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One night, I drunkenly played the same love song twenty-one times in a row, played it until the bartender pulled the plug and said nobody loves nobody that much.
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One night, I drunkenly played the same love song twenty-one times in a row, played it until the bartender pulled the plug and said nobody loves nobody that much.
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I once played 'Run Joey Run' on a jukebox in Wisconsin so many times that it started a fight. There were times that I deserved to get my ass kicked.
Hey Sherman, I've not read much poetry in my days because it often feels abstract. I appreciate that your work is more accessible while still infusing meaning.
In listening to your audio read vs. the way you've written it, I noticed the verbal pauses differed from the line pauses. Was that intentional or subliminal? Curious to think about how you processed the work yourself.
Also, I think you achieved your objective of infusing comedy while retaining meaning. Twenty-one dang times implies a lot of dysfunctional backstory.