Google Famous

Google Famous

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Google Famous episodes

  • RUN ON FORTUNE COOKIES PT 2

    RUN ON FORTUNE COOKIES PT 2



    the

    art market paparazzi take their

    coffee

    blended with almond

    milk

    and frothy – extra whip –


    excuse

    me, i said

    they

    teach the children how to nae nae

    after

    the whip of the belt

    that

    carves a notch into a neuropathway

    that

    screams


    for

    help, there a pleathora of numbers you can call, and i owe knowing
    most of them

    by

    heart to the fact that I was actively searching for a way

    outside

    of my house the older boys harass my sister


    i

    am younger, and i am a baby-

    sitter,

    but not a quitter.


    do

    you know what rhymes with suburban syndicate?

    disturbingly

    innoncent.

    burdensome

    affiliates.

    bourbon

    surrogates. american

    idiots.

    insidious. invidious.

    Harry

    Potter can't even parcel tongue and worm

    his

    way out of that one.

    2 min
  • THE DEFINITIVE LIST OF DON'T WAKE DADDY

    THE DEFINITIVE LIST OF DON'T WAKE DADDY


    Rollerblades.

    Barking dog. Baseball bat. The orange colored clown on the TV.
    Barking dog. A tricycle peddled into a, now, broken mirror. The
    grandfather


    clock's

    chime. Shouts. Falling picture frames. Dog barking. Dog barking. A
    cat whose tail gets


    stepped

    on. The radio loud to drown out the sound of

    pots

    and pans;

    piano

    strings;

    and

    a child crying.


    Ignored.

    1 min
  • IT IS EASIER TO LIVE

    IT IS EASIER TO LIVE

    (inside of the fridge)


    TAKE ON YOUR

    ROL(L)(E)

    OF THE DICE. COLLECT

    YOUR ANTE

    UP, AND GET HIM.

    GAMBLE

    ON YOUR-

    SELF-WORTH LIKE A

    SHORT STACK

    OF PANCAKES WITH NO

    SYRUP

    TO SIP ON. TRY NOT

    TO WAKE

    THE MAN WHO SLEEPS

    IN THE KITCHEN

    AND PROTECTS THE

    REFRIGERATOR

    FROM THE YOUNGEST.

    YOU ARE ASKED

    AND TASKED WITH

    GOING FIRST

    MEANS YOU MAKE MORE

    MISTAKES ARE THE

    ARTIST'S PROOF OF

    A LIFE WELL-LIVED.

    EXACTNESS IS THE MISSION

    OF THE SYSTEM.

    FORGIVENESS


    IS THE KILL-SWITCH.


    1 min
  • SISYPHUS NEEDS A FRIEND

    SISYPHUS NEEDS A FRIEND


    Death cheaters. God

    tricksters.

    Calloused

    blisters. Shouldered

    boulders. Closed

    fist. Balled

    thick. Fight or

    flight. Fight your

    fight with dynamite,

    or fight the urge

    to take flight.


    Ball that fist up;

    fisticuffs.


    You know, t here's

    no such thing as a fair one.


    Avaricious. Seeking

    riches. Let that

    chain hang like



    Thanatos. Hands of

    ghosts.

    Hands of stone. Drag

    me like


    Thanatos. Lamenting

    the chain's

    of Gods like


    Sisyphus. The death

    wishers

    and death cheaters.

    Sisyphus.

    2 min
  • ADD UP

    ADD

    UP


    Stolen

    guns in the basement. Stolen guns in the trunk of my car. Wrapped in
    bath towels and hidden beneath some carpet. Wraps my stolen youth


    in

    something warm and colorful. Nobody I know smiles when people take
    pictures. In so many ways, we pass the sadness down


    through

    facial indicators. Incubators of unhappiness. Sink your saviors. They
    will not learn how to swim, and it should not come as a surprise that
    they do not know how to lead


    when

    they are secret keepers and rule followers.

    It

    does not add up.

    Leaders

    are not rule followers. Your heroes weren't –


    but,

    then, you aren't your heroes,

    are

    you?

    1 min
  • GOD HATES THE POLICE, AND I HATE THEM BOTH

    GOD HATES THE POLICE, AND I HATE THEM BOTH (DID YOU KNOW WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WALK THROUGH TOWER CITY MALL TO SEE O BROTHER, WHERE
    ART THOU? BECAUSE THEY CALLED US
    A GANG?)


    Soft-bellied,
    and yellow,

    skin.
    Jaundiced scabs

    you
    pick and pick and pick -


    me
    first and the give me, give me's

    you
    might understand a metaphor,


    but
    can you dance, dunce? Punk rock and a leather

    dunce
    cap. Run fast before they run

    your
    pockets and check your

    temperature,
    box your top,

    and
    let the people wonder


    O, Brother, Where Art Thou?

    1 min
  • THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO FIST FIGHT MY FATHER

    THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO FIST FIGHT MY FATHER



      (a-side)

      No knock. Hillbilly

      left the door

      unlocked and open.

      No one tried to stop

      you until you were

      on him. My mother cried,

      pried at your hands,

      and begged for you to


      get off him.

      Something you knew,

      she never did

      for me.


      (b-side)

      Never judged me.

      Broke

      or bummy. Gene pool

      poisoned with drug

      money and drug

      habits.

      You thought I was

      magic. Otherwise, why would your parents always leave the door
      unlocked for me? I was the kind of kid who did not have a reliable
      place to sleep. You were the kind of kid who made hip hop beats and
      rented 2K


      for me. Your dad

      passed.

      Well, my father

      died.

      Inclusive. Included.


      You still have the

      style people write songs

      about. You got a

      style as smooth

      as bryl cream. You

      got angel wings

      tattooed on your

      wrist. You got kids,


      and you are the only

      one I trust

      with them.

      2 min

    About Google Famous

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    Mathew Serback reads some short stories he's published and talks about how they were written. If you're a writer who is looking to learn, Mathew does a brilliant job of breaking down the tools in your workshop.