer…” Please visit www.adambresson.org for more poetry and writing. Hope you enjoy!
Also tagged baltimore, body, divorce, poetry, self, videoStricken, caustic city rained on & rotted insides as overnight in Dallas became horizons & light
And you were so beautiful in the haze & disaster of the evening slumped on your suitcase
Sniffing the air & shuffling your feet as your muscles flexed & blended
Dallas is a disaster in the hopeless middle of the country, hollow [...]
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