Gary Beck, 3/15/2010

Current Occupation: I am currently a writer
Former Occupation: I was formerly a director/playwrite.
Contact Information: Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn’t earn a living in the theater. His chapbook Remembrance was published by Origami Condom Press and The Conquest of Somalia was published by Cervena Barva Press. A collection of his poetry Days of Destruction was published by Skive Press. His poetry collection Expectations was published by Rogue Scholars Press. His plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles were produced Off Broadway. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary magazines.

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Clerk’s Plea

Should I fall upon my sharpened pencil,

number 2 lead?

Should I leap upon my desk and scream?

Terrify everyone

until they yell: “You’re fired!”

Help me.

What shall I do to escape

the tedious, soul sucking

office.