Riffing Off of Other Writers
The Performance Artist
They might’ve been big, once upon a time — or not.
6 min readApr 25, 2020
“Nicci, have you been down to the Jail Bar? Seen that ‘beat poet,’ Charles…something or other?” She pronounced it Chaawwwwws, dropping her jaw slowly and drawling out the “awww” like a grandmother who’d bandaged one too many boo-boos and wasn’t having it, anymore.