She Won't Cooperate

or I Want to Be the Girl With the Most Cake

Renee Smith

Renee Smith
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, Colbert's Nation
Birthday
July 20
Title
Your Highness
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Single mom of 2 grown daughters, writer, punk rocker & Green Day groupie; lover of sushi, memoirs, David Sedaris and Stephen Colbert. A lifelong native of Houston, I made a cross country move to Hollywood East beginning Act 2 of my life.I am currently at work on a screenplay and two books of essays. I have written a number of produced plays and am a contributor to Punk Globe. I'm a Grad School student at UNCW fulfilling my lifelong dream of advanced degrees and writing full-time. I am also a recently laid off high school teacher , but felt as Sylvia Plath did, that "teaching is dying a slow death in front of an audience." The education system is broken and I can't save it by being in it--but perhaps my words can help.

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Salon.com
APRIL 13, 2009 9:08PM

Swagger Part I.

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Swagger Part I.

 

There is perfection in swagger

the sure surety of knowing your enemy

knowing your demons

and standing on the side of the line

in the sand

that is right without question

and to take that swagger

and live it from the tips of your fingers

to the spikes of your hair tips

to the edges of your pretty mouth--

heart shaped in repose

a hand grenade when opened-- to 

cut through the silence,

a melodic angelic falsettoed bratty snarl

of a chainsaw

ripping open the lies

leaving the truth falling where it may.

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This is a very well-written, immediate poem, something about how it's written reminds me of Patti Smith's work. It's good.
Holly Blue
April 14, 2009 09:53 PM