ADAM ROBISON AND OTHER POEMS by Adam Robinson
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 01:49PM I kept calling my one brother adopted
I said, you're adopted, adopted
I ran from the laundry machine to the bathroom
Yelling Adopted! and You have a hole in your heart!
Because he did. People smarter than me call it a murmur
a ventricular septale defect
I yelled, You, Adopted, have a hole in your heart
through the locked bathroom door
and he kicked that shit off its hinges
--from "Some Men in My Family" by Adam Robinson

Adam Robinson's first full-length collection, Adam Robison and Other Poems, is now available for pre-order from Narrow House. Adam's a spectacular writer, the editor of Publishing Genius, and an all-around great member of the literary community. I can't recommend buying this book enough, but if you need further convincing, check out the rest of the poem I've excerpted above. It's one of my favorite things Keyhole has published.
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