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Posted by kid_A on May 8, 2002, at 17:37:49
HOW TO MAKE A KILLER RAT
YOU'VE GOT TO
STARVE
A RAT
UNTIL HE IS
SO HUNGRY
HE'LL EAT
ANOTHER RATYOU PUT
3 RATS
IN A CAGE
AND STARVE THEM
FOR 9 DAYSSOONER OR LATER
THE STRONGEST
RAT
WILL EAT THE OTHER 2YOU MUST KEEP
THEM IN
COMPLETE
DARKNESS,
BECAUSE RATS
HAVE AN INSTINCT
NOT TO EAT
EACH OTHER
BUT IN BLACKNESS
THEY LOSE
THIS INSTINCTONCE A RAT
EATS ANOTHER
RAT,
HE GETS A REAL
TASTE FOR IT
OR BECOMES
ADDICTED.
IT'S ALL IN
THE BLOODTHE BLOOD
IS THICK
AND SWEET,
AND ONCE
A RAT
TASTES IT,
WE WANTS IT
MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSETHIS IS
THE TIME
TO LET
THE RAT
FREE
HE WILL GO
HUNTING
OTHER RATSHE KNOWS
WHERE
THEY LIVE
WHERE
THEY GO
TO EAT,
HE KNOWS ALL
THEIR HABITSHE PREFERS
RATS
TO EATING
GARBAGE,
ELECTRICAL WIRING,
OR ANY OTHER
KIND OF FOODIF YOU ARE HAVING
A RAT PROBLEM,
FOLLOW
THESE INSTRUCTIONSWHEN THE
KILLER RAT
HAS CLEAND OUT
ALL YOUR RATS,
HE WILL MOVE ON
TO OTHER RATS
IN OTHER PLACESWHEN HE BREEDS
HIS OFFSPRING
WILL ALSO LIKE
TO EAT RATSTHEY GET
BIG
AND FAT
AS CATS
THEY GET BIG
AND FAT AS CATS.
Posted by beardedlady on May 8, 2002, at 18:26:24
In reply to JOHN GIORNO - HOW TO MAKE A KILLER RAT, posted by kid_A on May 8, 2002, at 17:37:49
Posted by kid_A on May 8, 2002, at 18:46:48
In reply to always loved him. (nm) » kid_A, posted by beardedlady on May 8, 2002, at 18:26:24
Posted by beardedlady on May 9, 2002, at 5:45:49
In reply to REALLY? i've never met anyone who knows who he is! (nm) » beardedlady, posted by kid_A on May 8, 2002, at 18:46:48
The Stranglers and Stiff Little Fingers. I guess I sniff them out. (It helps to have had the most amazing poetry professors in the world, too.) Anyway, my favorite poet since I was in high school has been Frank O'Hara. I will always love him best (though I did have a Sexton era in undergraduate school).
beardy : )>
Posted by wendy b. on May 9, 2002, at 8:50:56
In reply to Remember, I'm the one who liked... » kid_A, posted by beardedlady on May 9, 2002, at 5:45:49
> The Stranglers and Stiff Little Fingers. I guess I sniff them out. (It helps to have had the most amazing poetry professors in the world, too.) Anyway, my favorite poet since I was in high school has been Frank O'Hara. I will always love him best (though I did have a Sexton era in undergraduate school).
>
> beardy : )>
Or how 'bout Pablo Neruda? Rainer Maria Rilke? Emily Dickinson's "Wild Nights"?Just some of mine...
regards,
Wendy
Posted by kid_A on May 9, 2002, at 10:16:24
In reply to Re: other poets, posted by wendy b. on May 9, 2002, at 8:50:56
Posted by beardedlady on May 9, 2002, at 10:32:13
In reply to right now I'm trying to get into Adrinne Rich (nm), posted by kid_A on May 9, 2002, at 10:16:24
Posted by kid_A on May 9, 2002, at 11:25:28
In reply to If you have to try... (nm) » kid_A, posted by beardedlady on May 9, 2002, at 10:32:13
Posted by kid_A on May 9, 2002, at 11:35:37
In reply to I hate it really, but it makes me look cool.... :) (nm), posted by kid_A on May 9, 2002, at 11:25:28
Posted by beardedlady on May 9, 2002, at 12:33:20
In reply to ...nor can I spell worth a damn... its Adrienne... (nm), posted by kid_A on May 9, 2002, at 11:35:37
If it makes you look cool, be sure to save it for when you're drinking coffee at a coffee shop. No need to torture yourself in private. I have some newer poets here, some Mary Jo Bang, Jorie Graham, a few others. It's mostly over my head--a lot of esoteric nothing. I really like Lucille Clifton (she was our poet laureate) and Mark Strand (he was or is too), but most of the good stuff I find lately, as far as new goes, is in literary mags like the North American Review or Boston Review, etc. One poet at a time.
There is a creepy poet you might like. Ever read Terry Stokes?
beardy : )>
Posted by kid_A on May 9, 2002, at 13:06:30
In reply to Something's wrong with me. Didn't notice. » kid_A, posted by beardedlady on May 9, 2002, at 12:33:20
Posted by beardedlady on May 9, 2002, at 13:19:00
In reply to I like creepy, but haven't read any Terry Stokes (nm), posted by kid_A on May 9, 2002, at 13:06:30
Here are two little poems. If you like him, maybe you'll buy his book.
Making the Poem
& now I am so crazy I cannot
write a line without worrying,
am I fucking it up already?& this is only the first line,
& I have watched every probing
doctor story on T.V., & I'm rightback where I began, my mother's tomb,
thumping, weeping, wiggling the little
toes of my words.Terry Stokes
-----
Masks
The proper pills keep me
from cracking my head in the shower,
& the mess expected therein.The Chinese child stretches her head
over the booth inThe Great Shanghai.
She does not speak as I would not speak.I collect the scars of limited travel
on my face, a devil mask for me alone.
I squint from the eyeholes, & welcomeeveryone home. Bumbling, foolish, I,
too, watch this shadow of a heart
leap from the landscape to some placewe can only know when we
dive from a dark boat out of love.Terry Stokes
Posted by kid_A on May 9, 2002, at 13:42:10
In reply to Two by Terry Stokes from Boning the Dreamer » kid_A, posted by beardedlady on May 9, 2002, at 13:19:00
Posted by CtrlAlt n Del on May 9, 2002, at 14:30:50
In reply to Two by Terry Stokes from Boning the Dreamer » kid_A, posted by beardedlady on May 9, 2002, at 13:19:00
Posted by jimdeth on April 14, 2004, at 11:18:20
In reply to JOHN GIORNO - HOW TO MAKE A KILLER RAT, posted by kid_A on May 8, 2002, at 17:37:49
hey where did you get this poem from?, im a film student, and want to use this concept for my work, but cant find any other information about this.. please help..
Posted by KID A on April 15, 2004, at 8:00:08
In reply to Re: JOHN GIORNO - HOW TO MAKE A KILLER RAT, posted by jimdeth on April 14, 2004, at 11:18:20
> hey where did you get this poem from?, im a film student, and want to use this concept for my work, but cant find any other information about this.. please help..
I'm surprised you found this post as I wrote it about 2 years give or take a month ago... I haven't written much in a while because things got a little heated over rules about verbage that may make people feel put down/accused as they say verbatim...
Anways, John Giorno, was the start of Andy Warhol's sleep, he dated Roy Lichtenstein around 1964 or so, when he wrote pornographic poem (you can look that one up... I would be blocked for a century by posting it)...
He started the Dial a poem system, where poets like Allen Ginsberg would phone in poems, etc.. He was really in with the beat crowd, though not a beat writer per say.
He was one of the biggest forces of introducing William S. Burroughs to the US, in a sequences of conferences called The Nova Convention.
Some of his books include
Cancer in my left ball. (true story)
Balling Buddah
You Have to Burn to Shine.all but the last are impossible to find.
He was a huge pioneer in the art of SOUND POETRY, using effects and delays to repeat his already repeated lines in poetry.
His best work, which took me ten years to find on vinyl is a double disc w/ Anne Waldman, inclusive of the 30 minute poems "Everyone is A complete Disapointment", and "Drinking the Blood of Every Woman's P-----" censored for my block block...
THe best way to find out more about him and what he did are through these web sites:
and
http://www.brainwashed.com/giorno/disco.html
good luck, and let me know if you need any more info, I've been reading poetry since I was around 8.
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