Monthly Archives: February 2022

detune détente detonate

dada death (redux) ddedebtd.e.a. detoxdetunedétentedetonatedetonatordetonation deordinationdeontologicaldeoxygenateddepalatalizationdepartmentalizedespiritualization dada dada dada dadadeath “We now understand that race doesn’t actually exist — it is not a biological fact — and humans share all but 1 per cent of our DNA. Our differences are … Continue reading

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cover up my

Gatefold Grateful Gatefold Bituminous Mouthed Clown ASCENDANT Cover Up My Shame *** lufetarG dlofetaG . pU revoC emahS yM *** “today my horoscope said avoidrecalcitrant chairs” — Wanda Coleman / “Chair Affair”

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foiled in flight

Sheared (haiku) Crossed wings foiled in flight,Aspiring toward sunlight,Sheared in steep descent. “we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” — Gwendolyn Brooks / “Paul Robeson”

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pincers and gloves

Dendritic Bolus Blues (Dream at 3:38 am) Instead of changing my shirt I changed my mind and requested a reverse baptism. Get the father son and the Laszlo Moholy Ghost outta’ my body. Get ‘em all outta’ my soul. Forthwith. … Continue reading

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what it meant

The Contractive Subtractive (redux) There were erasures to make. He made the erasures. There were no complaints. The work was done. He moved on. When more erasures were required, he made those; and in this manner his work was accomplished, … Continue reading

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in our mouths

Central Smoke Bone She had grown red and corpse-like below the Danish authority standard issue yellow canopy—beyond the dune and deadwood. Nearby, crusted and congealed, many rats in hazel frozen a on twig. Bleating, and she a sheep, that sand … Continue reading

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at my dreams

chicken in a box i jump off the bed—cold granito floorjudders my core—legs & spine ablazelower braindoused in fire. i dread theconflagration in my headas i peck awayat my dreamslike one conditionedinside an arcade game box. slot a quarter in … Continue reading

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sing and tinge

Another Language (an Erasure Poem Remixed) You can’t see your backhand tumescence. You ridge an indemnity to a mild occlusion. You shiv gambler smocks and spectator gallantry. You sing and tinge without specie or varicose effluvia. You spree on tremor-free … Continue reading

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she would know

She Dollops the Not-Knows Her bedfellow has no gnu,She thinks her brown bombHas no goad. If she could dartboardNaked,Under panegyric trianglesAnd see her impersonators roasting in the sunShe would know. But there are no panegyric trianglesOn the string,And dispensary waves … Continue reading

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bilge neurotic spewer

malefactor poetaster (flarfish #50) cronobacter poetaster—salmonella malefactor—flay your cruelly blacked-out heart one element erasmus punkmender-eyeing milk / are u sycophantor plagiarist 80 pages in? criminal or felon? anti-matter skate?hag the play / r u predator of snorts?strike the pedestal / … Continue reading

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