The Last Chance SLam for the final slot at IWPS was won by CP Maze (formerly Maze Forever), but any of the final three (BPE and Curtis Meyer of Orlando were the other two) could have taken it and I would have been fine with the judges’ decision.  In the end, Curtis rocked the house but came up 0.1 short of the final two who tied with 30s; the slot was decided by adding the cumulative scores, with Maze winning that by just 0.1. 

A decent slam over all  with some brilliant moments.  Curtis, especially, rocked the non-judging house across the board with great written work, although he was slightly outperformed by the two vets; that made the margin of victory.  Totally worthy victory by Maze, and again, any outcome among those three would have been more than fair.  Curtis has got a fan club here in Charlotte now though, I’ll tell ya.

I’m a tad drunk from the afterparty at the Breakfast Club, an 80s themed club.  I even danced (don’t tell anyone). 

Later, all… it’s bedtime…

 PS:  One weird note: three separate poets did pieces tonight featuring tales of sexual abuse of a child that happened on Sundays — one, the story of a brother who abused his sister while mom was at church; one, a male cousin taking advantage of the family’s absence on Sunday to rape his young cousin; one of a priest abusing an altar boy.  Strange and unsettling.  None made it to the final round…