Election Day: pt. 4

the alienated wonder of what one is to do
when the clichés fit
and the profundity does not suffice

enter:
another chewed up pencil
another five minute nap in an office chair
another borrowed fax another fake hello
another greeting with stained teeth
another meeting more slides and more

each promising it it will be the immovable object
the thought is fixed and becomes truth
sadly this is not the case

young golf shirted white men
laugh and
the tweed jacket types (patches and all)
rub their chins as their girlfriends give any observers a
show with a worried look and an arm grab

as usual
it all hinges on the turnout

Election Day: pt. 3

and it’s only late evening here
but there’s always a spin from the other side
and a drunk yelling
always makes sense
to the ears of the room

it’s gonna be a close one
it’s going to take a while to figure out what we’ve said
what did we expect?
when we’ve fed the projections
and the polls
gone to the booths split
spilt
letting another typo decide the fate of the nation

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Election Day: pt. 2

and i’ve left myself these dreams
and I waste one a night

it’s sweet background music for wasted plans
but they’ve taken a backseat
to dented cans
staring at me from the kitchen counter

what i’ve allowed myself
only what is required

they’re different versions
of different thoughts
the live one backspaced over
fixed

there’s always one more voice than I counted on

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Audio Saturdays: ERF

With all the crazy stuff we have going on leading up to the pub of What a Future we found ourselves extremely behind on the Audio Saturdays front. So we reached out to musician-in-residence La Sudar and asked them if they had anything they could share to help out. Here’s what they said:

funny you ask because i was just going through some of the archives today and found a three song EP called “erf” from 2011 that as far as i know, i never released or promoted in any way. not only that i have no memory of ever recording it. so you can have it.

all the best, l.s.

email correspondence, nov 2020

thank goodness! as a matter of fact we do have something big brewing on the audio front, and three weeks should buy us enough time to put it together. thanks buddy!

here’s the first track, simply called ‘erf one’:

WHAT A FUTURE

I’m excited to announce the release of my first book in many years, What a Future. It’s a collection of poems written in Spring 2020 as pandemic and lockdown descended on NYC. You can buy it now at the STORE.

  • Pub Date: December 7, 2020
  • Pages: 66
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN:9781735420608

cover design by Jake Thomas

You can read a little more about the book here: https://sunshineandwind.com/books/