You really crushed it
like an aluminum can
or a canceled vacation plan
I mean you took a good thing
and put it through the wringer
and dragged it through the mud
when all that was required
was your gratitude
rather than an attitude
that you were on a whole
other latitude
and so you alienated
your base
with that smug look
on your face
don't you know
when you've got it made
and there's no need
to throw so much shade
can't you just be happy
for a change
no wonder women
children and dogs
think you're strange
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Damage Goods
Ivan Jenson
Bio: Ivan Jenson is a fine artist, novelist and popular contemporary poet who lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
His artwork was featured in Art in America, Art News, and Interview Magazine and has sold at auction at Christie’s. Amongst Ivan’s commissions are the final portrait of the late Malcolm Forbes and a painting titled “Absolut Jenson” for Absolut Vodka’s national ad campaign. His Absolut paintings are in the collection of the Spritmuseum, the Museum of Spirits in Stockholm, Sweden. Jenson’s painting of the “Marlboro Man” was collected by the Philip Morris corporation.
His novels, Dead Artist and Seeing Soriah, illustrate the creative, often dramatic lives of artists. Jenson’s poetry is widely published (with over 1000 poems published in the US, UK and Europe) in a variety of literary media. He has published a poetry book, Media Child and Other Poems, and two novels, Marketing Mia and Erotic Rights. Jenson’s memoir East of Ivan hit number 5 on Amazon.
Mundane Miracles, his critically acclaimed poetry collection, hit number 1 on Amazon in American Poetry.
Follow Ivan Jenson at:
Twitter: @IvanJenson
