america
by Klipschutz
I want all the women
all the money
all the fun
I want every rainbow
all the marbles
and a personalized introduction to God
I want a death list
transparent skin
and a cat with no fur
I want everything
I have nothing
I will negotiate
A Pitch of Sonic Ecstasy: Stuart Krimko’s “The Sweetness of Herbert”
by Adam Fitzgerald
I first encountered Stuart Krimko’s work at the 11th Street Bar Reading Series, one of the most distinguished in New York City. …
“Don’t You Want Me?”: Isotopes and the Attainment of Happiness in Cyrus
by Clarissa Olivarez
As I was walking out of the theater after watching Cyrus, I heard people around me saying things like, “Oedipus Complex” and …
There’s one version of the narrative behind these recordings that’s romantic but also basically true: that they represent an incredible victory of the artist’s spirit. Daniel Johnston was a young man in …
The Empty Bed
by Aleathia Drehmer
What could Julia do? Bernard had been the love of her life, her every breath, her heartbeat, her sweat, her longing, her anger, her everything. She felt lost when …
Yeah, I thought it was absurdity too, but in a way it’s even more absurd if it really is a reference to Dr. Evil. . . or at least more corny.
Dr. Evil, huh? That would have never ocurred to me. I thought that stanza was just jumping toward the absurd, which is a great lead in to the lucid irony of the final one. I love this poem. I want it on my tombstone.
Didn’t Dr. Evil (in Austen Powers) have a death list? and a hairless cat…and transparent skin?
I know there is a “Death List” that relates to Bill Clinton, also called the “Clinton Body Count”. It’s a list of people who have died (rather suspiciously) and are all connected to Clinton in one way or another.
Anyway, I liked…
“I want everything
I have nothing
I will negotiate”
Most people think like this but never want to negotiate. They just want to bitch about having nothing.
I love the brevity and straightforwardness of this one.
What is a “death list”?
Just wondering.