{"id":10288,"date":"2025-06-08T20:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T03:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/?page_id=10288"},"modified":"2025-06-08T20:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T03:16:52","slug":"jim-carroll-at-nyu-1995-poem-by-steven-grin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/performance-reviews\/jim-carroll-at-nyu-1995-poem-by-steven-grin\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Carroll at NYU 1995 – Poem by Steven Grin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jim Carroll at New York University
26 October 1995<\/strong>
Poem by\u00a0Steven Grin<\/strong>

He Stands, He reads
Vocal chords powerless from past addiction
Chanting Phrases, words motionless with emotion
His purity found in reclusion
“You want some?”
“I don’t need” he replies
Tolerance, however, No need

His abscess, memories of a gloomy past
Haunting, bullets in the air
Razorblades sharp to pierce our recessed hearts
Under no control youths run wild
A tribute to all who died . . . The beat, his beat, no beat

I once met a woman on the subway, full of life in those older years,
she told me “thank you, And have a nice life.” I guess I did.

October 26, 1995<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jim Carroll at New York University26 October 1995Poem by\u00a0Steven Grin He Stands, He readsVocal chords powerless from past addictionChanting Phrases, words motionless with emotionHis purity found in reclusion“You want some?”“I don’t need” he repliesTolerance, however, No need His abscess, memories of a gloomy pastHaunting, bullets in the airRazorblades sharp to pierce our recessed heartsUnder no … Continue reading Jim Carroll at NYU 1995 – Poem by Steven Grin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3985,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-10288","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-2FW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3992,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/jim-carrolls-interviews\/","url_meta":{"origin":10288,"position":0},"title":"Jim Carroll’s Interviews","author":"catholicboy.com","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"These, arranged in reverse chronological order, represent just a few of Carroll's interviews. 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