As poet Dominic "Tourettes" Hoey tours NZ with his pal Skyscraper Stan, he'll be immortalising each show in a poem.
Josh the merch guy (not the manager) and Skyscraper Stan. Photo: Dominic Hoey
Why does everyone think Josh is the manger?
maybe it's the turtle neck
or the champagne he keeps buying with the band money
standing at the back of Meow
muttering about wanting to go home
while me and Stan do all the work
turning our problems and hang ups
into something palatable
to the assembled audience of LitCrawl
At the after party I pull out my typewriter
and write poems about
love
and animals
and anxiety
and time travel
until my hands turn into lobster claws
and my brain becomes fish guts
while Josh swans around collecting business cards
Afterwards we walk back to the hotel
where drunk on his new found fame
and cheap wine
Josh throws the merch on the ground
and refuses to pick it up
He’ll be ok in the morning
> Check the tour dates for Dominic Hoey and Skyscraper Stan here.