Tag Archives: Experimental writing

shapes are terrifying

Family Pix (haiku) Shoehorned between them—the conduit for heat and hate—this portrait’s a lie. What I’m Reading: “Today the cloud shapes are terrifying, and I keep expecting some enormous black-and-white B-movie Cyclops to appear at the edge of the horizon…” … Continue reading

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key of thee

gas-smith glassmith life in the key of thee(the god clears his throat)a fine fissure appeared overnightyou left a paper trail(please do not touch the glass)you smudged the fossil recordyou mar everythingyou consider What I’m Reading: “It’s cold today so the … Continue reading

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the circular motion

octagonal agonals lost in the notionof the circular motionof your last rectagularwords What I’m Reading: “People piss me offspecifically and species-wise.” — Maureen N. McLean / “Come Again / Woods”

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whirlpool vision aflame

You Cannot Be Anything If You Want To Be Everything (redux) In her dream she was at a garish fairground carnival under a cloudless dayglo blue sky. She was separated from her parents. She panicked. She was lost in this … Continue reading

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the hegemonic gaze

jolie laide who socializes this crass distinctionwho cudgels this determinism who wields the hegemonic gazewho cuts at the bloodletting who whowho whowho? the blind owls of patriarchythat’s who What I’m Reading: “We are goingto monetizeeverythingso value shinesclear as the sun.” … Continue reading

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can’t step foot

After the Accident Haiku Cracked, I still can’t stepfoot into that—I didn’twant to drink water. What I’m Reading: “Sometimes the people in the streetlaugh and turn into sheet musictorn from the sky and left to flutter down” — Ron Padgett … Continue reading

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during this tinkle

Dada Letter #3 From the Management NOTICE To: All Toxin & Townhouse Resistors From: Mandolin Ogle Daydream: July 26, 2022 Re: Bull Watermelon Sick Dowry Monday, August 1, 2022, between 10 am and 2 pm, Coquette Mechanical will be installing … Continue reading

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jam thin backlots

divagations the gaudy fellow’s lowmetafictional showlarge-scale zooming archaeology day projectspulled digressionsbrothel fashions staging craningcamera climaxesconceit police survey altercationstraffic performancesjam thin backlots spectacles undergroundthe starving feastspoll-polar-poles groundedvalentlove What I’m Reading: “We used to be a story in nature. Now we are … Continue reading

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wetlands and haircuts

Platitudes from the Prez (n+15) Decanter X, I am more confident than ever in America’s ability to protect our episode while creating minerals of good-paying joules, growing our eel, lowering enquirer councils, and raising the starting of locality for American … Continue reading

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i don’t follow

Carmen’s Worm Meets Lancelot Link “The furin cleavage site. How’d it get there? That’s the key,” he said. “Carmen’s worm ruined the Christmas party,” she said. “Batten down the Babesiosis, boys, it’s going to be a bumpy ride,” said the … Continue reading

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