An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Apropos of Nothing, Monday at 3:45pm

i want to smack you

so hard, your ears pop

i want to smack you

so hard, your clothes come back in style

and your thinking goes out of fashion

i want to smack you

so hard, you fast-forward to the middle of next week

past your next three mistakes

inevitable as the waning moon

i want to smack you

so hard, right in the mouth

that your momma feels it in the dark parts of her brain

like the guilt she bears

for bringing you into this world


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Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Sometimes loud, formerly poet, always opinionated. As in guillotine... Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is currently the Chief Content & Marketing Officer for LibraryPass. He's also previously been publisher & marketing director for Writer’s Digest; project lead for the Panorama Project; director, content strategy & audience development for Library Journal & School Library Journal; and founding director of programming & business development for the original Digital Book World.

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