fingering the keys, a Poem Outloud by Reuben Jackson

Reuben Jackson reads fingering the keys

Yes, the lowercase is by design. If you’ve met Reuben you know that he’s perhaps allotted himself one or two exclamation points for this half-lifetime, and when they come, well, you’ll know. In this case, when one is as evocative in language as Reuben is, the naked words are all one needs.

In this, the titular poem from Reuben’s first collection, a collection which prompted Joseph Brodsky to pick him for the Columbia, Reuben looks at how the simple memory of shaving with one’s father can accompany one for a lifetime.

Hear Reuben read “fingering the keys”

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