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| RODRIGO TOSCANO Some Brooklyn Northside Calaveritas (Little Skulls) (Ironic Morsels) Autumn 2002 Suppose pondering the cultural flock some high noon mock sacrificial metallurgic offering— to recuse himself arrivismo? subjective transference “chosen” Into a pit pleasant paranoia peaceful feeling— A break from prolet-kampf agonistics? Blows up in a materialite-speckled face Hungering resist two specialties Content and its porns History not as something you can live to tell your children whispering a tin heart— a silver stomach— (a steel-tempered— into a chrome-plated—) get youself with someone else alloy and forge a borg-like transference a real estate shake out snatch up a Lazarus come back from graduate studies sarcasmic mock ecstatic “please!” (in polish) prosz_ Acclimate? frightening how fast rousted from The Southside Boriquas “fuckin’ bummed out, dude, just—” chasing the creamer? Silicon pilgrims conferring (as ever) On the runway Bedford L-stop prima donut silver diablo vivora adjective blizzard live / wack (off) space conversion beezulhubbub “nifty”guy goofbar— $4.50 a pint! Kurva! americanium [that’s a real element by the way] americanium -plated buns! carbo’s— into super buggery insulin-spiking conversion a Iago-like “wacky wit” follows an art-fart come out the mouth poesy an anarcho -what-have-you-ist slides into dapper doubt— after Nader * titanium birds chirping (makes this an installation thing) * static from the vibrant lebensraum lofts * we are chosen * transference * recused? yes! I am not of said subcults of weird displaced (offset) politics * (or am I?) * stress like that * squeezing out alu-mi-ni-um doodad happiness * Trotsky: how’d you get here? Me: how’d you get here? Rodrigo Toscano’s three books include Partisans (O Books), The Disparities (Green Integer) and Platform (Atelos). His poetry has recently appeared in Cross Cultural Poetics, Kenning Audio Editions, and Cities of Chance: An Anthology of New Poetry from The United States and Brazil (Rattapallax). His work has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and German. Toscano lives in Brooklyn, and can be reached at RT5LE9@aol.com. |
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The Rail invites you to a reading with Jason Flores-Williams and Brian Carreira, along with musical guest Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs. Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m. Vox Pop--Flatbush, Brooklyn www.voxpop.net |
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OFF THE RAIL FALL 2005 at the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library - Grand Army Plaza |
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The Independent Press Association-NY recently honored The Brooklyn Rail with the following awards: |