Poems
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Go Ahead and Buy My Book of Poetry from 2003
This Twitter exchange, where Steven Vance laments corruption in politics, reminded me of a book I wrote. .@danxoneil I think the governor chooses Metra board. I’m afraid of politics cuz I believe there’s no way to avoid being corrupted. — Steven Vance (@stevevance) July 31, 2013 The thing is that maintaining integrity is everyone’s task,…
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Heroes / SLDXO
http://www.rdio.com/artist/David_Bowie/album/Heroes_(1999_Remaster)/ heroes-sldxo oh how i wish there was video surveillance on Fairfield a high-resolution capture of our first kiss goodbye by your car an honest lip kiss and i wrapped your arms around my neck the way i like it and i wish there was some godlike director trolling slowly in a boom, northbound with…
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Poem (Alien Advice)
If an alien came from outer space and got out of its ship and said to me “tell me in two words or less how to get along on this planet” I would say, “be careful”. And then I would run.
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Revisiting Trut in Light of Jason Russell, This American Life, and Mike Daisey
In 1997, long before Stephen Colbert ever had a show on cable, I wrote an essay for Emigre Magazine wherein I coined the term “trut”, which is the mutable concoction of facts employed for an ulterior purpose. Vote it up on Urban Dictionary, plz. Editor Rudy Van der Lans was putting together Emgire 41, “The…
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Upon Coming Upon the Scene of Accident Late Last Night at the Northeast Corner of County Farm and Winfield Roads
I saw a white car creeping along the Prairie Path trail and found that odd; out of place. Upon turning left on County Farm I discovered that the driver, a youngish blond, had gotten out and was approaching the victim of the crash, who was in a white car turned around and half-up on the…