I walked by a little girl slapping her mother in the face in a black SUV and wished it was me
A new poem
Here’s a new poem I wrote a few months ago. All true. I watched the slap, I heard the slap. I think it was on the UWS. Enjoy!
Happy birthday Ringo Starr. Peace and love.
SLAPSTICK
I walked by a little girl
slapping her mother
in the face
in a black SUV
and wished it was me
I need to get hit
in the face more
there’s not enough
physical contact
in the world
between people
outside of sex
and I can’t get sex
every time I want it
but if I do and
say the right things
I can get slapped
in the face
anytime I want it
Here’s a video of me reading the poem a few months ago at a house show in New York City.
I hope you enjoyed the poem. You can get my first book of poetry MOUTHFUL here if you’d like to read more of my poems. I’ll sign it too.
Have a great week!
-Matt Starr