Saturday, November 6, 2010

Sorry I Ruined Your Orgy: Bradley Sands's new book of prose poetry

If you haven't heard elsewhere, Bradley Sands has a new book of prose poems out called Sorry I Ruined Your Orgy, featuring his poem from NOÖ [10]: "Eggs Benedict," Here's the beginning:
I AM SITTING BY MYSELF in a booth, eating Eggs Benedict. It is during peak hours. I have been eating the same breakfast for the past 72 weeks. The waitresses have just started to give me dirty looks. Hungry, tableless people also give me dirty looks. A tyrannosaurus rex sits down across from me. She is a very rude tyrannosaurus rex. I say, “You are a very rude tyrannosaurus rex. You should have asked if it was okay to sit at my table.” The tyrannosaurus rex does not respond. I leer at her. She feeds coins into the jukebox. Her eyes become fluorescent lights. Her teeth become a stack of menus. Her mouth becomes the door to the women’s bathroom. She becomes the diner. I feel lightheaded.
Check out Brad's book! And if you're an old NOÖ contributor with a new book out, let us know! Email us at editors at noojournal dot com.

1 comment:

ted said...

i want to go to there.