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i tumble and crude<br />

i don’t know why<br />

but they had to cut my mother’s belly open<br />

to get me out<br />

was i afraid?<br />

of vag<strong>in</strong>as or w<strong>in</strong>nipeg?<br />

well i’m out now<br />

if i could go back <strong>in</strong><br />

i would<br />

i’d take my 1981 Suzuki GS 650 motorcycle<br />

because it’s good on gas and i look bad ass<br />

and because i can always f<strong>in</strong>d park<strong>in</strong>g<br />

i tumble and crude<br />

but we must keep mov<strong>in</strong>g<br />

even when feet blister and out of shape and mcdonalds and sleep<br />

and i forgot<br />

Emily why is the truth always slant?<br />

the truth is<br />

i am un-refrigerated eggs<br />

explod<strong>in</strong>g microwave walls<br />

same clothes day everyday<br />

hobo motorcycle<br />

i eat brown bananas<br />

take <strong>that</strong><br />

take <strong>that</strong> brown banana<br />

<strong>that</strong> banana wilt<strong>in</strong>g<br />

out of the compost<br />

pull it right out<br />

i need a snack<br />

6<br />

We f<strong>in</strong>d ourselves<br />

still quite unprepared,<br />

and tumble the th<strong>in</strong>g together, lett<strong>in</strong>g hurry and crudeness tell<br />

the story better than f<strong>in</strong>e work.<br />

Andrew lee<br />

i always eat too much<br />

it doesn’t matter if it’s uncle willy’s grade 7<br />

or pizza hut lunch buffet until 2:30 saturday<br />

i always eat to my throat<br />

and so<br />

every morn<strong>in</strong>g i wake up<br />

and every morn<strong>in</strong>g i wake up<br />

i’m full<br />

it’s been so long s<strong>in</strong>ce i was hungry<br />

last time i was hungry i was be<strong>in</strong>g breast fed<br />

and my mother put me down to answer the phone<br />

so now i’m liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> vancouver apartment<br />

and there are native kids downstairs who want to beat me up<br />

i’m 14 and i play roller hockey<br />

vancouver<br />

you bullied me dur<strong>in</strong>g recess and <strong>in</strong> alley streets<br />

you took the Korean right out of me<br />

so i learned how to fight on Barclay Street<br />

i wish i knew how to fight<br />

vancouver is red lights<br />

it’s bum sweats<br />

sticky backs<br />

it’s fuck you<br />

what the fuck<br />

fuck<br />

four way stop asshole

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