A review by p_t_b
Gunslinger by Edward Dorn

2.0

Art poetry is not entirely my bag but I checked this out because I dig the mythology of the American West, especially the bent versions of it. This is a picaresque epic poem about a gunslinger, a talking horse, a girl, a few other people who honestly I stopped paying enough attention to keep apart. It's surprisingly silly and outright funny in parts -- lots and lots of puns, some great, some ... not really worth recording for posterity. Like if my friend said some of these things while stoned (e.g. spelling the word "shit" as "xit" it would be amusing a few times and then dumb and then we would not bother remembering it or writing it down. Ed Dorn does not feel the same way. This book is definitely at least in part about drugs, and if you are not on those drugs, it is not super interesting in big parts. There is a real line-level genius at work. Not sure why he only does that like <10% of the time. Definitely not recommended unless you like irreverent stoned poetry A LOT. Still, a few chestnuts from this are going in my notebook of delightful mind diamonds.

this like a bob dylan album with one good song on it. and also no music.