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b"First up in this episode is Todd Pierce, with \\u201cIf Only You Could Remember\\u201d which had us both as lost as the speaker (in a good way) and mesmerized. Todd is currently rereading War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad, by Christopher Logue and the chapbook Weird Vocation, by Art Zilleruelo.\\xa0\\nFirst up in this episode is Todd Pierce, with \\u201cIf Only You Could Remember\\u201d which had us both as lost as the speaker (in a good way) and mesmerized. Todd is currently rereading War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad, by Christopher Logue and the chapbook Weird Vocation, by Art Zilleruelo. \\xa0He hopes that 2016 is the year that he finishes Don Quixote. Other facts: \\xa0he once flew a plane without crashing it, and once crashed a bicycle without riding it.\\n\\nTodd Pierce has been published in Opium Magazine, Annapolis Underground, and Poet Lore. Stay tuned to see if he can add Painted Bride Quarterly to that growing list! Until then, we are honored to publish his first ever selfie!\\nYou really have to scroll down or click here and check out the format of \\u201cBrazilian\\u201d\\u2014it\\u2019s one of the best executions of this difficult format that we\\u2019ve seen.\\nWe had so much fun discussing this one, and were very happy we could finally educate Jason Schneiderman on SOMETHING. But to be even more mysterious, though (spoiler alert) we loved the poem, we found out some bad news after this podcast, which we will discuss in Episode 9!\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nBeau Boudreaux is New Orleans born and raised, and he uses his deep, southern roots for inspiration in his writing. Read more in Louisiana Literature and Southern Poetry Anthology, buy Running Red, Running Redder (Cherry Grove Collections, 2012) and see even more here.\\n\\xa0\\nTell us what you think on our Facebook Event page for this episode!\\nSign for our email list if you\\u2019re in the area, and even if you\\u2019re not!\\nIf you haven\\u2019t yet, follow us on Twitter @PaintedBrideQ and Instagram @paintedbridequarterly.\\nDon't forget to subscribe and rate us on our iTunes\\xa0page!\\nSend us a self-addressed stamped envelope, and we\\u2019ll send you a PBQ Podcast Slushpile sticker!\\nRead on!\\nKVM\\n\\xa0\\nPresent at the Editorial Table:\\nKathleen Volk Miller\\nMarion Wrenn\\nJason Schneiderman\\nTim Fitts\\n\\xa0\\nProduction Engineer:\\nJoe Zang\\n\\xa0\\nPBQ Box Score: 2=0\\n------------------------\\n\\xa0\\nTodd Pierce\\nIf Only You Could Remember\\n\\xa0\\nWhen we came upon the muddy river\\nbetween the mountains I realize\\nnow were not there, our dog crawling\\nout of the lungs of the mysterious beast he found\\nahead of us, lost as much but more at home,\\nwe learned to distinguish dream from wish, surrounded\\nby the forest\\u2019s tired breath chilling the sky, our noses\\nbunched up against the scent of something not quite death,\\nas I plucked a bloated tick off your nape\\nand popped it under the rolling clouds,\\nfine raindrops running red down the dog\\u2019s white sides.\\n\\xa0\\nBeau Boudreaux\\nBrazilian\\n\\xa0\\nShe leans in\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 towards my ear\\n\\xa0\\noverwhelmed, awash\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 shock of perfume\\n\\xa0\\nzoo stench, sniff \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0an old Easter lily\\n\\xa0\\nno, I really do admire\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 the cut of her\\n\\xa0\\nhemline, zebra skin\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 bangs on the brow\\n\\xa0\\noh commando \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Ms. Orlando\\n\\xa0\\ninformation I don\\u2019t need\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 a cheat, she\\u2019s the only one\\n\\xa0\\nsmoking, cocktailed \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0touching my arm."