Buttocks (the song) is written and performed by John Dooley. John was a poet, a trickster, a weirdo, my stepfather. He passed away in 2019. I long to be in a room within now. To experience the pleasure and the eventual nagging of one another’s traits on the other. For the awkwardness of our bodies sharing space. The pants are my small antidote. I put on Buttocks and I am jolted from memory into my body. Like being in a room with John, my experience fluctuates between mundane, embarrassing, and surprising.

You can find more of John’s music on Soundcloud.