Thanking Me - D Rigsbee, MAGA Sonnets By the way, when I came in backstage A very, very powerful guy, a big, strong guy with tears coming down his face said, “Thank you, Mr. President for saving our country.” This happens all the time, all the time. [...] mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/maga-s…

Come in baby Who did you fool tonight? Was it my friend John? He thinks you're outasite. I know that you've been ballin' You're as high as you can be But I knew, baby, you'd come home to Willie Tee She was just teasin' you youtu.be/OTU_OaYPZow?si…

Rejoice Young Capitalists - ⁦Paul Jones @[email protected]⁩ In a capitalist country, fun is everything — Frank O’Hara "In investment, even vultures, play a part— tearing the flesh of fools—figuratively." Sue is excited as she explains to me [...] grand-little-things.com/2022/11/12/thr…

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Very superstitious, Writing's on the wall, Very superstitious, Ladders bout' to fall, Thirteen month old baby, Broke the lookin' glass Seven years of bad luck, The good things in your past When you believe in things That you don't understand, youtu.be/97hwNY3ni10?si…

Much Later -Gertrude Stein Elephants and birds of beauty and a gold fish. Gold fish or a superstition. They always bring bad luck. He had them and he was not told. Gold fish and he was not old. Gold fish and he was not to scold. Gold fish all told.[...] poets.org/poem/much-later

Animals Are Passing From Our Lives -Philip Levine It's wonderful how I jog on four honed-down ivory toes my massive buttocks slipping like oiled parts with each light step. I'm to market. I can smell the sour, grooved block, I can smell [...] ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/levi…

One little piggy ate a pizza One piggy ate potato chips This little piggy's coming over you house I'm gonna lock up those sweet lips 'Cause I'm a hog for you baby I can't get enough of your love When I go to sleep at night You're the only thing youtu.be/D3RrsiqEWfk?si…

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Sunday, Sept 15! David Rigsbee and Paul Jones @drigsbee and ⁦Paul Jones @[email protected]⁩ 2 pm McIntyre's Books in Fearrington Village, North Carolina 6 pm @soandsobooks So & So Books in Raleigh Poetry Reading: Paul Jones & David Rigsbee facebook.com/groups/1140279…?

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You'll meet the high brow and the hipster The starlet and the phony tipster You'll find most every kind of gal and guy Including a private eye. youtu.be/e5otJsegu2A?si…

[...] The sky is a luminous scarlet arch; the spring sunset, a perfect cliché. In the warm glow of the setting sun, the images are serene, gentle, stripped of all haste— the hush of this supple silence makes me close my eyes, and the old white swan [...] poets.org/poem/swans-ele…

Watermelons -Charles Simic Green Buddhas On the fruit stand. We eat the smile And spit out the teeth. poets.org/poem/watermelo…

Watermelon man Bring me one that rattles when you plug it One that's erd and juicy when you plug it Do you understand watermelon man Hey watermelon man Hey watermelon man Hot and bothered need a little cooling When I hear your call I start to drooling'' youtu.be/1Iel_DGhklw?si…

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Groovin’ Low -AB Spellman my swing is more mellow these days: not the hardbop drive i used to roll but more of a cool foxtrot my eyes still close when the rhythm locks i’ve learned to boogie with my feet on the floor i’m still movin’, still groovin [...] poetryfoundation.org/poems/53026/gr…

We'll keep on spending sunny days this way We're gonna talk and laugh our time away I feel it coming closer day by day Life would be ecstasy, you and me endlessly youtu.be/F0Ap2D1UFWk?si…

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Sit up, fed up, low down go round Down to the bar at the place I'm at Sitting drinking, superficially thinking About the rinsed-out blonde on my left Then I said, "Hi", like a spider to a fly Remembering what my little girl said youtu.be/FDedLtT5sno?si…