Archive for September, 2010

September 20, 2010

unencumbered

by jhon baker

this is for my friend Troy, heal fast my brother.

also an excerpt from my book…

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unencumbered
I am unencumbered by two inches
            of my right leg
just as Jerry Garcia was unencumbered
            by a middle finger
and Indian Larry by his pinkie
I am unencumbered by thought or want
            from the single life of chasing
            the girls and boys around
not unlike how death rattles free
            our common concerns
 – Hoc Scripsi
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September 18, 2010

Book Release

by jhon baker

inviting a few hundred people to my home on Oct 9th… holy babies bathwater, If I forgot to invite anyone that is around the northern Illinois area let me know and I will amend asap.
It is going to be like an open house as I am not sure that I can cram them all into my house at once without risking smaller peoples being crushed, on the other hand I do not believe that the majority will come, they never do.


selection from the book.

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this is a dislocation
this is a
dislocation
a skillful assemblage of
etceteras and
etceteras
a cycle of soul drummers
and southern chicken sacrifices at
the front gate of Graceland
a loose impersonation of self
overlooking and
never sighting self
Our culture is jazz, blues
and poor elocution
a fragility of coffee house
poets and the war
machine
all
together-colored and successfully
uncollected disaffected ice cream eaters
 – Hoc Scripsi
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September 17, 2010

prescriptions

by jhon baker

I struggle under the weight of my many magazine subscriptions.

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September 16, 2010

by jhon baker

Today we celebrate the death of Torquemada who ceased to be in 1498 – it may have been awhile ago but it is always good to remember the despots and tyrannical monsters.
we also mourn the death of opera star Maria Callus who, today, in 1977 went home.

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