I should write about performing a group piece for some 7,000 people and having Gina's mic cut out. Or about the circus act madness of performing at a street fair where we're preceded by 12-year-olds with hula hoops and followed by martial artists in orange and nearly upstaged by a giant dragon dancing down Greenwich Ave. Or about having a cop recite a Langston Hughes poem to me on the street.

but for right now let me just say:

Join us tonight at Bar 13 for the Grand Slam Finals! It's my last night in town, and I'd love to see everyone out in support of what's bound to be a fantastic and unusual team.

Competing poets: Roger Bonair-Agard, Bonafide, Rich Villar, Fish, Abena Koomson, Jai, Mahogany Browne, Morgan Janssen, and Michael Cirelli.

5 rounds of amazing poetry, including a one-minute round for kicks!

13 Bar/Lounge (35 E. 13th St., Union Square)
7 p.m.
$10 (sliding scale for starving artists)
2-for-1 drinks all night

www.louderARTS.com

see you there!!!