My Kill Adore Him
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My Kill Adore Him is a collection of poems from Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize-winner Paul Martínez Pompa. With a unique, independent voice, Martínez Pompa interrogates masculinity, race, language, consumerism, and cultural identity in poems that honor los olvidados, the forgotten ones, who range from the usual suspects brutalized by police to factory workers poisoned by their environment, from the victim of a homophobic beating in the boys’ bathroom to the body of Juan Doe at the Cook County Coroner’s Office. Some of the poems rely on somber, at times brutal, imagery to articulate a political stance while others use sarcasm and irony to deconstruct political stances themselves.
Paul Martínez Pompa
Paul Martínez Pompa teaches composition and creative writing at Triton College in River Grove, Illinois. His chapbook Pepper Spray was published in 2006.
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My Kill Adore Him - Paul Martínez Pompa
MY KILL ADORE HIM
THE ANDRÉS MONTOYA POETRY PRIZE
2004, Pity the Drowned Horses, Sheryl Luna
Final Judge: Robert Vasquez
2006, The Outer Bands, Gabriel Gomez
Final Judge: Valerie Martínez
2008, My Kill Adore Him, Paul Martínez Pompa
Final Judge: Martín Espada
The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, named after the late California native
and author of the award-winning book, The Iceworker Sings,
supports the publication of a first book by a Latino or Latina poet.
Awarded every other year, the prize is administered by Letras Latinas—
the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies
at the University of Notre Dame
MY KILL ADORE HIM
PAUL MARTÍNEZ POMPA
University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame, Indiana
Copyright © 2009 by Paul Martínez Pompa
Published by the University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
www.undpress.nd.edu
All Rights Reserved
Reprinted in 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Martínez Pompa, Paul.
My kill adore him / Paul Martínez Pompa.
p. cm. — (Andrés Montoya poetry prize)
ISBN-13: 978-0-268-03518-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-268-03518-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Political poetry, American. I. Title.
PS3613.A7869M9 2009
813'.6—dc22
2009022899
∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
ISBN 9780268087203
This e-Book was converted from the original source file by a third-party vendor. Readers who notice any formatting, textual, or readability issues are encouraged to contact the publisher at ebooks@nd.edu.
for Mom & Dad
and
for my sisters
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Poems
Martín Espada
I. A LESSON IN MASCULINITY
Film Strip
The Performer
Pulling Tongue
The Physics of Crime
Edwin Sucks Dick
Officer Friendly
The Peanut Butter & Jelly Narratives
Flirting
A Lesson