{"id":21788,"date":"2010-03-21T01:49:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T01:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/?p=21788"},"modified":"2010-06-06T16:20:31","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T16:20:31","slug":"from-star-tom-jenks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/from-star-tom-jenks\/","title":{"rendered":"From star"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Tom Jenks.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

like to eat salami straight from fridge
\ngot 2 litre bottle cloudy lemonade
\n            swig out of that
\nthis makes me a bad person \/
\n                        person [?] think:
\nis this what your mother had in mind when she
\n                        thought of you?
\nyou are not as
\n            put this or that way
\nmight liken you to Cher in Moonstruck
\nbut I have never seen that
\n                        in particular
\non Sky Sports they named him as the mastermind
\njaunty fedora and lacy shawl                   rumour:
\n            he is one of those adult babies
\ngot a pram made from salvaged timber
\ntoo busy since he got with her
\nboneless banquets on the leatherette sofa<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

_____ was a bomber pilot
\n            there is no evidence he didn’t like it
\nafter that the Euro zone’s leading fetish photographer
\n            played The Blue Danube
\n                        rented rooms above the Kunsthalle
\nwhy don’t you try one of these { } { } { }
\nsmok(e)y mackerel in tupperware containers
\ntakeaway pizza in trouser press
\n            if you can draw a picture of a fish
\n            draw it here :
\nwhole thing is :
\ngot drunk at sports personality of the year
\ntook a piss in Bobby Charlton’s golden goblet
\nlater shared hot rods box with Nabokov
\nchicken pieces in patent leather slipper
\nchicken pieces :             =
\nbest approach is incremental
\nlike a butterfly collection
\n                        deposit yrs. here :<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

activity [ smart ] :         bonding with your colleagues
\narm wrestle over lunch or
\nhokey cokey dry ice | laser beam
\nI seen his wife and she not all that
\n            open necked shirt and
\n            corduroy waistcoat she
\n            on intensive life saving training she
\ncommemorated with mounted plaque
\nthey filming this for docusoap
\nin scenes not in
\n            pot plant substitute e.g.: flowering cactus in
\n                                                  galvanised bucket
\nkey scene :                   confrontation in atrium
\n                                                  line manager bear
\n                                    costume or jaunty pirate
\n23\/10: I accuse him of druidry: modified bedsheet
\n                                                          holly garland
\nin close up like the outline of Iceland
\nonce at photocopier his face on the glass
\nutility bills to prove he   or           cup-a-soup sachets
\nfor
\n                                                          cholesterol
\n                                                  count
\nenter yours here with wipe off marker :<\/p>\n

bonding with your colleagues like
\nshared experiences e.g.: nudity
\n          or
\n                                                  market gardening
\n                                                              or
\n                                                  visualise in easy
\n                                    medium              here :
\nI paint this pasta shell for you ()<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"tj1\"
\nABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong>
\nTom Jenks<\/strong> was born in Sunderland and now lives, works and writes in Manchester. He was the founding editor of Parameter Magazine<\/em> and currently runs Zimzalla<\/a>. His collection A Priori<\/em><\/a> was published by If P Then Q Classics with his mini-series Omens<\/em> being published by Matchbox. He is also part of the innovative reading series The Other Room<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"tj2\"_____ was a bomber pilot
\n            there is no evidence he didn’t like it
\nafter that the Euro zone’s leading fetish photographer
\n            played The Blue Danube
\n                        rented rooms above the Kunsthalle… got drunk at sports personality of the year
\ntook a piss in Bobby Charlton’s golden goblet
\nlater shared hot rods box with Nabokov
\nchicken pieces in patent leather slipper
\nchicken pieces :             =
\nbest approach is incremental
\nlike a butterfly collection
\n                        deposit yrs. here :<\/p>\n

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