By now it must be clear that I am in love with Zero.
Because I never publish political poetry. Because
I sit in the very same seat every reading and leave
without talking to anyone. Because I don’t write
political poetry. Because I am fashionable. Because
I am opposed to plastic surgery. Because I’m a
poser. Because I’m terribly shy. Because I detach my
self from one scene as I hurriedly paste myself onto
another. Which poets are really stand-up comics?
Sorry, old question. Never, ever write anything
during a poetry reading. Because I am not super-
intellectual. Under the influence of any other
[writer] (always this), there is no myself. Here’s
a little something to shake up the current program.
