the burlesque poetess(s)

poem-a-day week13 (tiny instruments, big/glam songs)

July 26-August 1, 2010 week13: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

sorry for the tardy poem-a-day archival…i believe the teaser is self-explanatory/excited. NEW ENGLANDER poetesss.tumblr readers! you are most cordially invited to the premiere of “meff ‘n jojo’s tiny instrument revue!” this coming Thurs. 8/12 at a legit. delic’ absinthe bar— Nick’s in Worcester, MA. i’ll be doing some vaudevillian verse, ukulele, and of course burlesque poetessing. with zine-merch. niblets and a new one in Bowie-ku. i will say no more! xo

89. July 30, 2010 (fri.)

i woke up with a dream of a ruffled
Elizabethan ruffian costume. Courtier
busking, poetry for poppenjays.

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On a porch in Watertown we get
in touch with our tiny inner skeezoids,
That’s me in E minor! That’s me in the spot

-light losing my back to A minor…
After rehearsal, a suburban hot date
complete with shopping for boy

-cut ladies underthings. Cupping
one another in the strapless negligee
aisle. i guess we are the same bird

cage, giggling and ribbing.
At my first trip to Friendly’s, crayons
and a root beer floats

to table by a waiter that could’ve
been a Backstreet Boy. When
we leave the parking lot, honk and cheer

at the purple-haired andro preteen
darting dangerously across four lanes
of traffic. Don’t let the squares keep you
down!

the rest of the poems li(v)e below!

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