
from +’s forthcoming debut book of poetry tome, new chapbook change out now
‘hi, kids!
do u like violence?’
just kidding
we don’t do wrestling moves on other children
this isn’t WWE
where a joke leads to violence
unless The Slap disrupts the cycle
The Slap interrogates
The Slap asks the question
“what is art?”
“can you shoot a fair one?”
“are we done?”
The Slap is itself art
decorum, custom, culture, an expression of (in)dignity
a beginning, middle & end
If art is trying to be real life, if comedy demands its space on our timeline, tragedy must be suspended
It has to pass through you like oxygen itself and when it catches in your throat you must gasp HA
gasp HA it back
if you let it cripple you, you’re doing it wrong
don’t let yourself BECOME the joke
pobrecito…
it’s an isolated incident!
la comicidad cannot be used to demean, to belittle, to push someone out of the room, take away their opportunities, create spaces where others are more likely to be hostile when they see you, confrontational, encircle you, telling more jokes, more jokes, laughing louder and louder
it’ll never drown you out til you’re completely alone
because everyone is laughing at your problems
making art from it, that’s what they’re doing, it just art
it can’t hurt you
from a platform
if your very presence is a meme
you know what we do to memes
beat them to death!
The Slap is the end of violence.
the end of violence pretending to be art
the renewal of art
as a place to be free
(and rethink why are bodies our on; these revolving stages in the 1st place)