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By Victor Schwartzman, on 18-07-2007 16:45

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I don't know if these are exactly Agit Prop 101 poems--but they certainly deal with social issues in Misti's unique way, and I like 'em, so:


And...Misti has lots of great books of poetry for sale--check 'em out on Lulu or at her own feline friendly site, Instant Pussy!

 

Disenchanted Dialogue

is that poem good? is it decent?
uh huh…i gotta wash these clothes
go to the bank
get some boxes
apply for a sears credit card
go to the post office

i have written more poems
than you will ever read
are you going to leave the house today?
do you realize you haven’t left the house
in three motherfucking weeks?
i
have
got
to
write
these
poems
these sloppy poems
these stupid poems
these no shelf life poems
these poems that will not
wash or dry your boxers
improve your credit score
put stamps on your envelopes
brew your coffee
gas up the car
save this world
that seems hell-bent
on destruction
sold on ugly
married to the lowest common denominator

did you know john travolta recently purchased
real estate on the moon?


 

 

How about another by Misti:

 


Pseudo Housewife

lucky but i don’t feel it
what i feel are the minutes
like hours
chinese water torture
lethargic snakes
celebrity whores have taken
over the television
an irony deficient news anchor
with a midwest monotone
has taken over my brain
piles of laundry
likes piles of straw
in the fairy tale that always
scared me shitless
what rational man
can expect gold
outta me?


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By: Michael Grover (Registered) on 18-07-2007 22:30

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By: Michael Grover (Registered IP 65.2.150.105) on 18-07-2007 22:30

Every poem is political and these are fine products.

 

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By: R. W. Watkins (Guest) on 19-07-2007 15:25

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By: R. W. Watkins (Guest IP 142.162.90.96) on 19-07-2007 15:25

Oh my god. The fair sex has a not-so-fair answer to the recently departed Artie Gold (google for him). These poems are fine examples of what Brian Campbell has called "artlessly artful". I'm betting this woman--or girl-woman, more accurately, given her image, perspective and choice of language--could write a string of quasi-sonnets about the exact dimensions and workings of her own sphincter ani and pull it off. This is the sort of stuff that Ally Sheedy's character from The Breakfast Club, or--better yet--Thora Birch's Enid from (Dan Clowes's comic/Terry Zwigoff's film) Ghost World, would have written. And have you seen what this far-out gothnik chick looks like? Anyone who's ever insisted that I missed my calling ("Rob, give Ray Manzarek or John Cale a call", etc.) should get a load of this one. Christ, she could have played bass for Live Skull or Band of Susans, or sung lead vocals for National Velvet! Check her out. She's one of the few out there in her age category who's writing this kind of awkward and often vulgar verse with any degree of real talent or true moxy--whether one agrees with her position(s) or not. Two thumbs up.

 

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