![]() Even though Feed was written and published in 2019, the topics he chooses are still highly sensitive and relevant in the age of Covid, corrupt government and Black Lives Matter. Notice the news headline in bold which Pico slips into key parts of the poem. There was no ambition no thrill of the chase GUNMAN FIRST INTO OKLAHOMA CITY RESTAURANT I know this from Hedwig and the Angry Inch He deftly moves from the very personal-the story of his first meeting with Leo-to more universal, even philosophical, thoughts on love and loneliness:Īnd the children of the moon (man and woman) His relationship with Leo forms a part of the larger patterns in his life-his loneliness, his struggles with dating, and his itinerant lifestyle as a traveling poet. Leo and Teebs share some nice memories together, but Teebs doesn’t wallow in or become awash with sorrow when they mutually decide to go their separate ways. Teebs is not afraid to be brutally honest about his sexual desires, his sometimes awkward dates, and the reasons why he moves on from a relationship (In one instance he finds out that his lover’s favorite book is Atlas Shrugged) But the love interest that is brought up most is a man named Leo, whom we meet in the opening verses of the poem. Waiting for the lover to open up for the destruction his love will no On that full throaty wail where Roland Orzabal reveals the he’s just What else can ou do in an intractable situation but to shout? Focus Second, how cathartic am I right? Really, just let it all out. ![]() A clever and subtle way to keep some semblance of form to his meandering thought-feed. ![]() He reflects briefly on the lyrics from each track and his subsequent thoughts are launched from there until he “starts” the next track. He brings up many melancholy topics–lost love, his heritage, the American president, climate change and his loneliness–but he manages to take each of these things in stride and press forward with his uncanny ability to find humor in nearly every situation.Īs a sort of loose organization of the poem, Pico provides a soundtrack to his thoughts Track 1 is a the song”XO” by Beyonce and Track 19 is “Up the Ladder to the Roof” by the Supremes. Pieces of short verse are alternated with prose, dialogue, letters, short recipes, news headlines and lists, all of which showcase Pico’s clever, astute, surprising and hilarious writing. Poetry is feed/ to the horses within me.” His long poem, Feed, reads just like that-a feed of his character’s mind which he calls “Teebs” and all of the personal thoughts that occupy it: “I am 34/ I live in the busiest city in America./ I am about to eat an orange./ Every feed owes itself to death. Timmy Pico is a queer, native American poet, living in New York City, trying to navigate the dating scene while constantly being on the road for his profession.
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