CA Conrad
CAConrad's poems have recently appeared in AMERICAN WRITING, POMPOM, LA PETITE ZINE, CAN WE HAVE OUR BALL BACK, and others. His book advancedELVIScourse is forthcoming from Buck Downs Books, and his FRANK is forthcoming from The Jargon Society (www.JargonBooks.com). He co-edits FREQUENCY with Magdalena Zurawski, and edits BANJO: Poets Talking. CAConrad's POETRY PAGE (UPDATED 10/14/02):
http://hometown.aol.com/caconrad13/myhomepage/profile.html
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from THE CITY REAL & IMAGINED: Philadelphia Poems
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(this is a collaborative project with poet Frank Sherlock.
our form is the city of Philadelphia, where we alternate
leading walks through its various layers and interiors.
at the end of a walk we go our separate ways and write
the day's experience. here is one such entry.)
04/21/02
by CAConrad
"Ought to send the mayor and them
other politicians over to fight the war!
You know how long they'd last! Yeah!"
--Kathleen McCollough, one
of Philadelphia's homeless
Senior Citizen Soothsayers
phrasing lack...
time was
longer once
then the
sponge of
routine
whose idea
was this
planet
anyway!?
you mother
fuckers
shitting
on life
time throat
muscle!
hearse & 4
of Hearts
corner of
15th & Green
celebrity guest: ABUNDANCE!
car nick
name of
automo
bile
Jay's nick
name his
first
initial
what was a
window before
the word?
imagine entire
cities with no
language
no?
no.
for other
possibilities
please ignore
your priest
your
mouth will
free
you
gnaw your
foot from
the trap
c'mon you!
who mentions
Pegalina first? (one time
this guy yelled
SUCK MY DICK!
she yelled I'LL CHEW
YOUR CROTCH INTO
A PUSSY!
she's not
kidding
mister!)
what are we
doing here
Sherlock
playing
Black Jack
at the bar this
fascist restaurant
where I once waited
tables Police Trainer
video game where
I sucked dope and
made out with the
nerdy dishwasher in
the cooler where
sausage beat cheese
where sex on the
job replaced health
insurance and rent
overdue where I
first thought if
restaurants in
the afterlife
don't serve
themselves
I'm not
going!
CA Conrad