Dancing on Main Street

by Thomas, Lorenzo

• ISBN13: 9781566891561
• ISBN10: 1566891566
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Coffee House Pr

Summary

Scintillating, cinematic poems synthesize the irony, absurdity, and passions of American life.

Table of Contents

The kite and the hawk	p. 11
South St. Blues	p. 12
Please, don't let me be misunderstood	p. 14
When if the big bands come back	p. 15
Guerrilla girls	p. 16
Displacement	p. 18
Sentiment	p. 21
Suburban Saturdays	p. 25
Morning raga	p. 27
The Audie Murphy game	p. 29
Destruction of the seated man	p. 33
Last call	p. 35
Excitation	p. 39
Skunk insulation	p. 44
Grudge match	p. 46
Lifelong learning	p. 47
Otis	p. 49
Spirits you all	p. 52
Journey of 1,000 li	p. 58
Tirade	p. 60
Poem in lieu of the marriage of Andrew Zolem	p. 63
The sadness of space exploration	p. 65
Quiet riot	p. 66
Dumb luck	p. 67
The new south	p. 69
Lights out	p. 71
No, don't get up	p. 72
The failure of alchemy	p. 73
Working-class hero	p. 74
The gambler	p. 75
Knight to queen's pawn	p. 76
An old hand	p. 77
Pornography=exploitation of men	p. 78
Now you can worry	p. 81
L'argent	p. 83
Thinking in words	p. 87
Like a tree	p. 90
Sightseeing in East Texas	p. 93
Psalm	p. 95
Back in the day	p. 100
Whale song	p. 103
Songs without shadows	p. 104
The marks are waiting	p. 108
Dirge for Amadou Diallo	p. 112
An afternoon with Dr. Blumenbach	p. 115
Dangerous doubts	p. 119
Lustre	p. 120
Cameo in sudden light	p. 121
Country song	p. 124
Multicultural	p. 125
Low rider	p. 126
An even-tempered girl holds her breath	p. 127
She lived to be 100	p. 128
A kind of accounting	p. 129
Cute girl with a toy monkey	p. 131
Flash point	p. 133
God sends love disguised as ordinary people	p. 134
Magnetic charms	p. 136
Equinox	p. 138
Back-ordered tears	p. 144
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