biere lager noire by Jason Baldinger

the fugs said
cacophony forever
they were right

I said the band
sounds great
even when they fall apart

chris says
everything sounds better
when it falls apart

it’s so fucking hot
I rest my beer
on my neck

this only works
until the beer
is warm or empty

god I love that 
d. boon razorwire
guitar

every time I hear
knockin' on heaven’s door
I think about slim pickens dying

I'm days away 
from fireworks
and anniversaries

maybe we should all
wear flowers
in our hair

tommy says
he's sorry for
reminding me

I say it’s all good
time keeps getting weirder
wobblier, it's inevitable
things disappear

Jason Baldinger is a poet from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A former Writer in Residence at Osage Arts Community, he is co-founder of The Bridge Series. He has multiple books available including and Everyone’s Alone Tonight with James Benger (Kung Fu Treachery Press) the chapbook Blind Into Leaving (Analog Submission Press) as well as the forthcoming Afterlife is a Hangover (Stubborn Mule Press). His work has been published widely in print journals and online. You can listen to him read his work on Bandcamp and on lps by the bands Theremonster and The Gotobeds.