Elvis Presley Preacher Man (2021)


Poetry Reading – April 5th, 2023


Elvis Presley Preacher Man- drawing by Harvey Dog 2023 for the poem "Elvis Presley Preacher Man" (2021).

A changed man
is coming to town,
his reputation precedes him,
he’s a ladies man
and dances
on the edge of
a burning lake.

“A change is coming,”
the golden throated
Elvis Presley Preacher Man
sang to the congregation,
they held out their chains
asking: “when? when?
when will we be free?”

Elvis Presley Preacher Man
shook his hips
with charismatic electricity
and sang:
“revel in your misery,
pain is the gift of reality,”

We waved our skinny arms
in the air & tossed
our existence
to the golden-throated
Elvis Presley Preacher Man
dancing on the edge
a burning lake.

October 10th, 2021



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