kolchik was chopping boxcar slats next to the railroad tracks for his wood stove when i sd what did they do w/the dead horse & he pointed at the ditch where the flat tires were & i cd see what was left of the head the bones were showing & some of the teeth & flies were going into & coming out of the ears & kolchik sd it stinks over there like the night mama died & she cdn't swallow any water Todd Moore CRESCENT TOOL CO. JAMESTOWN, N.Y. if every job were that simple life would be a breeze i'm under the house yesterday searching for electricity i want to run a new outlet and i notice a puddle under the bath so i have Janet turn on the flow and sure enough there's a leak but i don't fix it then i've got electricity on my mind and besides i need to think about what to do which usually settles while i sleep and anyways it's cold out there under there, everywhere, so first thing this morning i grab a couple screwdrivers and a flashlight and it's dusty with spider webs like a bad dream i kill a black widow and the screwdrivers are wrong i yell for Janet to bring me a crescent wrench 2nov97 Mark Weber
Todd Moore works in a trading post on Central Avenue here in Albuquerque selling tin sheriff badges to the tourists. He watches the whores stroll through the glass. He watches the methadone clinic amputees from around the corner. His white Saturn is parked inside a chain-link fence in back. The Outpost jazz club is next door. He sells them badges and waits till closing. --Mark Weber
Todd Moore has been published in hundreds of magazines. Recent books include Working on my Duende and The Corpse is Dreaming (LRB # 20). This is his third book published by the Lummox Press. He was recently honored as Lummox of the Year 2000. It is his first award in 30 years. -- bio from the book
Mark Weber is a poet masquerading as a fixit man. He stuccoed my house and painted the white places. In between gigs as a carpenter, painter, plumber, and electrician, Mark performs with a band called the Bubbadinos. Besides being a poet, he's also a song writer and a composer with a dash of Duke Ellington, a pinch of Aaron Copland, the twang of Hank Williams, and three fingers of Tom Waits. --Todd Moore
Mark Weber is the creative genius behind Zerx Press & Records. He has published many chapbooks w/ Gerry Locklin and is archiving the definitive bibliography of Locklin's work (soon to be published by Water Row Books). He loves his wife and pancakes. -- bio from the book
TITLE: Bombed in New Mexico
AUTHORS: Todd Moore & Mark Weber
PUBLISHER: Lummox Press, LRB # 26
COST: Five dollars + One dollar postage
COPYRIGHT: 2000
PAGES: 46
CONTACT: Lummox Press, POB 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733-5301
EMAIL: lumoxraindog@earthlink.net
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