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Rick's Farewell Reading Party at Borders

This event took place two nights before Rick left town and headed across country to Philadelphia to attend Temple with one goal in mind -- suck up to everyone in the academic world until you have your MFA in hand! The Vegas poetry community came all out that weekend including an undocumented party at the Pierce Street Annex complete with a plane crash that Friday and the reading the following night where the topic was Rick Polney.

Captive audience

The honoree reviewing some gifts as Mike looks on

One of B.J.'s tributes -- toasted cheese sandwiches

Karen's Tribute

One More Goodbye

Rick---the man who can read angry, ex-girlfriend/hooker misogynistic poetry
to an audience of women prisoners

more than a few of which were know men-haters or worse

The day the guard wouldn't let Rick join the prison workshop
disapproving of his shorts
the women begged to hear Rick's ``bishes'' poem
by anyone... even Stephan

And he added just that much of life and color
to us all

I'll remember the tilting beers and ample cursing, the lets-try-to-find-Karen's-every-misspelling workshops, the drunk bowling, the farewell drunk disco party, the green hair, red goatee and matching oriental dragon shirts, the Pierce Street Annex drunk poetry readings, the drunk Marco Polo poolside bar-b-que (do I sense a pattern here?), and of course I'll miss Noah's constant, inane allusions to rick's infamous toasted cheese sandwich poem---WHICH I NEVER EVER HEARD!!!

But, I will also miss the softer side of Rick--
you know--
the beer and cursing.

Goodbye Rick
We'll all miss you.

Mike	German	Danna

Andy	BJ dressed as Rick	More of the audience

Chip	---	Rick is happy :)

BJ gives Rick more presents	Yet more of the audience	Ken

A wild new reader	Shelley	Shannon

Stephan	Lucy thinks it's funny	Rick with Shelley; did you know they are girlfriend/boyfriend?