11. Hegemonic Love Potion by Jules Boykoff
The poems in Hegemonic Love Potion crystallize our particular neoliberal moment in time, gently tearing holes in certain trendy celebrities, politicians, economic theories. (“I am not just/a noise polluter,/I am a noise-polluting,/diesel-soaking,/gulfstream-flying/rock star,”/said Bono/on bended knee/to Al Gore/in private jet/crossing the sea/into the promised land/Ayn Rand moneymoney/shakedown blowback/walking the dogma/had enough of this/go-go game yet?)
Though Boykoff’s text flirts with a certain boysy-boy-triple-entendre-cleverness, he always reigns it in before it goes too far. This book is funny, highly critical, and tender at the same time. Take that, Greenspan!
-Nikki
