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how to hold a book burning
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just do it, as they say

we had a whole scheme worked out
concerning legalities and appearances
involving a portable grill and matchlit charcoal
we would pose as a neighborhood bbq
cooking hot dogs on sticks
so if the cops came
maybe they wouldnt notice
all the books

we were naive perhaps
about how much actual fire
a book burning can turn out to be

it would have worked
but proved unneccesary
a contingency plan

it turns out
all you need to do
is put the box on the ground
and burn it

the charcoal didn't hurt
or a free newspaper

but its easily
all turned to fire
beautiful
turned hot and orange
transformed to ash and darkness
and gone
flaming pages
embers
blowing down the street
an empty industrial block
cars far away
the boxes burnt directly in front of a fire hydrant

as always
easy

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the hot dogs would have been smoked by the books
infused, in a sense
and each book has it own multifaceted toxicity

so interesting questions arise
is it on glossy paper?
would you eat a hot dog smoked with a biography of oliver stone?
with a romance novel?

there were two boxes of books provided

one by our tennis pro

and one that was thrown from a moving car
a dark volvo with a drumkit in the back

please contact us
with the names of any books
we've failed to mention

they were burned almost immediately
before our secretary could get through them

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what it was particularly
that was hated about these books is unknowable

terribly written?
evil?
taking up space?
cruel?
worthless?

we shall never know

but offer these titles for the record

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the competitors

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"the tennis pro"
in a cardboard box from amazon.com (which got burnt too)


romeo and juliet
rotisserie + bbq, by ron popeil
life before man, by margaret atwood
the little iMac book
a biography of oliver stone, by james riordan
directory of physicians + health care providers
b+h store catalog

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"the dead body"
box thrown from a moving car


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