{"id":3315,"date":"2015-01-09T21:20:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T21:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2015-03-27T00:52:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T00:52:11","slug":"i-punk-like-for-real-a-poem-by-miriam-c-jacobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/i-punk-like-for-real-a-poem-by-miriam-c-jacobs\/","title":{"rendered":"I punk like for real.  A Poem by Miriam C.  Jacobs."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>where them tights with the hole?  this skirt <\/p>\n<p>too toile.  someone might think I effort,  <\/p>\n<p>tangle hair on purpose.  no one even know<\/p>\n<p>I wake up like six thirty bank account got money.<\/p>\n<p>tuck it in before I get mistake.<\/p>\n<p>your eyes, they tiny round and silver like eyes <\/p>\n<p>one of those dolls people stick over the toilet paper way back<\/p>\n<p>in the fifties before I was born you better believe <\/p>\n<p>it.  I seen those old, old movie.  those hippie.  them trailer-park <\/p>\n<p>grandma face tape.  I put my birt-tay right in my email.<\/p>\n<p>mother fucker don\u2019t tell me it\u2019s semantics.<\/p>\n<p>you got great big hair pony over your bald spot.  <\/p>\n<p>you camouflage, but I still recognize you, saggy <\/p>\n<p>chin since you got marry, little soft <\/p>\n<p>under arm.  me, I stay single cinder-block bookcase<\/p>\n<p>paint up myself,  Goodwill cup, so much cooler than you.<\/p>\n<p>we sit on the floor, make Kaballah and stuff.  <\/p>\n<p>my hip don\u2019t hurt at all. <\/p>\n<p>how about I wear little green dress linen always look wrinkle?<\/p>\n<p>anyone can see I try (not),  I care (not).  <\/p>\n<p>I forget what you even said when you came over<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jacobs-recent-head.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jacobs-recent-head-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jacobs recent head\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jacobs-recent-head-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jacobs-recent-head-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jacobs-recent-head.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>MIRIAM C. JACOBS  is a alumnus of the University of Chicago and teaches college writing, literature and humanities.  Jacobs is the editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyedrumperiodically.org\/\">Eyedrum Periodically<\/a>, the art\/literature journal of Eyedrum Art &#038; Music Gallery, Atlanta.  Her poetry has appeared in Jewish Literary Journal, The East Coast Literary Review, Record Magazine, The Camel Saloon, Bluestem: the Art and Literary Journal of Eastern Illinois University, The King\u2019s English, and Oklahoma Today, among other publications. Her chapbook of poetry, The Naked Prince, was published by Fort!\/Da? 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