and isn’t this what you wanted? weren’t you assured that casting your vote would only ever change things for the better? did you just keep sucking whatever cock was shoved down your throat? of course you did, you mindless fuck –John Sweet
Mar 28
The Doctrine of the Similar
The dominant metaphor here is mimesis. The act of mimicry. Reproduction. Imitation. We’re talking the facts of facsimiles. Echoes and iterations. Growth hormones in every pot and two carbon copies of carbon footprints in every garage. Our home movies play like tired reruns, exit polls from Sunday’s big game. Every ballot a quilt with a …
Mar 27
New Radio Show at Project U Radio
Your Mothers Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series will be hosted by Frank Reardon. April 2nd – August 27, 11 pm Easter/8 Pacific…Radio Series brought to you by The Literary Underground. 30-60 minute shows every Monday night for 5 months. I will be interviewing a published poet, author, or publisher that you might not hear from as …
Mar 25
As Magic as Anything
Jesus is not here to save you any more than the bartenders or the politicians, any more than the drug peddlers or the girls in magazines. The church like the queens of late night infomercials will take your money but have no interest in your soul, leaving you to fend for yourself as you always …
Mar 22
2012 death cross
At the grocery store, late afternoon, and it’s crowded. Store in one of many strip- malls that dot the landscape on the periphery, interlaced highways. I think I see Pete in there. Pete married my first ex. We’d huddled under blankets upstairs, junkies downstairs, no heat or hot water, then all that gunfire. We carried …
Mar 19
Spontaneous Poetry, Session 1
Spontaneous Poetry @ Project U Radio. Join us on Thursday, March 22 at 11:30 EST, 8:30 Pacific. (LINK TO EPISODE PAGE) Wanna play? All you have to do is get a notebook, any kind. Doesn’t matter. You need a place to leave it where people can be free to add their spontaneous poetry without it disappearing …
Mar 19
Coffee and Donuts on Ice
The Minister of Information sits quietly in the Happy Donut next to the seventy five year old anarchist who doubles as his landlord. The Minister of Information wears his multi-colored “Cleaver sleeve” pants with their twelve inch if they’re a foot codpieces. He’s been sporting them on the spoken word scene sporting them all over …
Mar 16
Douglas Bader Post Pub Crawl Scenario
Through the puddles of piss and puke of the back alley of the Shaft Worker’s Arms walked the man with no legs. His alloy lower limbs with cosmetic gold plated toe nails clanked on each footfall and he whistled a tune he couldn’t name but had heard on the pub’s jukebox until he caught sight …
Mar 14
The Literary Underground Radio: Project U Radio And Drakonian Vampire Tunnel
Thank you for your donations, always welcome, anytime. Link on sidebar. Donations pay for the monthly account costs on Blog Talk Radio. Feed the kitty. **NOTE**This week on Red Fez Radio, hosted by Tim Murray, tune in for a special tribute episode to F.N. Wright. DETAILS HERE . F.N. Wright Memorial Show. Read about him on …
Mar 13
Conflicting Fathers
Each day, towards eternal sleep I dream…of my forefathers who dared to run the gambit, I see loneliness and pain among the echoes– oh dear lord, help me remain virginal among the ruins of self… My own father died of cancer on June 3’rd 2006. Spiritual being, founder of all, guide me toward a beautiful …