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Ryan Adams reads at the NYPL 9/25/09

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Uploaded by on Sep 27, 2009

Short excerpt of Ryan Adams reading 'White Diamond' from his poetry book Hello Sunshine, at the 'Live from the NYPL' series event with Mary-Louise Parker, September 25, 2009

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...
cuffs out
smoking and being asses, beer-gutted and crook-toothed
and/or
i am surrounded
in a white formica silver-and-gold flecked booth by
library anomalies
the diner is me but a robot me with shiny insides
silver on thewalls
real metal
in the back-where the swinging doors swing
when the BELL pops and goes RING
like a cat
moving across porcelain pizza boxes
...

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  • I've never really 'got' poetry, but this is pretty cool!

  • It's not quite the same without melody....but i'll try it just cause.

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