The following is the third installment of many kickass excerpts from Brian Alan Ellis’s new book A Series of Pained Facial Expressions Made While Shredding Air Guitar
POEM FOR CHANNING TATUM
When Channing Tatum’s character from the movie Foxcatcher loses his shot at glory and then locks himself in a hotel room, you think:
Same
When Channing Tatum’s character from the movie Foxcatcher curses and cries and punches himself in the face repeatedly, you think:
Same
When Channing Tatum’s character from the movie Foxcatcher head-butts the hotel room mirror, bloodying his head real bad, and then karate chops a lamp, you think:
Same
When Channing Tatum’s character from the movie Foxcatcher orders room service and they bring him a bunch of desserts and he shoves them all into his face recklessly, you think:
Same
When Channing Tatum’s character from the movie Foxcatcher, after gorging himself on desserts, gets in bed and then waits to be forgotten/die, you think:
Same
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A Series of Pained Facial Expressions Made While Shredding Air Guitar: Poems, Observations, Lists, Letters, Notes, Bullshit Aphorisms, and General Tales of Ordinary Crabbiness (House of Vlad Productions) comes out March 2016. Visit houseofvlad.tumblr.com, for more information.
