Work by J. Bradley

  1. The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists

    Posted in Gossip!, October 2009

    It’s a great throw­back to the days of rock opera, of great musi­cal sto­ry­telling. It’s the only album I know that has a catchy song about a father killing his chil­dren after his wife dies so he can have his life back.

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  2. Howl

    Posted in Poetry, October 2009

    Unlike most canines, you can­not trick Cerberus to lap your gen­i­tals with peanut but­ter. You must coat them with a fine layer of grief, salt them with Christianity to repel its teeth. Don’t keep your legs open like a gate; the pelvis was not designed to bear care­less mistakes.

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