14 Haikus About New York City Hardcore
I wrote fourteen haikus about NYHC.
- Supertouch
More than just tracksuits
The heart’s a tricky engine
Light is elusive
2. Sheer Terror
Skinheads love to laugh
It’s been a wonderful year
Celtic Frost riffs, tears
3. Sheer Terror 2
Ghosts on both shoulders
Voice of some kind of angel
Give thanks for nothing
4. Warzone
Struggle and the streets
You can forget both, and still
Death remembers you
5. Gorilla Biscuits
Breath comes in stage dives
Walter moves on, Civ remains
Hardcore lives in dreams
6. Cro-Mags
“Harley Flanagan”
Said three times in the mirror
Time itself is hard
7. NYHC 1
Everyone who’s born
Eventually gets slapped
By Sick of It All
8. NYHC 2
Coronavirus
Versus Corona groove metal
Suckers drop like rain
9. Agnostic Front
Sean Taggart devil
Boots, braces, tight jeans, and horns
You can buy the doll
10. Indecision
Sincerity’s curse
For those I love, quote tattoos
Vote or die, hardcore
11. Nausea
Bassist so pretty
Needs three first names. Cybergod?
More like Cyberhot
12. NYHC 3
As wild things grow old
Wicked City Soundtrack calls
Like a cut-out bin
13. Leeway
Hope makes its own mark
Crossover only pays out
In California
14. Biohazard
All I wish for is
an oral history of
Punishment’s bridge scene
Thanks for reading!