“Not my thing, poetry-wise. Although I go back and forth on the inclusion of modern elements like Skype in poems. It’s definitely my personal idiocy that this bothers me for some reason.
She DID mention my favorite rock band, Lucero, in a poem. So on that hand, it does make me think there’s room for modern elements. I mean, I’m pretty tired of reading poems that have a connection to some piece of classical music.
Here’s a favorite from the book. I’m an idiot, so I’ll just share the hard-earned knowledge of an idiot reader and tell you that Big Logos is a guy the narrator is into. Not a store where they sell giant signs. Because only an idiot would think that.
SEMI SEMI DASH
The last time I saw Big Logos he was walking
to the Quantum Physics Store to buy magnets.
He told me his intentions. He was wearing
a jumpsuit with frayed cuffs. I thought the cuffs
got that way from him rubbing them against
his lips but he said they got that way
with age. We had two more blocks to walk.
âOnce I do this, what are you going to do?â
he asked. âI wish you wouldnât do it,â I said.
Big Logos bought the magnets and a crane
delivered them to his house. After he built
the 900-megahertz superconductor, I couldnât go
to his house anymore because I have all kinds
of metal in my body. I think if you love someone,
you shouldnât do that, build something like that,
on purpose, right in front of them.”