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Mash Notes from a Pop Junk Addict

Boring
             Bling bling
Nose ring
             Can’t sing
Moneybag
            Doorag
Heartthrob
            Boob job
Cristal
            Strip mall
Chug Chivas
             Dead divas
Fake tattoos
            Camera crews
Pop junk
            Frat punk
Wal-Mart
            Pop chart
Video
            Promo
On tour
            Home viewer
Shrinkwrap
            Star map
Ad libs
            Wack cribs
Trash hotel
            TRL
Radio
             CEO
Pay-per-view
            Populance
Pointless
            Topless
Useless
            Pop lists
Marketplace
            Metropolis
MTV
            Reality
Make up
            For the malady
Softcore
            Folklore
Corner store
            Give me more
There’s always
            More room
To consume!

Contributor

Urayoan Noel

Urayoán Noel is a Bronx-based poet, performer, and translator from Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. His books include In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam and Buzzing Hemisphere / Rumor Hemisférico. He edited and translated Architecture of Dispersed Life: Selected Poetry by Pablo de Rokha, which was shortlisted for the National Translation Award. Noel teaches at New York University and at Stetson University’s MFA of the Americas.

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The Brooklyn Rail

OCT 2004

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