Tony Schanuel
Everything You Do is Pretty Grand
I had a few words with the flowers, and they told me they hate their Latin names. Sure, I enjoy mingling with le beau monde, but by the time you read this, everything will be so expensive, there’ll be no use jumping to conclusions. Don’t worry, there are solutions. The vegetables have already converted to vegetarianism—those cannibals. All I want is money and soup, just the fruits of my labor. By contrast, what is the purpose of the moon? I’ve been as quiet as I can about the sexual connotations. Now, the point is moot, unless you game the system. Louie says, Don’t slurp your eyeball soup, Dupre. What’s the point of stepping on your own toes? There are 206 bones in the human body, and I’ve broken them all. I’m pretty sure that got the attention of the trees.
Brad Rose was born and raised in Los Angeles, and lives in Boston. He is the author three collections of poetry and flash fiction, Pink X-Ray (Big Table Publishing, 2015), de/tonations, (Nixes Mate Press, 2020), and Momentary Turbulence (Cernvena Barva Press, 2020). WordinEdgeWise from Cerven Barva Press is forthcoming in later 2021. His sixth chapbook, Collateral, was just released by Right Hand Pointing. Brad’s poetry has appeared in, The Los Angeles Times, The American Journal of Poetry, New York Quarterly, Cloud Bank, and other publications. Brad’s website is: www.bradrosepoetry.com Selected readings are available at http://bradrosepoetry.com/audio-readings/.
Tony Schanuel is an award-winning photographer and visual artist who has fused a professional background in photography, digital technology, and painting and mark making to create fine art that transcends those mediums. His work has been featured in Digital Imaging Magazine, Computer Graphic Magazine, Wild Heart Journal, St. Louis Design Magazine, and is a featured artist in Cyber Palette and Extreme Graphics, two books showcasing digital artists and their work. He has exhibited at the Florence Biennale and his art is held in private and corporate collections including the Fine Arts Museum of Houston permanent photographic collection.