This Week's Writing 8/5/23

Jason Aldean and authenticity, Brian DePalma's Femme Fatale, and more.

If You Read One Thing By Me This Week, Read:

It doesn’t matter if Jason Aldean is really from a small town. (EIH)

Politics

Trump destroys everything he’s associated with. Including Mike Pence. And the country. (Public Notice)

Trump’s incompetence may land him in prison. It also makes him more dangerous. (Independent)

The judge one call Trump “Mr. President” because he’s not a king, despite his best efforts. (Independent)

Criticism

De Palma’s Femme Fatale and the joy of castration. (EIH)

What we should remember about William Hurt. (EIH)

Why is the Joker serious? Because white men always get the benefit of the doubt. (EIH)

Star Trek TOS: The Doomsday Machine isn’t sure if it’s pro or anti nuke. (EIH)

Poetry

On bad and godless poetry. (Synchronized Chaos)

A pessimistic poem. (Asses of Parnassus)

Settling In

We hope they’ll pass, both Plague and War,
as they unpack and change the drapes.
We hope time wears and they grow bored.
But they are Time, and they can wait.

A Shakespeare erasure. (Five Fleas)

Thou art more lovely
Thou art more
Thou art
Thou

Three weird weird repetitive repetitive neurodivergent poems. One below. (Ranger Magazine)

Poems are Supposed to List Things

The world is full of
what it’s full of and what
it’s full of and what it’s full
of and what it’s full of and what it’s
full of and what it’s full of is
the world it’s full of it
doesn’t matter it’s
not fun or clever
fuck it.

An odd version of Rumpelstiltskin. (EIH)