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Fans Outraged Favorite Starving
Poet Used Book Sales to Buy Food
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By MaximumTacolord - 05-29-06
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NEW YORK- Local poets and café goers feel the
pains of betrayal and doubt the meaning of art after local upstart
poet Emily Plath was sighted purchasing bread, soy milk, and
condiments.
“I can’t believe this, it’s like Emily pissed in the art
world’s eye,” said Bob Kazenzakis, regular patron of the Zen
Diner. “Not only was she buying food, but she got soy milk, that
stuff is at least a dollar more than normal milk.”
“Truly an outrage, I don’t think I’ll be able to enjoy another
steak at 'The Beat’s Cube Café,'” Jin Rolands said. “We fell
in love with a local poet who’s body was so frail from
malnutrition we thought her to be an aspiring model, not an artist.
By her second reading, I'd wait through dozens of god awful poets
just to listen to her read new material or classics like, 'My
Landlord Wants Money or Sex by the First.' But what'll she do
without her gimmick, spitting blood on her notes and those closest
to the stage as she talks? That made the experience! We all felt
closer to the page knowing the same fluid that wrote and stained the
poem, also dried on our table."
"Allen Ginsberg would be ashamed of her
actions, the dude tried to live off a dime," said billionaire
Bill Gates, who'd commonly fly from Seattle in his personal 'Bat
Wing' just to listen to Emily read. "She must be eating at
least 10 dollars of food a week! What will she write now, 'waking up
to organic toast and finding happiness through java
programming?'"
Emily Plath was upset by these accusations and had this to say,
“Why else would I publish a book? Only famous poets with several
publications are paid to read. Everyone else just floods the hot
spots, weakening already silent voices trying to out shout soft
spoken legends like Saul Williams. It isn’t like our books or
journal submissions stand a chance against him and his staff of
lawyers, publicists, and MTV backing. So public readings are all we
have. Only small local scenes never attract attention and not all
poets are spoken word.”
Emily reads from "Dumpster
Lunch Box"
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“To
make matters worse, these rich yuppies keep making things
harder for poets and other artists,” Emily said. “They
flood any popular spot someone makes a name in. Either to
make their own or take in the culture. While they do this,
every landlord and shop keeper adds digits to their prices
forcing all the artists into slums miles away. What right do
they have criticizing us? What, because they offered to buy
us a coffee some day?”
”Emily’s health is pretty bad,” said Dr. Philippe,
resident at the local clinic. “She still can’t afford to
get any real help, but at least she can get a decent diet
now. Though I don’t know how she’ll be able to keep it
up. No way am I going to buy that sellout’s next book.
To think I stood in line for over an hour
to get her to sign her first one. I never thought I would
live to see another true great; she dashed those hopes by
proving to be just another phony. And what am I supposed to
do with all her used medical equipment, no one in their
right mind will buy it on eBay now."
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