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memoirs in fragments
by Charles Bivona

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SOMETHING LIKE CHAPTERS

[in no particular order of importance]

The Poet

• Too Busy Brothers in an Imaginary Diner
• World at War: Believing in Old Lies
• watching has always been my talent
• 51

• The story begins with Mrs. Hunt
• meditations in public
• SHOCK: On Sang Lee’s Death
• power animals

• Dear Rose:
• I’m a lot like my mother.
• Intolerable: a poetic microblog
• The Mourning After

• Americano
• Poet vs. Priest: My Catholic History w/ Father Moe
• If You’re So Damn Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?
• Why I was never molested by a Catholic Priest.

• Gasoline Prices: a poem
• literary america
• the therapist calls me masochistic w/ a grin
• It Was the End of the 1990s

• Don’t Flinch: In Praise of Blink-182 w/ Music Video
• It doesn’t have to be so painful.
• Buddhism Makes You Sexy
• Then a young poet asks me, “How do you admit you’re a poet?”

• She said I’m a Twitter star—whatever that means.
• Chuck’s Trippin’ Balls
• Written On Her Body: a lust poem
• We Reserve the Right to Repossess the Car: with bullet points!

• What Everyone Ought to Know About My Arrogance
• Chris Christie: a very very short story

 

Commercial Interruptions

• Sounds of the Mind of @CharlesBivona Tweeting
• charlesbivona.com had 30,000 Amazing Visitors in May 2011! Do you know what that means?
• Buddhist Poet Considers a Run for President #BivonaGate
• Turning ‘Toward God’ for Tim Pawlenty
• All I ever wanted was a house that wasn’t haunted.
• If Charles Bivona Runs for President: Campaign Promises Promises Promises
• 1st Book from Glenn Beck Publishing: Mercury Ink, a young adult novel
• The Secret to My Social Media Blogging: a meditation
• If Charles Bivona Runs for President: on the campaign trail #BivonaGate
• Sarah Palin’s Paul Revere Source Finally Revealed
• If Charles Bivona Runs for President: the Senior Speech Writer
• Twitter and StumbleUpon Send 30K Visitors to charlesbivona.com
• To the Nice Woman in Starbucks Who Asked What I Blog About
• In Honor of My 300th Blog Post, Sing Like You Think No One’s Listening
• If Charles Bivona Runs for President: 1st Campaign Ad!
• And poets should stay out of politics or become monsters ..
• If Charles Bivona Runs for President: Experience and Qualifications
• Here’s to One Crazy Summer!
• If Sang Lee Haunted Charles Bivona

The Political Unconscious

• The Usury States of America
• College Professors on Food Stamps
• Comedians v. Religion
• Doug Stanhope on American Freedom
• George Carlin: “The Public Sucks.”
• Doug Stanhope on American Nationalism
• BLOWBACK SYNDROME: Oil Wars and Overreach w/ Chalmers Johnson

Music from the Official Soundtrack

• Sing Like You Think No One’s Listening
• You don’t have to go.. You’re the poetry man..
• Charles Bivona: Master of Philosophical Mayhem, at your service..
• Celebrating My New Piece of Paper!!
• Join the Online Antiwar March
• .. who uses a machete .. to cut through red tape ..
• All because I read a little Noam Chomsky

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