I READ UBU ROI IN HIGH SCHOOL

I read Ubu Roi in high school
That’s when I first met Dada
Titles someone else selected
Words broken into atoms
The year of Slaughterhouse 5
Not Nam but brutally familiar
Cultivating seeds of
Experimental gardeners
It was the Cabaret of Voltaire.

 

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Nanette Avery is a Nashville author and International film lover. Her nickname is a palindrome…“Writing to please all tastes is like cooking without seasoning.” https://www.nanetteavery.biz/