Poetry
Mash Notes from a Pop Junk Addict
Boring
Bling bling
Nose ring
Can’t sing
Moneybag
Doorag
Heartthrob
Boob job
Cristal
Strip mall
Chug Chivas
Dead divas
Fake tattoos
Camera crews
Pop junk
Frat punk
Wal-Mart
Pop chart
Video
Promo
On tour
Home viewer
Shrinkwrap
Star map
Ad libs
Wack cribs
Trash hotel
TRL
Radio
CEO
Pay-per-view
Populance
Pointless
Topless
Useless
Pop lists
Marketplace
Metropolis
MTV
Reality
Make up
For the malady
Softcore
Folklore
Corner store
Give me more
There’s always
More room
To consume!
Contributor
Urayoan NoelUrayoán Noel is a Bronx-based poet, performer, and translator from Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. His books include In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam and Buzzing Hemisphere / Rumor Hemisférico. He edited and translated Architecture of Dispersed Life: Selected Poetry by Pablo de Rokha, which was shortlisted for the National Translation Award. Noel teaches at New York University and at Stetson University’s MFA of the Americas.