Pizzicato Star #15 is....Jon Cone!

Hey man, long time no chat!

Jon Cone is a poet whose work I like a lot!

He published a poem in 6x6 magazine that should have been in the Best American Poetry anthology, and I wrote the editor and told him so.

David Lehman, any time you wanna shake up that little scene, you let me know and I'll be happy to edit that thing for you.

We all know who Adrienne Rich is gonna pick (god love her social conscience). We weren't really surprised who Lyn Hejinian picked (and some great shit!)

But you have no idea who(m--for precisians) I am going to pick. Because I don't either.

Pick an outsider for once. Be brave. Bipolar people have good taste. We look for metabolism.

I will pick metabolically great poetry.

C'mere David Lehman....

Jon, it's good to hear from you again! Send me a poetry book! (I'm broke or I'd buy it.)

LOL @ just yr first few answers! I can't wait to read 'em all. Like they say on the cereal commercials in the old days, "COLLECT THEM ALL!"

Jon, I didnt mess with the way you fucked up the spacing on this, because I thought it was sort of righteous...




THE PIZZICATO FIVE QUESTIONNAIRE


what's your name?


Jon Cone

what's your birthday?

when?


what's yr sign?

owl or interstate


your blood type?


green & risen like dust smudge

what type of men/women do you like?

athletic women, prose & paragraph women, ballet women & ruined women


what type don't you like?

the sound of rain


who are your current lovers?

I am exhausted


what's your favorite food?


garlic, olive oil, pasta, kale, watermelon, berries, quail, duck, venison, beer in summer & wine in winter,
feta, fresh salmon, cherry tomatoes, cracked pepper,

what food don't you like?

dead

what's your favorite fashion?

falling


what fashion don't you like?

clothes


what's yr hobby?

work
what were you doing last sunday?

hauling snow into a singular sweep


when did you wake up this morning.
4:20 am (cats)

who's your favorite designer?

what language is this?

favorite lipstick/guys: mouth candy?

lip balm, tongue


foundation/guys: skin care product?

cancer screens
what's your favorite perfume/cologne?

absinthe


what color hair do you wish you were born with?

skin

are you a good cook?

fair to fair, of a middling fairness, good, though
sometime okay
what food do you cook best?
precooked,


what do you wear when you sleep?

arms & legs
what did you eat when you woke up this morning?

double shot capuccino


what's your favorite word?

bell
what word don't you like?

notion
what's your favorite flower?

thistle
favorite color?

blue or blue
what's your favorite season?

summer (in winter) & winter (in summer)
where do you most want to go now?

Paris (Canada)
what's your job?

I lift things with my stupid arms
do you like your work?

please
do you like your songs?

I used to sing like Lou Reed
do you like yr voice?

speaking or singing, or on recording devices?
why?
what is your dream of the future?
that i dream

what's the happiest thing about your life?

too precious to tell
how about the saddest thing?

what I am
what part of yourself do you like best?

my fear



what part of yourself don't you like?
my fear

what part of your personality do you like best?

sleeping
what part of your personality don't you like?
temperature

what is your bad habit?

this
when was your first love?

forever
what kind of guy/gal was (s)he?

kind, very kind


what type of guy/gal is yr current lover?

too precious to tell


what do you expect from him or her?
that my wish of burial at sea be followed

what did you dream last night?

octagons in flight
do you believe in dreams?

dreams bore me


do you believe in jinxes?

the cat or the florist?
do you believe in magic.

the underwear or the bleach?
do you believe in god?
stapled or hollow?