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Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction
Por Jared Singer
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Singer’s highly anticipated debut book collects and transforms work from his ten years as a mainstay of the NYC poetry scene. With work that ranges from the laugh out loud funny to the silence and rage of loss, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction is a must read. As the book unfolds Jared guides the reader through fresh takes on the discussion of body image and body positivity side by side with all too familiar discussions of mental health, anxiety and suicide. It explores the complex cloth that is American culture and New York in particular, taking extra time to examine his identity as a Jewish American and how that underpins the authors daily experience. Forgive Yourself is a modern handbook for finding yourself and your place without losing your way.
Sobre el autor
Jared Singer is an Audio Engineer and poet who lives in Secaucus, NJ. While he may have physically grown up with his peers, he has never forgotten the imagination, magic, and nerdiness that were cornerstones of his childhood. He hopes to remind others of these more creative times. He has also appeared on the Indiefeed Performance Poetry Podcast. He has represented New York eight times at the National Slam level, including two final stage appearances at the National Poetry Slam. Jared has long believed in the healing power of the mountains, kittens, and lists of three.
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Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction - Jared Singer
SELF-DESTRUCTION
HOMETOWN
I only go back to where I was raised to celebrate
or mourn. It is getting hard to tell the difference between
funerals and weddings. Laughing and crying look the
same from a distance. There are long meaningful
embraces at both. I wear the same suit,
only the tie changes. We raise the first glass of the night
to a memory no matter what. The only difference?
Whether or not there will be fewer of us next time.
SHATTER
This is for everyone who ever thought
Gd gave me this blood, so surely if I choose to spill it,
learn to bathe in it, that must make me holy, right?
Nothing else has worked.
This is for everyone who fell in love with the let go—
who cut and cut and cut
but never gave in to the give up—
who never killed themselves.
This is for those who, at the bottom of the well,
chose to live. Thank you—
you taught me honesty in a way that teachers
and parents never considered.
I never made a mark on my own body—
instead I stood proud and
let someone else do the breaking.
Called it football,
called it dirt bike,
called it round here you take
a beating when you earn it, boy,
called it do your worst, I know you can’t
break me half as hard I deserve to be broken.
Every injury just another opportunity to learn
to love this body. After all, calcium deposits
are always stronger the second time around.
This body is no mere temple of stone to be easily
shattered. I made it life-strong one break at a time.
Baptism is the process of making the mundane holy.
When you learn that you can do that yourself,
there is no more need for the stand-proud.
You can put down the blade made
perfect by your blood. Set aside the fury
until you really need it.
I am unbreakable.
I
have
learned
to
bend.
JARED ( ) SINGER
The act of naming something
is an attempt to give it purpose.
When someone wants you to be
anything but what you are,
the easiest way to start
is with a nickname.
(Motek): the Hebrew word for the masculine
version of sweetheart. She wanted me to be
more Jewish and more hers.
(Patsy): half legend, half job description.
I took all the blame. For the cigarettes, the booze,
the broken window, the fist.
I was the good kid, the one parents wouldn’t hate.
I was willing to take all the blame,
just to be a part of someone else’s story.
(Son): not given by father.
Every adult man who wants you
to be more like them will call you son,
usually when giving instructions.
If they think their daughter may be
serious about you, this name becomes
half promise and half threat.
(Marley): as in Jacob Marley,
the first ghost to visit Scrooge.
As in Jew Boy, the only way
you will be a part of our story is as
a cautionary tale, forever
wrapped in chains and money
boxes. At first, this was just a name
I assumed for a school play.
But when they see how well
you carry a burden, a stereotype,
it will remain forever yours.
(J): a shortening of my first name,
inconsequential and meaningless,
I hated this nickname. Trading
in my whole person for a letter.
When I complained they laughed.
I
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