I got my bimonthly
package of HY! From da man himself Mark Ritchie! The cover star of this is issue
is none other than Oliver Reed (RIP brother) world famous English actor. Who
could forget such gems like: Gor (1987), Spasms (1983),
Venom (1981), Condorman (1981), Severed Ties (1992) and
The Brood (Cronenberg, circa 1979, WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY?). let`s
begin with poetry and `a helix of disorder and neglect`. Standout
poems this time around are:
Unholy
acrimony
Next to me, they
argue,
In their annoying
accents,
About where they
will go
For
dinner.
For an
hour,
I`m glad I`m
single.
And
A
dream
One day you`re
dead
And everything
before that
Is a
dream.
And
Certain
people
The strutting
arrogance
Of certain people
Never fails to
astonish me.
They think the
world is theirs,
That they are
entitled
To
everything,
With their fat
bellies,
Piggy
eyes
And cancerous
souls.
And
finally
Lost in
nowhere
Silently I sit
here,
A dead man not yet
dead,
A no one lost in
nowhere.
There`s some music
and book reviews (that Denis Johnson Jesus son`s book seems a pretty darn
good read). Next we have writings by the usual culprits / contributors: `1.5
years out on probation` (Gary Simmons monthly saga of life in
jail i.e. weird, funny, sad, crazy, real life story), `Hiroshima Yeah! `
(more texting shenanigans from Gary Simmons & Mark Ritchie),
and `doctor Thornaby, chapter 8 ` (A.Willshaw). `A great
sadness ` written by Mark Ritchie is a short story about a couple in
a pub / getting drunk / arguing / husbands splits / he does some gabling / comes
back home / sits down and writes / wife comes back drunk / they argue some more
/ he splits again / goes back living with his dad (more reasons to stay single
here). There`s an amazingly weird and psychedelic drawing on the back cover from
Dr. Adolf Steg (great stuff!!!). Contact address:
Mark Ritchie
94 Main
Street
Forth
Lanark
ML11 8AB
UK
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