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christian patterson
Introduction
This book (Unregistered Hypercam 2) is a compilation of poems I wrote from about 2013-2016
I consider this book a complete mixtape because
all of these poems were either:
a. going to be in my book an alternate reality where mello yello is more popular than mtn
dew (published by Fog Machine), but didnt make the cut
b. didnt have any other collection of poetry I could fit these poems into
c. I wrote them and then forgot about them
d. I wrote them and wasnt sure how to revise them, so they sat in a folder
These poems are basically the stragglers from the first era of my writing life. I consider this era
beginning with the first poetry class I ever took in college, and ending with an alternate reality
where mello yello is more popular than mtn dew, released in the summer of 2016. I have now
moved on to different approaches to poetry, but still want these poems to be released.
Christian Patterson
Chris turned 18 five days before me
1
I am in 6th grade
my family goes to Taco Time after church frequently
2
I am in 12th grade
I am with 2 friends
a 3rd friend works at the Taco Time on 15th
it is 20 minutes until closing
he gives $50 of free food
3
I am a senior in college
I walk to Taco Time on North Interstate
it is 5 minutes until closing
I eat the food in the empty parking lot
on the upstairs of Alexs house
when I was 7 or 8
my mom was getting her haircut
and I was waiting in the salon
Im on a deck
overlooking a Korean garden
Theres a row of men in collared
shirts sitting next to me
You are behind me, in a gift shop
I see an artificial
stream that has dried up,
and orange and pink flowers
leaning over the stream
in an unkempt manner
in bed
we alternated crying and cradling each other
then we couldnt cry anymore and asked why were crying
You were in the Rainier beer sign when Id drive north on I-5
my earbuds broke
I walked for 30 minutes to 7-Eleven
they didnt have earbuds
but they had Mtn Dew Baja Blast
(this was when Baja Blast had just become
available outside of Taco Bell)
I hadnt found Baja Blast
in Portland yet, so I bought it,
walked 2 miles to Sharis
Kirk brought his uke like usual. Me, Fit and Kirk tried to play
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea because its better and less
cliche than Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
those half improvisations were punctured by the sound
@christianizcool