Thoughts after an Ezra Furman Concert
it's not love baby
if the ability to represent oneself
is more important than people's lives
Watching a documentary about people like me
being a freak show just for going on a date
I know that's not poetry baby
the physical condition
of an ephemeral vibrancy
don't be specific/ dots everywhere
and memory unreliable
what happened before a person
could be mistaken for a theory
Ezra Furman says if you have no future
it's all present
maybe if I keep spinning it will all go
blurry
I am only ever the kind of top that spins
sorry I can't do codependency
even if I try. It's like small talk
and wolfing down elaborate noise
Somehow I started
whirling
Earth's grind
a blue premise
this contradiction:
1. everything is entwined
and 2. connection is a simulation
March Penn is a poet and founder of the Self-Educating Poets Network, a literary group providing free resources and meeting space to writers. March’s first full-length collection of poetry is set to be released in April 2024 with Game Over Books. March has featured in Boston at the Cantab Poetry Lounge and Stone Soup. Social handles: Instagram: @pennmarch
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