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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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Summer
It
slides all the way home
begging memory
Can’t decide if this is the reckoning
or just silly little bears
Drowning in the fumes,
the lost drink tea by the seaside
singing of catholic festivals
where bishops danced the hurdy-gurdy
To be so lost
To be so foolish
To be so silent
To be so still
The street signs tell us to kill
as the homecoming queen strolls on Main St.
waving her scepter in the air
riding on the back of an ass
It will be a lonely Summer
Footnote: At this moment the dead have taken over your home and are
never going
to leave.
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Winter
Slippery into transom
lurking for the adversary lover
Fingers swollen with a frozen guilt
the remains stain the wet and dirty kitchen
The abridged days blink to you peripheral memori….
Always hungry
Always tired
Always thirsty
Always dry
Sidewalks hold like quicksand
Breath never finding its true home
The dairy cow cries for a greener pasture
and the cowboys disappear into the blizzard night
Footnote: The Gods have made you king of the last parade.
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