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Brian Beatty
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Five books of poems; a spoken-word album; Anti-Heroin Chic, Appalachian Journal, The Beatnik Cowboy, BULL, Cowboy Jamboree, CutBank, Evergreen Review, Floyd County Moonshine, McSweeney's, ONE ART, The Quarterly, Rattle, The Southern Review.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · 17d
Snowflakes.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · 23d
It's a Malcolm Holcombe kind of Tuesday.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · 25d
Every year at this time, I say it: I've had a lot of fantasies, but none of them were about football.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · 28d
Taking Rebecca to something called Hillbilly Happy Hour for our anniversary. So, yes, I guess you could call me a romantic.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · 28d
Rubber chickens and rubber ducks squeak the same language.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Sep 4
"Reverend" - Billy Strings with Phoffman & Dave Bruzza - 1/26/2025 - Ball Arena - Denver
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Sep 4
Contemplating the never-ending poetry manuscript.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Sep 3
That's apparently my specialty.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Sep 3
Book cover of the day.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Sep 3
Bobbette
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 21
I thought the idea was to get criminals OFF the streets of DC.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 21
TL;DL (too long; didn't listen)
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 19
Anybody with all the answers hasn't asked enough questions.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 16
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 15
Maybe he'll even offer them candy.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 15
Somebody misunderstood the Village People song "Macho Man."
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 12
What if Bruce Springsteen was never his real name? Just the best stage name he could muster up…
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 7
They all look like they weren't hugged as children.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 7
An old joke: "Joining MENSA is the dumbest thing I've ever done."
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Aug 1
The stable genius strikes again.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Jul 25
I tried to get a job driving one of those Brinks money trucks.

The interview was going great until the lady asked where I saw myself in five years and like some kind of idiot, I told her the truth.

I said on the sandy beaches of a remote island paradise.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Jul 24
What a coincidence. They think we're stupid.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Jul 24
How many more celebrity deaths will Trump have to arrange before the nation forgets about Epstein?
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Jul 23
Trump is a dumb person's idea of a successful person. He's not even a dumb person's idea of a smart person.
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Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social · Jul 22
I always preferred Zeppelin to Sabbath, but there was never any denying the power of Ozzy's voice. He and Plant sang me through my early teen years.
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