as jerri blank of strangers with candy would put it “i've got something to say!” which is really just to hype this killer poetry book an old friend from philly named CAConrad sent me. see it’s his book cause he writes and stuff which is superneat. and his words are too. either superneat or superthreatening or both. the book is called Deviant Propulsion and here is my book report on Deviant Propulsion. this book is queer as in trickster as in different as in crazy as in intoxicating as in addictive as in lively as in lovely. i haven’t written a book report since about 1985 so the best way i can put it is the way he can put it.
from “Celebrities I’ve Seen Offstage”:
“John Waters signing autographs Pegalina asked if she could bite his neck he agreed with a laugh which he soon regretted with a scream and asked us to leave we walked into The Rose Tattoo Pegalina announcing ‘I HAVE TASTED THE FLESH OF A GENIUS!’”
from “14 Conversations”:
“MAN WITH CLIPBOARD: Would you please sign our petition to save dolphins caught in tuna nets?
ME: If I sign, does it mean I don’t care about the tuna?”
and then the poem titled with great clarity “For Straight Guys Who’ve Considered Suicide When the K-Y Is Enough”, an elegantly violent diatribe against straight boys who believe all us faggots lust after them, which even if it were true, we wouldn’t want it to feed their egos, right? my favorite of the moment is an untitled piece playing with time and perception which begins "keep emailing Cher's website". the character in the poem has his own reason for doing so. if you have one too, try [email protected].
if you’re pro people and pro emotion and pro individuality and especially pro working class truthtelling delicious queer, this one’s for you for real and perfect as a gift for that stuck in a rut or stuck in the mud person who needs shaking up.
My boyfriend bought me a copy after we read about it here. It's the first book of poetry he has bought, he says. We love it, and makes us both think poetry isn't what we thought it was. Can you recommend other books of poetry like this one?
Posted by: Dorah | June 19, 2006 at 11:43 AM