“Poetry On The Leaves” by MANY POETS Vs. ADRIAN YOUNGE

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This mash up includes Gwendolyn Brooks reading “We Real Cool”, Dave McKnight’s reading of e.e. cummings, “jack hates all the girls”, Tony Randall’s reading of Merrill Moore’s “What She Did In The Morning”, and Donald Harron reading David Ignatow’s “The Bagel”.

Dedicated to Ken Nordine and Peter Tork.

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Whatever Will Be

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Be very nice to this dude, Jussie Smollett, he is going to be your boss one day.

I see a very frightening future. Yes, it is definitely an extension of the frightening present we are currently muddling through at a breakneck pace. It’s all the media outlets spinning the news cycle as hard as it can, like an overzealous Wheel Of Fortune® contestant. It’s all of these occurrences that have never happened before; the odd severe weather patterns, the stretching of democracy, and all those damn reality shows. This is the eerie future I foresee.

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Good Luck Harm

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According to North Korean lore, you are considered fortunate if you can afford a bowl of clean rice.

Horatio gallantly put the dirty horseshoe in the front pocket of his overalls. He needed all the luck he could muster if he was going to get that job. Upon thinking of his tremendous upper hand, he felt a sharp twinge of pain in the upper part of his heart. Being a worldly man, he recognized the specific ache. It was empathy and conscience. It was apparent that if he obtained employment by using luck, it would be unfair, and consequently, he would not be able to live with himself.

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“Desert Rose In Havana” by STING Vs. CAMILE CABELLO

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I am not sure when this happened, but it’s troubling. Bob Marley has become the Jimmy Buffett of reggae. Sadly, it has nothing to do with the music, it has everything to do with the fans.

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