Beauty depresses me,
knowing that it’s temporary.
Positivity requires too much energy.
And even if I were happy,
I wouldn’t admit it,
for that would be an insult
to those who are not,
and those who pretend to be.
Advertisements
February 12, 2019
Beauty and Happiness
January 13, 2019
Moments of Rare Delight
Delivering a profound spiritual message for humanity at…
Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Saturday Jan 19th 8pm
w/ Flesh Eaters & Mud Honey
Furstworld, 8528 Desert Shadows Rd, Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Friday Jan 25th 7.30pm
Space Cowboy Books, 61871 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Saturday Jan 26th 3-4.30pm
w/ Gabriel Hart
Chevalier’s Books, 126 N.Larchmont, Los Angeles CA 90004
Sunday Feb 3rd 5pm
w/ Janet Fitch
September 11, 2014
Gen F
I reluctantly agreed to participate in this event,
and I’m sure I’ll have cause to regret it.
May 19, 2014
The Thrill Of It All
I will be lending my oratorial stylings to a fabulous bill
at HM157. Saturday night, May 24th, 9pm.
3110 N.Broadway, Lincoln Heights.
Also featuring the return of the Centimeters.
April 22, 2014
Spread the Joy
The not-quite-yet-exhausted subject of love
will be celebrated and lamented by others
and myself at Beyond Baroque,
681 Venice Blvd, CA 90291. Saturday May 3rd, 8pm.
September 21, 2013
Just trying to make a connection…
“At the end of the day, these few fleeting moments
of glory are one’s only reward.”
Performance video from the La Luz de Jesus Gallery, 8/13.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/interview/john-tottenham-
antiepithalamia-and-other-poems-of-regret-resentment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae2ywWx35ig&feature=player_embedded
January 21, 2012
CXXVII (the missing Inertia)
This compulsive need to ‘actualize’ myself
Has consumed far too much of my being.
I wish I could divest myself
Of this tiresome illusion
That I have something to offer.
It would make it so much easier
For everybody concerned.
Not that anybody else is concerned.
