One recent Sunday, I filmed Craig Kite at a kava bar named Shelley’s at 99 Allen Street. The place was packed as he read from his new book, Sad City. Craig is an engaging reader, and I’ve been a fan of his work since I first saw him read at La MaMa a few years ago. I also had the pleasure of being featured with him at the Parkside Lounge, reading to a very appreciative crowd. Although Kite has had a few years of bad luck, let’s remember that a bad day is often followed by a good one, and listen to him read all about it, happily and triumphantly, in the Vimeo below. Enjoy.
Craig Kite reads from Sad City
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Two poems from Sad City.
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Elocution
When I grow up
I want to be a soldier
in the liberal
War on Christmas.
The anchorman
majored in broadcasting
to learn that phony cadence.
They all sound like Pleasantville,
plastic Kens and Barbies
trying to sell me the myth
that being rich means one is smart.
An assumption
in a sumthin
is a white noise.
Sure, sounds good.
Have a factoid.
Have a tabloid.
Have an Altoid.
Have a cute cow
chanting space force.
Have a viral virus.
Cable box
overheats
underneath
the vitriol.
Tomorrow it will tell me
science says
dark chocolate is a panacea
for politics.
Can someone fact check my opinion?
Unfortunately, white nationalism
is now as American as apple pie.
My brother mortgaged two houses
in the South.
He says I have more money than him.
He’s right and I also own nothing
and eat halal food in a New York City gym.
We fight each other
in the same boat
but it doesn’t rock at all
and we don’t make any waves.
…
Sad City is published by BlazeVOX [books]. You can check it out here:
Sad City by Craig Kite – BlazeVOX [books]
Sad City by Craig Kite
