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Going to a poetry reading is worse than visiting somebody’s family because you can’t steal ham or prescription drugs
and if you want to sneak out for a smoke you can’t ever ask the poet who’s reading for a recommendation to Yaddo.
If you want to be popular in the poetry world, become a novelist! With a really long attention span and an interest in genealogy.
Like I care about Aunt Laughing Boar on the reservation circa 1962 when she can’t even put a stiff drink in my hand!
