News at Eleven: On one occasion, an open-mic poet

broke [B.L.] Kennedy's ribs. According to Kennedy, a guy at Luna's was dishing dirt within earshot, so he approached the guy. "I went up to him and gave him a tap on his face--a Buddha slap--and he got up and gave me this roundhouse kick in the ribs," he says.

For those counting, even that trip to the hospital didn't shut Kennedy up.

from Sacramento News & Review: Is B.L. Kennedy dying?

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