poet & interviewer
the moment I knew for sure I liked David Rovics
I remember he finished singing the line
“Coke is the drink of the death squads”
picked up a Coke, looked at the audience
said, “Hey, it’s a complicated world”
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16 April 2021
State College PA
for David Rovics
Revenge!
Mingus! Dolphy!
Elderly people doing yoga!
Park pavilions full of
downward dogs & the upper class.
The Buick owners realigning their chakras
before heading off to brunch.
Everyone has a dog or else no one does.
There’s ozone in the air but the sun is out.
Where’s the promised thunder?
The desert is a dirty liar.
The bass clarinet will have to do.
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21 January 2021
Oro Valley, AZ
An ode to life in a red state.
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I’ve been listening to a lot of Wendy Eisenberg recently to prepare for an interview. All that music inspired this piece, performed on ukulele, diddley bow, pandeiro, and two tracks of soprano saxophone.
Leave a CommentCat Stevens’ voice breaks
when he sings the word “listen.”
Hummingbird flies off.