enjoy this Brian Looney writing
in the Scars Publications free 2011 PDF file chapbook: Punk Show
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
Punk Show
Brian Looney
The punk show is never sold out; the doors are always open. They let us in without patting us down.
The punk show is always affordable; no one lines their pockets. If your wheels are stuck, they’ll give you a push. They don’t eye you heavily. They don’t fling mud your way. This isn’t another money machine.
At the punk show, we’re accountable for ourselves. There is a code of conduct here. There is a cause to every effect. There is a gleam in every eye. We are our own bouncers.
The mirror is our policeman, and it shines at the center of our thoughts. If we commit some wrong it will be there to take us in, where reason will prevail.
