Today’s Reading: Hannah Weiner, We Speak Silent
Even though the book came out in 1996, I insist that Hannah Weiner actually intended the Bob Dylan voice in We Speak Silent to sound like George W. Bush. Listen to this: “heh heh heh I sneaked in another two pages // heh heh heh im just fooling i love ya smush.” Or how about: “heh heh heh you put that book away or else.”
The book’s all about some kind of telepathic communication anyway, so who’s to say she wasn’t inadvertently channeling the governor of Texas? And he gets such good lines!
sweetheart please the torture of meeting someone new is
impossible they ask you how old you are and what
you do for a living
sweetheart what are you gonna do when you meet me
have fisticuffs or somethin
sweetheart next time call when youre supposed to and
never mind your mysteries or i'll punch ya
I mean, c’mon! It’s too good not to pretend it’s true.
