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[Oct. 4th, 2006|01:54 pm] |
" ... I MET - UP ... WITH ... " A N A "...
... AT HER NEWEST , LATEST REFUGE ... IN DUMBO ... BY THE EAST RIVER ...
... WHERE WE HAD ENGAGED IN OUR ... F I R S T ... SEXUAL ENCOUNTER ...!!!
... BACK IN DECEMBER ... OF ... 2 0 0 3 ...
... WE RE-HEARSED THE " L U C I F E R " PIECE ...
... FOR PERFORMANCE AT THE TRIBES GALLERY ...
... THE NEXT DAY ...
... AT THE ..." E I G H T - M I L L I O N - S T O R I E S " ... SERIES ...
... HOSTED BY ROXANNE HOFFMAN ...
... I GAVE HER AN OFFER ... ?
... SHE COULDN'T REFUSE ... !!!
" ... IT SEEMS ... ?
... AS THOUGH ... ?
... ROXANNE HOFFMAN ... ?
... ORIGINALLY ... ?
... LEFT ME ... OFF ... "THE BILL" ... ?
... FOR THE "GATHERING OF THE TRIBES" GALLERY ... FUND - RAISING BENEFIT ...
... AT THE NOTORIOUS ... " C O R N E L I A - S T R E E T CAFE ' " ...
... ON MONDAY EVENING , OCTOBER 9 TH ... ?
... HOSTED BY ... "CHAVISA WOODS" ... !!!!
... ME ... ? AND " ROXANNE HOFFMAN " ... ?
... HAD US A LITTLE ... ?
... " FACE - TO - FACE " ... MEETING ... ?
... AT THE POETRY OPEN - MIKE ...
... SHE CO - HOSTS ON SUNDAY AFTER-NOONS ... AT THE "BACK FENCE" ...
... ON BLEECKER ... AND THOMPSON STREET ... IN THE WEST VILLAGE ...
... WITH AGING VETERAN "BEAT" POETESS... BRIGID MURNIGHAN ...
... FIRST ...?
... I'M CON - FIRMED ... ?
... AS A READER FOR THE ... "EIGHT MILLION STORIES" SERIES ... THIS WEDNESDAY ...
... GOOD NEWS ... !!!
... SHE ALSO SEZ ... ?
... I'M A READER AT THE "CORNELIA STREET BENEFIT" ... FOR " TRIBES " ...
... NEXT MONDAY ...
... I ASKED HER ... ?
" ... HOW MANY MINUTES ... ? " T H R E E " ... ?",
... SHE ANSWERED ... ?
" ... OH ... ? E I G H T ... !!!!".
... WHICH GOT ME TO THINKING ... ?
... IF IT IS ... ? E I G H T MINUTES ... ?
... I B E T ... ? WE COULD DO THE "L U C I F E R " PIECE , THERE , TOOOOO ... !!!!
... ESPECIALLY ... ?
... IF WE CUT THE SONG ... " JUST A GIGOLO " / " I AIN'T GOT NO - BODY " ... ?
... FROM THE ACT ... !!!!
... WHATTAYA THINK ... ? ".
... W I T H - O U T HESITATION :
" ... I'LL DO IT ... !!!!
... AND IF I WANT TO SHOW MY ... " T I T S "... ???!!!!
... I ' LL ... S H O W ... MY ... " T I T S " ... !!!".
... APPLAUSE , APPLAUSE ... !!!
" ... AND I DIDN'T EVEN PERFORM , YET ... !!!".
... THOSE GUYS ... ? THAT BANNED US ... ? FROM THE CAFE'... ?
... BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2 0 0 4 ... ?
... WILL BE THERE ... !!!
... ANGELO VERGA ... THE CURATOR ...
... AND ROBIN HIRSCH ... THE MANAGER/ARCHIVIST ... !!!
" ... OH ... ? AND UN - FORTUNATELY , " A N A " ...?
... I'M ... A L L ... OUT OF MONEY ... !!!
... I CAN'T PAY YOU FOR THIS PROPOSED GIG ... ? THAT WE'RE DOING MONDAY ...
... AT CORNELIA STREET ... ?
... BUT I COULD O W E ... ? IT TO YOU ... ? ".
" ... I WILL DO " I T " ... ?
... FOR ... " N O T H I N G " ... !!! ".
... " T H A T ' S " MY GIRL ... !!!
... I COULD FINALLY SEE THE OLD " F I R E " ... IN HER EYES , HER FACE ...
... HER S O U L ... AND HEAR THE EXCITEMENT IN HER VOICE ... !!!
... I FELT THAT SAME EXCITEMENT ... YEARS AGO ...
... BACK AT " SAINT MARKS IN THE BOWERY " ... " THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB " ...
... THE "BROOKLYN LYCEUM " ... AND " CORNELIA STREET CAFE ' " ...
... BACK IN THE WINTER / SPRING OF 2 0 0 4 ...
... BACK WHEN WE WERE S T I L L LOVERS ... !!!
... THE " J U I C E S " WERE FLOWING THAT MONDAY EVENING ...
... IN THE WEST VILLAGE ...
... OF ALL PEOPLE ... ?
... " ROBIN HIRSCH " ... ? THE CAFE 'S PROPRIETOR ... ?
... WAS SITTING OUT - SIDE ... ON THE SIDE WALK ... ?
... AT A TABLE ... SIPPING A FINE FRENCH AGED MERLOT ...
... WITH HIS CRONIES ...
... " T H I S " ... ? IS GONNA BE G O O D ... !!!
... I'M WELL ON MY WAY TO A " S E C O N D " ...
... BANNING FROM THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE' ... !!!
... ROXANNE HOFMAN ... IS ALREADY DOWN - STAIRS ...
... I ASKED HER ... THE PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY ...
... AT THE " TRIBES GALLERY " ... OCTOBER EDITION OF ...
... " EIGHT MILLION STORIES " ...
... IF I COULD "RE - PRISE" ... ? THE " RUBY'S CAFE'" ...
... ON THE BOARDWALK OF ...
... "CONEY ISLAND , BROOKLYN , U . S . A . " ... PIECE ... ?
... AND SHE AGREED ... !!!
... CHAVISA WOODS ... THE HOSTESS ... ?
... IS ALSO DOWNSTAIRS ...?
... SO I ASK HER HOW MANY MINUTES ... ?
... I'M EN - TITLED TO ...
" ... EIGHT ... NINE ... DON'T GO TOOOO LONG ... !!!
... DON'T WORRY ... !!!
... "STEVEN DALACHINSKY" ... ? WILL GO ON FOR FIFTEEN , TWENTY MINUTES ... ???!!
... IF I DON'T STOP HIM ... !!! ".".
" ... OKAY , " A N A " ... WE'RE IN ... !!!".
... NOW ... ? WE'VE ALREADY CUT THE ...
... " I AIN'T GOT NO - BODY " ... HALF OF THE SONG ROUTINE ...
... FROM THE ... " JUST A GIGOLO " ... MEDLEY ... ?
... SO WE SHOULD ALREADY BE WELL UNDER TEN MINUTES ...
... THAT THE SKETCH ... USUALLY RUNS ...
... WE'RE PERFORMING ... IN THE SECOND HALF ...
... OF THE EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT ... ?
... SO WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO DOWN - TOWN POET ...
... STEVEN DALICHINSKY ... ? DRONE - ON FOR HIS ...?
... NINE MINUTES ... AND MORE ... !!!
... CHAVISA ... ? HAS TO CHASE HIM OFF - STAGE ...
... OR HE'LL GO - ON FOR A HALF - HOUR ... !!!
... WHAT A STAGE - WHORE ... !!!!
... FINALLY ... ? IT'S OUR TURN ON STAGE ...
... " A N A " ... ?
... HAS A SHIT - LOAD OF PROPS WITH HER ...
... FOR THE DIALOGUE ...
... SO ... ? IT TAKES HER A COUPLE OF MINUTES ...
... TO SET - UP ... ON THE STAGE ...
... THEN I HEAR IT , FOR THE FIRST TIME ...
... FROM THE AUDIENCE ...
... " MURMERING "... " WHISPERING " ..
... "HECKLING" ... "CAT - CALLING" ...
... I IDENTIFY THE UN - MISTAKE - ABLE VOICE ...
... OF TIMES SQUARE POET ... EVE PACKER ... !!!
" ... THEY'RE TAKING ... TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG ... !!!
... SOME - BODY ELSE OUGHTTA READ ...
... WHILE THEY'RE STILL SETTING - UP ... !!!".
... PROPS WERE FINALLY ARRANGED ON STAGE ... ?
... AND WE STARTED ...
... A NEAR FLAW - LESS PERFORMANCE ... !!!
( ... A N A ... ? IS ALL - WAYS ... ?
... STILL , EVER ... THE CONSUMMATE PERFORMER !!!).
... ANTICIPATION ... ? RAN HIGH ... !!!
... ESPECIALLY AMOUNG .... ?
... THE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE CAFE ' ... !!!
... WHO CROWDED ... TENSELY ...
... IN THE REAR OF THE DOWN - STAIRS ...
... PERFORMANCE SPACE ... !!!
... WOULD ... ? A N A ... ? FLASH HER ... " T I T S " ...?
... AT THE AUDIENCE ... ?
... IN DEFIANCE OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S BANISHMENT ... ?
... BY ROBIN HIRSCH ... ?
( ...THE SELF - STYLED CHAMPION OF "FREE - SPEECH" ...?
... AND THE OPPONENT OF ALL FORMS OF CENSORSHIP... ??? !!!).
... FOR THE CRIME OF "INDECENT EXPOSURE" ... ??? !!!!
... IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF ... THE LATE GREAT , STAND - UP COMIC ... ?
... "LENNY BRUCE" ... ?
" ... IT SEEMS AS THOUGH ... ?
... I'M UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE TO COOL MY ACT ... ???? !!!".
... SO HERE GOES NUTHIN ' ... !!!
... IT'S THE B I G " PUNCH - LINE " OF THE SKETCH ...!!! " THE BIG FINISH "...
... THE " GRANDE FINALE' " ...
" ... HEY ... ???!!! "L U C I F E R " ... ???!!!
... "SHOW ME YOUR TITS !!!"... !!!".
... THE ... ? " M O M E N T - O F - T R U T H " ... !!!
( ... AND I GOTS MY POLAROID CAMERA READY ... AND FOCUSED FOR ACTION ... !!!!).
" ... S U R E ... !!!
... WHEN YOU GOT A ... " R A C K " ... LIKE MINE ... !!!???
... YOU DON'T MIND SHOWING THEM OFF ... !!!!
... I'M ... D A M N ... PROUD OF THEM ... !!! HERE ... !!!".
... AND WITH - OUT A MOMENT'S HESITATION ... ?
... " A N A " ... LIFTED UP HER LACY , BLACK , SEMI - SHEER HALTER - TOP ...
... AND FLASHED HER ... " T I T S " ... !!! AT THE ANTICIPATORY AUDIENCE ... !!!!
... PANTING FOR SOME SKIN EXPOSURE ... !!!
... THEY BROKE INTO A SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE OF GRATITUDE ... !!!
( ... " A N A " ... ?
... THEN COVERED HER EX - POSED BREASTS WITH A ALUMINUM WIRE " DISH - RACK " ...
... FOR IRONY'S SAKE ... !!!).
... WE'RE BACK ... !!!
... ME ... AND A N A ... TOGETHER , AGAIN ... !!!
" ... THE CYLINDERS ARE CLICKIN' , MISTER ... !!! I CAN FEEL IT ... !!!".
... APPLAUSE !!! APPLAUSE !!! APPLAUSE !!!
... A THEATRICAL TRIUMPHANT CLIMAX ... !!!
... AND ... ? AFTER - WARDS ... ?
... AS WE'RE COLLECTING THE VARIOUS PROPS , ETC . , FROM OFF OF THE STAGE ... ?
... " E V E P A C K E R " ... ?
... APPROACHES US ... AT THE FIRST TABLE ... WHERE ME AND A N A ... ARE SEATED ...
... AND CONFRONTS US ... !!!
... BLOOD SPURTING FROM HER EYE - BALLS ... ?
... LIKE THE DEADLY , REPTILIAN ... BASILISK ... !!!
" ... " B I G - M I K E " ... !!!
... IF NO - BODY ELSE ... ?
... IS GONNA READ YOU ... ?
... " T H E - R I O T - A C T " ...???!!!
... I WILL ... !!! ".
... EVE PACKER ... ? THEN PROCEEDED TO RIP THE TWO OF US ... ?
... TWO NEW ASS - HOLES ... E A C H ... !!!
" ... Y'KNOW ... ? " B I G - M I K E "... ???!!!
... THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A "BENEFIT" ... !!!!
... A BENEFIT ... ? FOR ... ? "TRIBES" ... !!!
... A TEAM EFFORT ... !!!
... NO "INDIVIDUALS" ... !!!!
... NO "EGOS" ... !!!
... A TEAM EFFORT FOR " TRIBES "... !!!
... THE " TEAM " ... ? IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A N Y INDIVIDUAL POET ... !!!!
... BUTT ... ? YOU'RE JUST ... N O T ... A TEAM - PLAYER , BIG MIKE ... !!!!
... AND YOU TOOK TOOOOOOO LONG ... !!!
... YOU WERE UP THERE ON STAGE ... ???!!!
... FOR ABOUT ... ? F I F T E E E N MINUTES ... !!! AT LEAST ... !!!
... WE WERE ... A L L ... TOLD ... AHEAD OF TIME ...
... ONE ... "THREE MINUTE PIECE" ... !!!!
... " T H R E E - M I N U T E S "... !!!! " B I G - M I K E " ... !!!
... AND ..? " Y O U " .. ???!! TOOK ABOUT A HALF - HOUR ... !!! ".
... A G A I N ... !!!!????
... WITH THIS ... " T E A M - W O R K " ... BULL - SHIT ... !!!!????
... LIKE "RICH WEST" ... AT THE THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY ... BULL - SHIT ... !!!
... AND ME AND VALMOTE SPROUT ...
... GETTING BANNED FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS ... !!!!
... FOR PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF PARTIAL NUDITY ...
... OUT ON THE STAGE ON EAST TENTH STREET ...
... BACK ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND , 2 0 0 5 ... !!!
... " T E A M - W O R K " ... !!!??? I GOT THAT SAME SPEECH FROM RICH WEST ... !!!
... ARE WE ARTISTS ... ??? OR STARBUCKS EMPLOYEES ... ??? !!!
... A N A ... ? IS VAGUELY AMUSED ... SHE SMILES ... GRINNING FAINTLY...
... LIKE A BLEACH -BLONDE DUTCH CHESHIRE CAT ...
... THE DIVA ... ? AS ALL - WAYS ... ? ENIGMATIC AS THE GREAT SPHYNX OF GIZA ...
... BUT ... ? I CAN TELL ... ? EVEN UNDER THE MASK OF FAINT BEMUSEMENT ... ?
... SHE IS ... ? ABSOLUTELY ... PREPARED TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE ... !!!
... I'M ... ? FOR JUST LETTING IT ... "SLIDE" ...
... YET , ANOTHER OFFENDED AUDIENCE MEMBER ...
... HOWEVER ... ? A N A ... ? THE CONSUMMATE PERFORMER ... WHO HAS JUST ... ?
... PUT ON ... ? STILL ONE MORE ... " DYN - O - MITE " ... PERFORMANCE ... ?
... IS ... ? N O T ... ABOUT TO LET THIS ... ?
... FIVE FOOT TALL SUN - DRIED OLD PLATINUM BLEACH - BLONDE SENIOR CITIZEN ... ?
... HAVE THE LAST WORD ON THE SUBJECT ... !!!
" ... SO .. ? IT'S ALL - BOUT TIME ... ? "THREE MINUTES" ... AND THIS ... ?
... " TEAM - WORK " ... ? THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ... ?
... AND I THOUGHT ... ? IT WAS A L L ABOUT THE "WORK" ... THE "TIME" ....
... THAT THE PERFORMER PUT INTO THE PERFORMANCE ... ? THE ARTIST ... ?
... AND THE ARTISTRY ... ? THE CREATIVE PROCESS ... ? ".
" ... N O ... I T ' S ... N O T ... !!!
... IT'S A L L ABOUT NOT GOING OVER - TIME ... TEAM - WORK ... !!!!
... AND RESPECTING YOPUR FELLOW ARTISTS ... !!!! ".
" ... ROXANNE ... SAID EIGHT MINUTES ... SHE SAW THIS ACT LAST WEDNESDAY ...
... AT "TRIBES" ...
... I ASKED HER BACK HER , BACK THEN ... ? IF IT WAS ALL RIGHT TO PERFORM IT ...?
... HERE ... ? SHE SAID YES ... !!!
... SHE SAID , " ... ARE WE GOING TO SEE A REPRISE ... ? OF THIS LITTLE ACT ... ?
... NEXT MONDAY , AT TRIBES ... ? ",
... AND I SAID , YES ... !!!
... I EVEN ASKED "CHAVISA" ... ? BEFORE WE GOT UP THERE ... ?
... AND SHE SAID , " TAKE EIGHT OR NINE MINUTES , DON'T WORRY ...!!!" ,
" ... WELL ... ???!! " T H A T ' S " N O T WHAT I WAS TOLD ... !!!".
... AND THE DIMNUTIVE SCREECHING POETESS ... STAMPED HER FEET LIKE AN ANGRY OLD ...
... LADY " R U M P L E - S T I L T - S K I N " ...
... AND STORMED OUT OF THE DOWN - STAIRS PERFDORMANCE SPACE ... !!!
... "CHAVISA" ... WAS STILL HANGING OUT DOWN STAIRS ...
... I ASKED HER TO POSE FOR A POLAROID ...
" ...IF YOU GIVE ME ONE ... OF MY STOMACHE ... " .
" ... OKAY ... ".
( ...EVEN THOUGH ... " "CHABISA" ... ? IS A FEMALE TO MALE TRANSNGENDERIST ... ?
... WHO PRFERS TO BE CALLED .. " C H A Z " ... ?
... SHE STILL DISPLAYS VERY FEMININE BODY - IMAGE ISSUES ... EVEN TO THE EXYTREME
... POINT OF "SELF - MUTILATION" ... !!!
... WHICH SHE HAS READILY DISPLAYED ON - STAGE .. !!!
... AT THE "MISTER L E S PAGEANT " OCTOBER 2 0 0 4 ... !!!
... IN THE "TALENT" COMPETITION ... !!!
... CHAVISA THINKS HER BIG FAT GUT .... ?
... STICKS OUT TOO FAR ...
... AND IS EMBARRASSED BY HER BEER BELLY ... !!! ).
... CHAVISA , NEXT , LIFTED HER BLOUSE ... AND BLACK LACY BRA ...
... IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DINING ROOM ... OF THE CAFE ' ... ?
... EXPOSING HER MAMMARIES ...
... SHE THEN ALLOWED ME TO PHOTOGRAPH HER SIVER - RING PIERCED NIPPLES ... !!!
... SHE NICK - NAMES HER BREASTS ... " B E T T Y " ... AND ...
... " V E R O N I C A " ... !!! LEFT .... AND RIGHT ... !!!
... THE BAR - TENDERS / WAIT STAFF ... ?
... TRY TO CLEAR THE ROOM OF POETS ... FOR THE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ...
... WHICH IS TO FOLOW THE "TRIBES" BENEFIT POETRY READING ...
... THE DOUUBLE - BASSIST ( FE - MALE ) COMMENTS ... !!!
" ... WELL ... ? WE' RE TRYING TO CLEAR THE ROOOM ...
... BUT THE POETS ... AND P O R N O G R A H E R S ... ????!!!
... ARE STILL HERE .. !!! ".
... AND WEEKS LATER ... ?
... " A N A " ... ?
... HAD RETURNED TO HER NATIVE " AMSTERDAM " ...
... ONCE AGAIN ...?
... LEAVING ME ... ?
... ALONE , " BE - REFT " ... AND LONELY ...
... ONCE AGAIN ... !!!
... I RETURNED TO THE " SCENE OF THE CRIME " ...
... THE " CORNELIA STREET CAFE ' " ...
... IN THE WEST VILLAGE ...
... HOPING TO PERFORM AT THE WEEKLY ...
... " PINK - PONY : WEST " ...
... READING SERIES ...
... HOSTED BY LESBIAN POETESS ... " JACKIE SHEELER " ...
... I HEADED DOWN - STAIRS ...
... TO THE PERFORMANCE VENUE ...
... IN THE BASE - MENT ...
... " ARCHIVIST " ... ? " ROBIN HIRSCH " ... ?
... WAS PRINTING - UP ... ?
... THE EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT MENU ... ?
... ON A DRY - MARKER BOARD ...
... WHEN I ACCIDENTALLY JOSTLED HIS ARM ...
... WHILE ENTERING THE BASE - MENT THEATRE ...
" ...OH , EXCUSE ME , SIR ... !!! " .
... I APOLOGIZED ...
" ...I DIDN'T MEAN TO ... ?
... " B O T H E R " ... YOU ... !!! ".
... THE " EMINENCE GRIS " ... ?
... TURNED TOWARDS ME ... ?
... HANDS ON HIPS ... ?
... IN FRUSTRATION ...
... AND IN HIS MOST FAY , BITCHY VOICE ANSWERED ...
" ... AND , HERE ...?
... I T H O U GH T ... ? IT WAS YOUR ... " J O B " ... !!!
... TO " B O T H E R " ... " M E " ... !!!??? " .
... " T O C H E ' " ... !!!! " . |
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