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October
2007
Nick Barrows
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AUDIO
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Broadside
of Radio
by Nick Barrows
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Nick
Barrows came for the hills of the Westside of Cincinnati,
Ohio were he began his first days of memory behind the
bar of his father's Tavern down by the River Ohio. His
works have appeared in Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of
Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety, (1997) Trained
Monkey Press (Broadside #22), and he is the former
music editor for The Citizen (1998-2002). In 2000,
Nick teamed up with the Cincinnati based band, 4 Track
All-Stars, where he can be heard on their self-titled
debut (on tracks Ghosty Moe, Bebop 2.0),
and of late, he can be seen from time to time out with
local hip-hop band DaMuttss, doing spoken word.
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| Nick
Barrows, Cincinnati, Poet, Performance Artist, 4 Track All-Stars,
The Citizen, Spoken Word, audio |
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Pantomime
Green
Wobbly windows watch the earth
as it molds a cancerous day
Traces of soda ash
are found on my kitchen floor,
clues left here by winged gargoyles
from my famous life
Daisy chains killed Jesus,
Still they send them to the
Market nonetheless –
more pieces for me to find
Picasso’s napkin never paid the bill
and Wild Bill retired in Tampa, FL
Always in the worm holes
Always in the priest holes
Marionettes send a message
to the prison guard –
Blackout… Tonight
Laid out in yard to
rot and smolder in the English sun,
pretty girls and boys will text the tales
from abbreviated thumbs
Rotting…
Smoldering…
In the English sun…
They Rot
and are smoldering
In the English sun
An ancient artifact found gave rumor
that I never existed –
It was all just a hoax
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