The greyhound by Chad Halliday

anonymous manifestos scrawled

on bathroom walls

dissident banned novels written

in the margins of deranged office memos -

conceived in unwelcome fits

of consciousness;

broken water on empty bus station

waiting room chairs -

placentas draped like shrouds

over ancient personal television sets -

the coin-operated restless cinema

of the wandering relics

now chained to desk chairs

and cubicle walls

and travelling inbox connectivity -

like dogs bred to run

starving in cramped cages

howling at a moon they'll never see.

so the burn starts at midnight

and seeps down your throat until 3

when the quarters have run out

and the screen has gone black

and the loudspeaker makes a proclamation

fit for a Lincoln,

but not for you.

try to sleep now under rusted pipes

leaking the elixicir of delusions

that poetry is piety

and ignorance is innocence;

but the man with the shining brass buttons

and the flat topped cap

ushers you back into the cold,

where the mind is uncomfortably clear

because morning is near -

because notions of peaceful oceans

and Westward directions

and pacific erections

and mad insurrections

are fading with the bugle wind -

and the dogs line up

the dogs fall in

somewhere in the distance

a sad violin...

"and they're off"

Brown Bear by Bell

Chad Halliday, a/k/a thelonius Lorenz, f/k/a Eric Estrada: gypsy fishmonger, moral compass of the now defunct polka band, Uncle Fingers and the Terrifying Remedy, muppet. He lost his resume and has no memory of meeting you. If found, please return, P.O.D. General Delivery - Lawrence, Kansas. There is a bowl of soup waiting for him, and it is getting cold.

Photo by Adam Lawrence.
Graffiti by IMPstyles APN.

This Brooklyn soon-to-be diva soars over electronic beats with beauty and power. This past month she self-released her debut ep (available at bellep.com), and has been compared to a certain Icelanic singer who shall remain nameless. She may not frequent the track, but she knows how hard it can be to carry on. For more information about Bell you can visit her MySpace site.