The Best Conversation I Ever Had
by Kip Knott
It was at a Roger Waters’ concert in London. It was 1984. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking.
Two blokes next to me offered me a tuna fish sandwich and a tab of acid. I accepted both.
We never said another word to one another the rest of the night.
The sandwich, though, had a lot to say.
Kip Knott’s work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in The American Journal of Poetry, Black Bough Poetry, Dream Journal, and Still: The Journal. In addition, he is a monthly contributor to Versification. His debut book of poetry—Tragedy, Ecstasy, Doom, and so on—is available from Kelsay Books. More of his work can be accessed at kipknott.com.