ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marty’s debut collection Horse with hat was published by VUP in February 2014 and won the Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the 2014 New Zealand Book Awards. It was also a finalist in the Poetry category in the same awards.
Of the poem here, Marty says, “A bit of butcher bullshit. (Sorry Charlie, to call you out on bullshitting, but the sound echo is so excellent. Just like your smile makes your patter so nice.)”.