Loaves and Fishes

Reading at Williams

By: Charles Giuliano - Dec 02, 2015

Loaves and Fishes

Hosted by the artist
Jack Leavey
Launch of
Total Gonzo Poems
Second book
Six months later
Cold midweek night
Williams Faculty Club
Nice turnout
Room of friends
Poetry sucks
I said launching the
Event in true
Gonzo style
Some laughed
Woman got up and left
Must be a poet
Can’t take a joke
Curse God and die
Jonas came with a friend
E-mailed me later
Your poetry doesn’t suck
It’s just gonzo
Informal occasion
Steve insisted I
Read from the podium
Screw that
More like
Sermon on the Mount
Gathered in a meadow
Loaves and fishes
Multiplying among
Those gathered
Coffee and cookies
No need for blessing
Sharing the gift of verse
Body and blood
Of the poet
Like Cocteau
If you catch
The drift