AlCaponesSister• Show poetry

I can tell you things like, when Bukowski ran out of food he took to eating his type-writer ribbons. That he could only drink 2 bottles of wine when writing because he claimed anything else made one too inebriated to complete a coherent thought. You had to have just enough to keep you steady-handed, or else it all turned to shit. I can tell you that whilst shooting Resevoir Dogs, Quentin and Madsen drove around with Baltz in their trunk while they went out for McDonald's so Baltz would have that experience to work with. I can tell you that Oliver Stone produced Natural Born Killers because Quentin didn't have the money at the time, and that Stone messed it all up so Quentin didn't want his name on it anymore. I can tell you that Secretariat won the Belmont stakes many jumps back by 17-lengths, and that that is a world record not yet broken by a horse. I can tell you that Smarty Jones wasn't bred for distance. I can quote you any film from anytime, and be accurate on it, and use these things in everyday conversation. I can tell you that playing a show ticket on a favorite is the more sensible thing to do, because no one has the favorites for show and the oods are higher. I can tell you that Stephen King's original name for The Shawshank Redemption was "Rita Hayworth & The Shawshank Redemption"; and I can also tell you that that short story first appeared in a short-story compilation of his called Different Seasons. I can tell you the sky is blue because it reflects the ocean, and that the ocean is blue because it reflects the sky. I can tell you that 2pair beats 3ofakind. I can tell you the blinds on a minimum game in Vegas. I can tell you that whilst in the studio recording Rocket Queen, Axl Rose was making a 19-year-old stripper, so to record accurate sounds for the song. I can tell you all the best ones died at 27 back in the day. I can tell you that Eric Claption wrote "Layla" for Patty Harrison. I can tell you Pamela Des Barres slept with all my favorite musicians, but also that she's very eloquent. I can tell you Liz Taylor smelled like Vicodin & bourbon. I can tell you Janis Joplin drank Southern Comfort & once smashed a bottle over Jim Morrison's head at a party. I can tell you a lot of people freaked out on bad acid at Woodstock. I can tell you most of today's music is shite because it's lost it's soul and everyone's out to make a buck. I can tell you the whole world needs to learn the only thing worth listenin' to is on vinyl or tape. I can also tell you however, that Winehouse is a great musician because she has a fucked up life, and let's it come through her music with a voice just not from her time. I can tell you that Damon Runyon was a great writer who put cunning linguists to shame whilst speaking of gambling degenerates and alcoholics. I can tell you Dicken's Tale of Two Cities is the longest love letter ever written for an alcoholic... and I could tell you more, as well. But the last thing I'm gonna tell you is, Bobby Long was right, we've read too many books, listened to too many songs, and watched too many movies.