CONTENT WILL NOT LOAD...

I want power and authority in the world to insight the resurgence of poetry as a top tier medium of human expression along with the great literature, art and films of our generation.  Alas, I have neither power nor authority.  But if you are nonetheless interested in my insight, buy Down For Whatever - Poems & Bullshit by Kris Kidd and you will find yourself closer to intellectualizing the real potential of a life that embraces the medium of poetry to elucidate the contemporary human condition. 

Read and re-read Kris Kidd and reluctantly illuminate all the dark corners of your mind that you refuse to face.  

Read FOR A GOOD TIME CALL, read MISSING, read KIDS, DRUGS, SUMMERS, ET. AL. and if you still aren't interested in poetry, there is an episode of Keeping Up with Kardashians on tonight that will surely leave the dark corners of your mind untouched to fester in peace.

From MISSING by Kris Kidd

 “At dawn,

in my hotel bed,

            all alone with my bones,

I lie in invisible stains

            and I imagine all the places these sheets have been,

always coming back to the image

of whiskey,

            and worms,

                                    and dirt.”

From Kids, Drugs, Summers, Et. Al by Kris Kidd

“We roll in the bushes by the parking lot,

our tongues wet with drugs, like dreams.

            and we watch the suburbs shakes

beneath the weight

                                    of our screams.

[…]

Years from now, I will pass this same park.

and I won’t remember any of this.

Instead, I will feel something like a spark—

            a heat like August

in a suburban town,

                                    and a desire to grow

            even when I know

I’ll be cut down.”