chivalry is bleeding

by Jason Alan (Editor)

what is this book about? love, sex, passion, obsession, elation, frustration, masturbation, et cetera.

'your poetry is a mix of humor and realism and funk and funny. it's love & lust on acid. i both hated it and loved it & immediately wanted to read it all again from the beginning. appropriate for writing on the steamy bathroom mirror & howling beneath a bedroom window. these poems gave me all the feels.'

that's the first review, courtesy of @xosm on twitter. thank you sweetie.

I'd also like to thank these lovely ladies, without whom this collection would not be the same, if even existing at all:

@kizisbomb
@cuntysmurf (if she didn't change it again)
@mlle_valerie_
@optimisticdoom
@smhbrb
@crazylikeanox
cake. cakey baby, where are you?
@bitchkrieg
@hellcat_jesi (if not deactivated)
@crankytitz
@ ok that's enough. if you're not on the list, go cry into a sock or something. wait, not that one. i wrote a love poem about it for a reason, and that's why it's crusty.

speaking of love, what exactly is it?

love is a rusty pair of vice grips, squeezing your testicles. a horrible, unique, stomach turning bit of euphoria. a freeze frame of a snuff film and the smell of lilacs in the spring.

experience it in all its glory, then orgasm and fall asleep, get up the next morning and go to work because sorry folks, love don't pay the bills. buying this book at only three bucks won't pay my bills either, but it couldn't hurt...

185 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 7, 2016

About the author

Jason Alan (born 12 September 1975) is a writer born in Garland, Texas and has lived mostly in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Currently he resides in Besançon, France with his wife Florence. Through his 20's and early 30's he has worked as an apartment maintenance man, but now when he isn't writing he is an international jewel thief. In his off time he enjoys long walks on the beach, cold beers and killing zombies.