Synopses & Reviews
Poetry.
Wasting My Life
Wasting my life in the gleaming snow
aka cocaine. Did you realize the human body
has got over seven miles of braided thoughts?
Under this girdle of fat I'm wasting away,
in a sweater, eating from a bucket.
In fat I see myself distilled
more honestly than in my face.
It stuffs me full of non-predestined life.
Pain: where do you come from?
I feel you, because I'm emotional. And I feel you
again, because I'm remotional.
About the Author
James Gendron was born in Portland, Maine, and lives in Portland, Oregon. His chapbook Money Poems was published by Poor Claudia in 2010. He currently teaches at Portland State University. SEXUAL BOAT (SEX BOATS) (Octopus Books, 2013) is his first full-length book of poetry.