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Austin Beaton

VOICEMAIL POEMS

Dating Is Hard Y'All

Emma Roberts

Catherine Weiss

Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Kelly Jones

Kody Smith

Andy Powell

Chrissy Martin

James Barrett

Alex McDonald

Paige Wilson

Jessie Lynn

John Quinonez

Alison Kronstadt

Robyn Campbell

Allison Hummel

OwlTail

In this episode, I chat with Austin on his quarter-life journey and why he created Hindsight 20/Something, an anthology of essays by people like us - twenty-somethings, reflecting on our lives. 

In this episode, I chat with Austin on his quarter-life journey and why he created Hindsight 20/Something, an anthology of essays by people like us - twenty-somethings, reflecting on our lives.

Looking Back with Austin Beaton

Kimiko Hirota

Kai River Blevins

Our hosts Logen Cure and I.S. Jones review their favs from our Fall 2017 issue!(Get caught up on Fall 2017 here: https://soundcloud.com/voicemailpoems/sets/voicemail-poems-fall-2017)This installment features poems by Kimiko Hirota, Austin Beaton, and Kai River Blevins. Music by TrueKey. (@truekey).&gt;&gt; The deadline to submit to our Winter Issue is December 1st:http://voicemailpoems.org/call&gt;&gt; Help us made more of these by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/voicemailpoems&gt;&gt; Review us on iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/voicemail-poems-.org/id847081003

Our hosts Logen Cure and I.S. Jones review their favs from our Fall 2017 issue! (Get caught up on Fall 2017 here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/voicemailpoems/sets/voicemail-poems-fall-2017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/voicemailpoems/sets/voicemail-poems-fall-2017</a>) This installment features poems by Kimiko Hirota, Austin Beaton, and Kai River Blevins. Music by TrueKey. (@truekey). &gt;&gt; The deadline to submit to our Winter Issue is December 1st: <a href="http://voicemailpoems.org/call" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://voicemailpoems.org/call</a> &gt;&gt; Help us made more of these by supporting us on Patreon! <a href="http://patreon.com/voicemailpoems" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://patreon.com/voicemailpoems</a> &gt;&gt; Review us on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/voicemail-poems-.org/id847081003" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/voicemail-poems-.org/id847081003</a>

*FALL 2017* Poems by Kimiko Hirota, Austin Beaton, & Kai River Blevins

And it’s not only the dollar aisleor because you gave birth control to a couple ex-girlfriendsor how you fed me Lexapro,a pill Kanye West rapped aboutin a studio probably not farfrom a Rite Aid in Los Angeles.Not just that five bucksbuys me and a millionairethe same serotonin dropletsspreading under the part of the scalpsoft on a baby,a chemical that tells me I’m mereturning like a rabbit angelwith a cartoon halofloating back intonear-corpse Bugs Bunnyso he can keep eating carrotsand talk like he’s from New York,&amp; I can enjoy the smell of gasoline,the beauty of an extra paper clipgiven by a colleagueor finding beach rocks and agatesshaped like Nebraska.It’s not only the reliabilityof my favorite cashier,a ketchup red vestlike the fun aunt at Christmasor the palm tree parking lot,the oranges glowing out the black branches,magneting the lightfrom your Pluto blue signlike something that’d happenbetween a moon and a star.It isn’t primarily the ice creamI never eat but glad is there for otherslike Christianity and Botox,or the bananas I don’t buybecause I’m not sure I always want to be good to myselfbut would give it all awayfor a little familiarity.I could move to a new state,lose my mind or loverthen visit any of the 4600drug storesand the heels spinon the driveway back homefrom the mailbox,an anybody Americanboogie-ing down aisle 6under bars of fluorescent,the industrial humand same anxietya pharmacy can soften.Rite Aid, I love youand a stranger alsowith your store membershipis asking, what am I shopping for today?Who misses me?How much does it matterwhen I don’t trust myself?---------------------------------------SUPPORT US ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/voicemailpoems http://voicemailpoems.org/guidelines http://facebook.com/voicemailpoems http://twitter.com/voicemailpoems http://voicemailpoems.org/thepodcast

And it’s not only the dollar aisle or because you gave birth control to a couple ex-girlfriends or how you fed me Lexapro, a pill Kanye West rapped about in a studio probably not far from a Rite Aid in Los Angeles. Not just that five bucks buys me and a millionaire the same serotonin droplets spreading under the part of the scalp soft on a baby, a chemical that tells me I’m me returning like a rabbit angel with a cartoon halo floating back into near-corpse Bugs Bunny so he can keep eating carrots and talk like he’s from New York, &amp; I can enjoy the smell of gasoline, the beauty of an extra paper clip given by a colleague or finding beach rocks and agates shaped like Nebraska. It’s not only the reliability of my favorite cashier, a ketchup red vest like the fun aunt at Christmas or the palm tree parking lot, the oranges glowing out the black branches, magneting the light from your Pluto blue sign like something that’d happen between a moon and a star. It isn’t primarily the ice cream I never eat but glad is there for others like Christianity and Botox, or the bananas I don’t buy because I’m not sure I always want to be good to myself but would give it all away for a little familiarity. I could move to a new state, lose my mind or lover then visit any of the 4600 drug stores and the heels spin on the driveway back home from the mailbox, an anybody American boogie-ing down aisle 6 under bars of fluorescent, the industrial hum and same anxiety a pharmacy can soften. Rite Aid, I love you and a stranger also with your store membership is asking, what am I shopping for today? Who misses me? How much does it matter when I don’t trust myself? --------------------------------------- SUPPORT US ON PATREON: <a href="http://patreon.com/voicemailpoems" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://patreon.com/voicemailpoems</a> <a href="http://voicemailpoems.org/guidelines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://voicemailpoems.org/guidelines</a> <a href="http://facebook.com/voicemailpoems" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/voicemailpoems</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/voicemailpoems" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/voicemailpoems</a> <a href="http://voicemailpoems.org/thepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://voicemailpoems.org/thepodcast</a>

"I Love You, Rite Aid!" by Austin Beaton