This is a poem I've worked on now and again for about a year and a half. 

This is a recording mixed by Istvan Fulop, whose help I'm really grateful for. It was a blast working with him!

Sunday Morning Song

My reading of Church of the Broken Axe Handle, by Derrick Brown. This poem never fails to affect me, no matter how many times I read it, and today as I was going about getting ready, I started thinking a lot about the mistakes and misfortunes that make us who we are. 

This poem came to mind because of the line "Welcome yourself to ugly glory, you." So I wanted to share it.

This poem is from the book Scandalabra, which in addition to having a marvelous pun in the title, is a damn good book of poetry. Buy it here. (http://writebloody.com/shop/products/scandalabra/)

Nick Est