Aug 18, 2026 · 10 min · 9 segments
Here’s a reading of a couple of pieces from *The Richard Poems*, and four new pieces, three of my Harry Nilsson poems, and a poem I wrote just two days before reading. I was the opening for *A Party…
Simon SweetmanHost
The stereo was playing Why Can't We Be Friends the day I told my best friend of over a decade that he had to get the fuck out of my house and my face in either order and that we were done.

You remember what song was on when you're telling someone you've known that long to please and thank you, get out of your life.

The stereo was playing Why Can't We Be Friends the day I told my best friend of over a decade that he had to get the fuck out of my house and my face in either order and that we were done.

You remember what song was on when you're telling someone you've known that long to please and thank you, get out of your life.
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