Sharon Mesmer is one my favourite people, and this is her new book. What's inside is as good as the cover.
The first poem, the title poem, begins:
You annoying diabetic bitch.
You anorexic bulimic diabetic bitch.
You dumb annoying talentless diabetic bitch, eat some diabetes.
You and your bitch monster diabetic junkhead father,
and your diabetic cat, your pathetic geriatric diabetic cat that eats birds –
bitch birds –
you fuck-ass body monster, you’re lulling me into a diabetic coma
like that annoying secretary from Ally McBeal, you cold British diabetic bitch-dick
I suppose I should say this is all flarf-type stuff. That's all I'm going to say. It's a thing of joy.......
And this, boys and girls, is a bonus:
"Annoying Diabetic Bitch" by Sharon Mesmer is available from Combo Books, price $13.95. (This was the best link I could find; it seems pretty out of date, but go there and you are, at least, in the right neighbourhood. Anyways, you can always buy the book from Amazon..... Don't forget it's Mother's Day soon.
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