i am alt lit

79.2 :: ‘every laundromat in the world’ by mel bosworth

‘every laundromat in the world’ by mel bosworth // safety third enterprises, 2012

79.2

this is like service-class flash

milk trucks

old men on porches

dead cats

convenience stores

like this from ‘mending’

A man who runs a convenience store

sells the convenience store

and then buys another convenience store

many miles from the original convenience store

when his wife leaves him.

not sure if i was supposed to ‘leak’ that

not sure if that was the ‘approved mp3 for posting’ or if that was like the ‘deep track’

mmmmmmmm ((sorry))

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it’s all so simple but memorable

i’m sure there’s like

a ‘pattern’

but i didn’t clap out the syllables

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this is ‘next level’ here ppl

all you future nonsensical poets

read this

b/c mel

cuts out all the “I’s”

he’s past the self-referential

and the overelevation of himself

this is true humility and service to the

art.

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am like ‘i might change this score’

am like ‘i’ve never read mel bosworth poetry/flash before’

am like ‘can never tell the difference anymore b/w flash fiction & prose poems’

am like ‘it’s all melded together like when you leave M&Ms in your car’

am like ‘what is mel like?’

am like ‘what am i like?”

but then there are these true to life situations, i mean they all are

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did mel write all these down when he’s just walking the neighbor streets

he’s also worried about trash day, pretty sure

take out yr trash mel, we’ll wait for you, it’s cool

here’s another called ‘breaking bad season 4’

The delivery man

leaves the box

on the wrong doorstep.

this like just happened to me or something, yeah

shoot these are like ‘bootleg’ mel bosworth poems, mmmmmmmmmm ((sorry))

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something is like ‘charmingly old fashioned’ about mel bosworth

like he’s doing improv in mayberry

with modern ‘sensations’

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kind of want mel to be more specific for ‘some reason’

kind of want mel to unleash some ‘opinionated fury’

and stop being so ‘blasted’ good at ‘observational skills’

this is a ‘selfish’ critique

b/c this collection is ‘worth’ it

boost mel boost mel boost