Murderer

Here we have the first poem of Issue 5 and it's a particularly angry one. I'm guessing as usual, this was dedicated to the customers at the store I used to work at back then.

Murderer

By Aralis

You fucking loser

You waste of a life

I don’t want you

I don’t need you

Somebody get me a knife

I don’t even care

Enough about you

To kill you

But you give me no choice

If you just won’t go away

Now see what you have done

You have made me a murderer

No wonder I never liked you!

 

I'm not sure what was going on with that illustration or it that even belongs with that particular poem. is it the back of someone's head? The front of some Japanese monster  like in the Ring with all the hair in the face? are those eyes or barrettes? A gaping mouth or an entrance wound at the base of someone's skull? So many questions, but it's probably just something I started to draw, crossed it out and then didn't even bother to not publish it cuz hey, what else was I going to put there?

Letters to the Editor Issue 5

Letters to the editor

Apparently I did find those letters

Voice mail

Or they were just messages on my voice mail? Remember voice mail? Nobody uses that anymore even though it still exists. Sometimes talking is so much easier than typing, specially when you're driving and you only have till the light changes to leave your message. The problem is when you leave a voice mail nobody listens to it, they just text you back "what's up?" and then you have to wait for another red light to answer it but there is no more sure fire way to never get a red light than to need one for something.  I guess you can just text while driving but I'd rather not get into a car accident. I guess that makes me a square.

    What a great idea! a mini-magazine which explores different moods, genders, his spelling, not mine fashion, movie reviews, tofu recipes, clubs, bars, sexual activities, party tips, trash telling columns and poems galore.

     I think that everyone should get their hands on this zine. If you are gay, a freak, punk, black, white, Hispanic, heterosexual, bisexual, Chinese, this zine is for you.

    Best wishes to the staff of the Hiroshima Club Beat. It’s definitely more than a zine.

The Fruitman in Miami aka Albert aka Wansetta Boom Boom

Poem my little cousin made up but I’m gonna take credit for it: I think Begly's cousin stole this poem from someone else too

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Candy is sweet

And so are you

I have a deep thought too:

I’m so freaking bored at work – dead bored.

By Begly

It’s great! Original! Funny!

It lets you release your frustrations from work, school or home (living with overprotective parents). Keep up the great work!

            Mister Man, Miami, Fl

I have no idea who made this post.

Why is a chickpea neither a chick nor a pea?

            Begly

Begly loved Linda Richmond back then.

Issue 5 Letter from the editor and poll results

Hiroshima Club Beat Poetry Zine issue #5
Finally, after all these years, a new installment! This might be the last issue too....unless somebody starts sending me some content. Or I find some long lost pages. No matter, at the rate I post these I can drag this issue for years.

Letter from the editor

Hey! I had written this really good letter from the editor but I lost it so here are the results of last month’s questionnaire instead:
That does sound like me.

Remember:  the key
1- love it, can’t live without it!!!
2- It’s ok
3- Don’t care
4- Hate it, makes me want to puke
5- A sure hit!!!!
6- Whatever
7- Don’t even think about it!

What do you like about the Hiroshima Club Beat Poetry Zine?
Letter from the editor: 1.9
Letters to the editor: 1.9
Wansetta’s party tips: 2.1
Boo’s gossip column: 1.4
Dear Patty: 1.6
Chocolate Boy and the Bear: 1.7
Poems: 1.1
Reader Profile: 2.0
Deep Thoughts: 1.4
Pick up lines: 2.0
Artwork: 1.1

What would you like to see in upcoming issues?
Centerfold: 5.1
Contests: 5.6
Recipies: 6.2
Beauty tips: 6.2
Travel column: 5.9
More artwork: 5.1
More poems: %.0
Comic strip: 5.1
I have no idea what I meant by %0 

It just occurred to me after all these years, that I should have just called this section the editorial.
Maybe it was just so it would mirror the Letters TO the Editor... yeh, let's go with that. 

Issue 5 is here!!

And here's the cover
I really milked that dollar store coloring book for all it was worth ($1)

I have the next post ready but I just realized when I was going to post the pics that I never edited those so I guess I'll go do that and I'll be back later.

We're back! By absolutely no demand.

Not that anyone is reading this, but might as well finish it. I scan the rest of the zines and will be uploading it in the next few weeks to complete the archives. Enjoy (or not)