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ED GO
Ed Go's confessional poem my grandfather was an artist, a poet, a musician & a rapist. in his leather jacket, w/ his knife on his belt, he hung w/ hell’s angels, introduced me to robert heinlein, monty python & anton levay & told me the story of how the asshole came to rule the human body, how satan cruises through hell’s lake of shit in his speedboat making waves & how when you look into a mirror you see your alternate universe you who lives a different life than you do but just happens to be looking in a mirror at the same exact time when i was 6 i drew a portrait of my mother in a coffin buried—a cross-section showing the roots of a leafy winter oak surrounding her as worms did their work below ground & chocolate kisses grew on branches above; when i showed it to her & the other adults they admonished me for creating such an image & i was told to never do it again but later i overheard them praising my undeniable talent & conjecturing who i might’ve inherited it from after that i only drew monsters but when i was 12 ben aku said something & my fist made contact w/ his skull & then mrs takamori took me outside & lectured me about fighting & blah blah blah violence but all i remember is how beautiful she was, the black of her hair against the blue of the sky, green palm leaves & red hibiscus & dirt of the volcano we stood on, tropical breeze bisecting 16 years later in a room w/ no mirrors the 2nd woman i ever loved took my hand & kissed the bruised knuckles; you’re not him she said & we made love w/ such compassion as only a christ or buddha could comprehend— an explosion of unmanly surrender so gentle i actually wept. the next morning i caught a glimpse of alternate universe me in the rearview & wondered what he had just done Ed Go is a former school bus driver, exterminator, video store clerk, garbage man, phonebook deliverer, and lead singer in a punk-folk band. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he writes and teaches English (though he is still licensed to kill bugs and transport schoolchildren in the state of Connecticut). |
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