Handsome Hal's Blue Star Basically Sells Everything
Daniel Nester

posted Oct 30, 2007

I have a hooker about that tall
and I’m gonna bring her in.
If I hear one more fake epiphany
There’s gonna be H-E-double
Broomsticks to pay. Hey there.
I’m back. Last night some trouble
Came to my door. Knock knock.
Trouble here. I’m missing
That hooker now. Where is she?
Is she Texas-size? Is she sincere?
Does she have cheeky-ass visions?
She will convert if need be.
Keep me chained here
and miss me blind.

Daniel Nester is the author of God Save My Queen, God Save My Queen II, and The History of My World Tonight. His writing has appeared in The Best Creative Nonfiction, Third Rail: The Poetry of Rock and Roll, The Best American Poetry 2003, Open City, and elsewhere. He writes articles and reviews for Poets & Writers, Time Out New York, PoetryFoundation.org and Bookslut, edits the online journal Unpleasant Event Schedule, and maintains a website at danielnester.com.