Jew boy plays the dozens with god
after Angel Nafis, after Terrance Hayes
BY GEOFF KAGAN TRENCHARD
Jew boy never believed in Santa Claus
or Jesus
or pro wrestling.
Jew boy onions.
Jew boy pickles.
Jew boy well rolled blunt.
Jew boy left god out of the pledge of allegiance all through elementary school.
Jew boy had no apology for the teacher.
Jew boy never learned not to throw like a girl.
Jew boy never built anything with his own two hands that wasn’t made of plastic.
Jew boy can type faster than he can think.
Jew boy burnt latka oil.
Jew boy chicken fat cinnamon in the center of the matza ball.
Jew boy musk of inner thigh of the first Mormon girl he went down on.
Jew boy fetish for summer camp counselor uniform.
Jew boy never chased by German Shepherd.
Jew boy never seen inside of smoke stack.
Jew boy never given rocks for soap.
Jew boy never not know holocaust joke.
Jew boy half rat.
Jew boy always over tips.
Jew boy knows all the lyrics.
Jew boy stay wavy.
Jew boy stay hyphe.
Jew boy keep it 100 all day every day.
Jew boy understands every word coming out of the speaker.
Jew boy understands prayers in Hebrew and curses in Yiddish
Jew boy brucha
Jew boy fakackta
Jew boy always says he’s Jewish
except when he doesn’t.
Jew boy has almost one tattoo.
Jew boy rolls down sleeves around grandmothers.
Jew boy’s groom’s man was asked if he was a waiter at the wedding.
Jew boy dirty looks at Hasid black hat.
Jew boy would not like to pray with you today.
Jew boy printed counterfeit with Myer Lansky and Karl Marx.
Jew boy shot dope with Lenny Bruce and Sigmund Freud.
Jew boy corked up his face with Woody Allen and Bugs Bunny.
Jew boy sucked Allen Ginsberg’s dick and fucked Roy Cohen in the ass.
Jew boy crush on straight boy cigarette tucked behind the ear.
Jew boy knows when to not act queer.
Jew boy descended from sawed off last name and nose bump.
Jew boy descended from people who ran faster than swordsman on horseback.
Jew boy has a mother who still does.
Jew boy’s house still in the shadow of the cross.
Jew boy always thinks about the stains on the table in a holding cell
when lighting shabbas candles.
Jew boy always thinks about the fragility of a book when compared to a rock.
Jew boy can tell the language by the smell of the paper when it burns.
Jew boy doesn’t think god is watching
any of it.
BY GEOFF KAGAN TRENCHARD
Jew boy never believed in Santa Claus
or Jesus
or pro wrestling.
Jew boy onions.
Jew boy pickles.
Jew boy well rolled blunt.
Jew boy left god out of the pledge of allegiance all through elementary school.
Jew boy had no apology for the teacher.
Jew boy never learned not to throw like a girl.
Jew boy never built anything with his own two hands that wasn’t made of plastic.
Jew boy can type faster than he can think.
Jew boy burnt latka oil.
Jew boy chicken fat cinnamon in the center of the matza ball.
Jew boy musk of inner thigh of the first Mormon girl he went down on.
Jew boy fetish for summer camp counselor uniform.
Jew boy never chased by German Shepherd.
Jew boy never seen inside of smoke stack.
Jew boy never given rocks for soap.
Jew boy never not know holocaust joke.
Jew boy half rat.
Jew boy always over tips.
Jew boy knows all the lyrics.
Jew boy stay wavy.
Jew boy stay hyphe.
Jew boy keep it 100 all day every day.
Jew boy understands every word coming out of the speaker.
Jew boy understands prayers in Hebrew and curses in Yiddish
Jew boy brucha
Jew boy fakackta
Jew boy always says he’s Jewish
except when he doesn’t.
Jew boy has almost one tattoo.
Jew boy rolls down sleeves around grandmothers.
Jew boy’s groom’s man was asked if he was a waiter at the wedding.
Jew boy dirty looks at Hasid black hat.
Jew boy would not like to pray with you today.
Jew boy printed counterfeit with Myer Lansky and Karl Marx.
Jew boy shot dope with Lenny Bruce and Sigmund Freud.
Jew boy corked up his face with Woody Allen and Bugs Bunny.
Jew boy sucked Allen Ginsberg’s dick and fucked Roy Cohen in the ass.
Jew boy crush on straight boy cigarette tucked behind the ear.
Jew boy knows when to not act queer.
Jew boy descended from sawed off last name and nose bump.
Jew boy descended from people who ran faster than swordsman on horseback.
Jew boy has a mother who still does.
Jew boy’s house still in the shadow of the cross.
Jew boy always thinks about the stains on the table in a holding cell
when lighting shabbas candles.
Jew boy always thinks about the fragility of a book when compared to a rock.
Jew boy can tell the language by the smell of the paper when it burns.
Jew boy doesn’t think god is watching
any of it.
GEOFF KAGAN TRENCHARD's poems have been published in numerous journals including Word Riot, The Nervous Breakdown, The Worcester Review, SOFTBLOW, and November 3rd. He has received endowments from the National Performance Network, Dance Theater Workshop, The Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the City of Oakland to produce original theatrical work. As a mentor for Urban Word NYC, he taught weekly poetry workshops in the foster care center at Bellevue as well as in Rikers Island with Columbia University’s “Youth Voices on Lockdown” program. He is a recipient of a fellowship from the Riggio Writing and Democracy program at the New School and the first ever louderARTS Writing Fellowship. He has performed poetry on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, at universities throughout the United States, and in theaters internationally as a member of the performance poetry troupe “The Suicide Kings.” He lives in Brooklyn and can be found at kagantrenchard.com.