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February 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Tribute to James Tate Before I Even Knew Who He Was –

This guy falls over in a weird, wacky kinda way and as he falls he tosses $500 towards me and yells, “here, keep it!”. I catch the fluttery notes and go “okay!” Someone immediately yells telling me to give the money back. The guy gets up – it’s Larry David doing some kinda performance-art. I […]

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October 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: James Tate and James Ellroy Having David Cronenberg and David Lynch For Dinner

James Tate and James Ellroy were having David Cronenberg and David Lynch for dinner. Tate wanted to eat parts of Lynch. So he begged Ellroy that they swap, at least a piece for a piece. But Ellroy wanted Lynch for himself. (He was a big fan of the early work. And he also didn’t want […]