SEVENTEEN
Selected poems from "Seventeen", originally a collection of 22 haikus and 16 drawings printed in a 40 page hand-finished chapbook housed in a trace wrapper.
AN EXCERPT FROM AN EMAIL ON THE FIRST FEMALE ARTIST THEY SIGNED
"I think it could sell!
and yeah, her looks help - we live
in a fickle world"
"I think it could sell!
and yeah, her looks help - we live
in a fickle world"
RUN
you can miss out on
entire seasons if you're out
on tour long enough
you can miss out on
entire seasons if you're out
on tour long enough
BASICS
we're at opposite
ends of a foreign country,
playing his guitars
we're at opposite
ends of a foreign country,
playing his guitars
TONY
the bus driver said
"I like you; you're just like one
of the fellas, eh"
the bus driver said
"I like you; you're just like one
of the fellas, eh"
ONCE AGAIN
credit was given
for the sounds I made, to men
I chose to work with
credit was given
for the sounds I made, to men
I chose to work with
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
I wrote his name in
my passport - a misguided
show of commitment
I wrote his name in
my passport - a misguided
show of commitment
WEATHER MAP
it's roughly the same
temperature in all the
places I've loved you
it's roughly the same
temperature in all the
places I've loved you
IT'S 4AM, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CAR IS?
his long arms glow with sweat
as he attacks his bass
i want to lick them
his long arms glow with sweat
as he attacks his bass
i want to lick them
OF TEN
"it doesn't look like
the ones in the magazines"
he said to the girl
"it doesn't look like
the ones in the magazines"
he said to the girl
MUSCLE MEMORY
your body always
remembers the things that your
mind tries to forget
your body always
remembers the things that your
mind tries to forget
DIVE
I dive into your
body - the body I fall
into, drowning deep
I dive into your
body - the body I fall
into, drowning deep
HAIKU FOR A LOST ERECTION
if my cunt was dry
you wouldn't take it to heart,
so don't feel ashamed
if my cunt was dry
you wouldn't take it to heart,
so don't feel ashamed