{"id":3569,"date":"2015-08-25T18:51:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T18:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2019-11-20T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:05:36","slug":"chic-agonistic-chic-agotado-urayoan-noel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=3569","title":{"rendered":"CHIC     AGONISTIC     CHIC     AGOTADO &#8212; Urayo\u00e1n Noel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(SMARTPHONE VIDEO IMPROVISATIONS\u2014CHICAGO\u20144\/26\/15)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AT THE ONSET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OF SUNSET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CITY UNSETTLED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CHAIN HOTEL HELL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MODERNIST HEAVEN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THE PURGATORY OF MY ORATORY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND DID I MENTION THE 7-ELEVEN?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LOS QUE SE VEN Y LOS QUE NO SE VEN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LOS QUE SE ELEVAN Y LOS QUE NO SE ELEVAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Y TODO LO QUE CONLLEVA CAMINAR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ONE FOOT AND THEN ANOTHER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WHAT&#8217;S LOCOMOTION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ON A GLOBAL STAGE?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TECHNO-ONEUPMANSHIP&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ON A PHONE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HAVING A FINE TIME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; STAGING AN URBANISM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PRIME ESTATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FOR THE DELEVOPERS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND THE WAY THE MUSIC ENVELOPES ME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; POLYPS FOR MY MUTED VOCAL CORDS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YOU CAN&#8217;T IGNORE THE CITY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IT FOLLOWS YOU&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TE SIGUE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TE SABE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BEING LOOKED AT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BEING LAUGHED AT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SCRATCH THAT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TAKE A RIDE INSIDE THE MENTAL HATCHBACK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GO FIND ANOTHER WACK HABITAT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND LEAVE THIS ONE TO ME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LET ME FLEE THE PEDIGREE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OF THEM VICTORIAN AGES&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LET ME TURN THE PAGES&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ON CITY BEAUTIFUL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LET ME BE IMBUED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WITH UH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BUSTLEHUSTLE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BUSTLEHUSTLE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BUSTLEHUSTLE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BUSTLEHUSTLE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BUSTLEHUSTLE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BUSTLEHUSTLE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NO OBSERVATION DECKS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IN THIS CITY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TO VIEW IS TO DISAVOW&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TO NAME ANOTHER STARBUCKS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ANOTHER NORTH BANK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ANOTHER FISHTANK FORGERY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEE &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I TOLD YOU THERE WAS A STARBUCKS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NO STARS AND FEWER BUCKS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BUT REFILLS MAYBE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND AFTER THE BATONS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THE HYPERBATONS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THE BETANCES&#8217;S&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND THE MART\u00cd&#8217;S&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND THE LOLAS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND THE LOLITAS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND THE JUAN-MIGUEL-MILAGROS-OLGA-MANUEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;NO NERVOUS BREAKDOWN ON THESE STREETS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WEST CLARK IS WHERE I&#8217;LL REMIX&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ODE TO A SKYLARK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IF THE DYING SUN DON&#8217;T GET TO ME FIRST&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CAN YOU READ MY FIRST THIRST&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR MY LAST HUNGER?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#8217;M FROM THE UH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TELETHON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TELETUBBY ERA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NOT THE FRONTERA GRILL SWILL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FUCK THAT MIERDA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u00bfA VER QUI\u00c9N SE ACUERDA DE ARTHUR MURRAY?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ESTUDIOS DE DANZA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PA BAJAR LA PANZA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EN CONFIANZA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IT&#8217;S OBVIOUSLY NOT WORKING YET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MAYBE I HAVE TO ASK AT ERIKSON INSTITUTE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MAYBE LEIF CAN TELL ME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MAYBE THIS CITY IS BEYOND BELIEF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MAYBE EVERY CITY IS A BLUFF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NOT IN THE ECO-NATURE-PROMONTORY SENSE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BUT MORE IN THE MANNER OF A WAGER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RIDING ON NOTHING&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MAKING YOURSELF BELIEVE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THAT DEEP DISH IS DELISH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THE WAY THEY MAKE IT AT GINO&#8217;S EAST&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SO FAR FROM URA&#8217;S SOUTH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BUT I HAVE A BIG MOUTH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#8217;LL FIND ROOM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#8217;VE HAD MORE DISGUSTING THINGS IN MY MOUTH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BEFORE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND WILL AGAIN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PLENTY OF TIMES&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I SPIT OUT MORE THAN JUST WACK RHYMES&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LOOK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IT&#8217;S CHICAGO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THAT&#8217;S RHYMES SQUARE!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WHERE?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OKAY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MAYBE THERE&#8217;S NO SUCH THING&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u00bfQU\u00c9 COSA HAY EN CHICAGO ENTONCES?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ESTE NO ES EL POEMA DEL CHIC DEL LONG AGO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LET&#8217;S SEE EXACTLY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WHAT THE LANDMARK IS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cLASALLE STREET CABLE CAR POWERHOUSE\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CABLE CARS ARE INDEED POWERHOUSES&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RECUERDOS DE GIRONDO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; POEMAS PARA SER LE\u00cdDOS EN EL TRANV\u00cdA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND MINE WOULD BE WHAT?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; POEMS TO BE TEXTED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WHILE EATING A DEEP DISH PIZZA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; POEMS TO BE TWEETED INTO THE VIRTUAL ETHER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; POEMS TO OCCUPY . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"299\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aKttFjOR2KE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"299\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hLXcfwNQxKY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3584 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nn-headshot-NOEL-print.jpg\" alt=\"nn, headshot, NOEL print\" width=\"216\" height=\"138\">Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Urayo\u00e1n Noel is the author of several books of poetry in English and Spanish, including <em>Los d\u00edas porosos<\/em> (Catafixia Editorial, Guatemala, 2012; rpt. Atarraya Cartonera, Puerto Rico, 2014), and <em>Buzzing Hemisphere\/Rumor Hemisf\u00e9rico<\/em> (University of Arizona Press, 2015), as well as the critical study <em>In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam<\/em> (University of Iowa Press, 2014), winner of the Latino Studies Book Award from the Latin American Studies Association. Also a translator and performer, and a former CantoMundo and Ford Foundation fellow, Noel lives in the Bronx and teaches at NYU. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/urayoannoel.com\/\">http:\/\/urayoannoel.com\/<\/a> and http:\/\/www.wokitokiteki.com\/, an improvisational poetry vlog.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(SMARTPHONE VIDEO IMPROVISATIONS\u2014CHICAGO\u20144\/26\/15) AT THE ONSET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OF SUNSET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CITY UNSETTLED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CHAIN HOTEL HELL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MODERNIST HEAVEN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THE PURGATORY OF MY ORATORY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND DID I MENTION THE 7-ELEVEN?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LOS QUE SE VEN Y LOS QUE NO SE VEN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LOS QUE SE ELEVAN Y LOS QUE NO SE ELEVAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Y TODO LO QUE CONLLEVA CAMINAR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ONE FOOT AND [&#038;hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[41,175],"class_list":["post-3569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-uncategorized","tag-art","tag-theo-van-doesburg-chicago-moma","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3569"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6263,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions\/6263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}