automatic writing #17
vulnerability through exposure
no hiding place in a world where nothing is secret –
– exposed like a street corner exhibitionist
– exposed like an old photograph
– the bacteria of the enemy hidden in underwater,
and again,
exposed to the elements
waterproof skin, factor 50 cream splooshed on egg white skin – rubbed below the border line – no passports or papers required
no border guards with dirty money preventing entrance
at the epicentre
the Bible written on a grain of rice
microscopic psalms
FLORIDA IS FULL OF HIDING PLACES
PEOPLE HIDING PEOPLE
SLIM CHANCES OF HEAVEN
NOTHING OR NO ONE SALVAGEABLE
PSEUDO-SCIENCE DRYING ON THE FENCE
EMOTIONS WITH MUSCULAR MANIFESTATIONS
A THING OF THE PAST, JOHNNY BOY
NO AMOUNT OF JAZZ GONNA INFLATE THAT TUBE
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IVAN HINTS THAT GOD BUNGLED THE JOB
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UNDERNOURISHED POETS
BUYING SAUSAGE SANDWICHES
AMPHETAMINES ON THE HOUR
POETRY ABOUT HOLLOW-EYED PREENING
POETRY ABOUT MALE PREENS AND POSTURES
SHIRTLESS ON THE AIRPLANE
BUT NOT FOR LONG
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he bungled the job
the instructions were coffee stained smudged – millimetre read as a mile – measure twice
– cut once
God with his bucket of nails
poets working at the ticket office, train driver, serving burgers to the overweight, sweat rings in the shape of a forgotten land –
sausages contain knee and eyes that look inside your stomach walls
on and airplane with dry eye
pooping at 25,000ft
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AT 25,000ft THEY EXPECT ONE TO POOP IN A TINY PLASTIC BAG
I ASKED FOR 2 BAGS
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ASKED,
“AREN’T YOU THAT GUY WHO HAD HIS SHIRT OFF ?”
SHE WATCHED ME POOP ON THE HIDDEN CAMERA
PERHAPS SHE IMAGINED IT WAS PORNOGRAPHY
THOUGHTS ABOUT ME CLAMPING DOWN
AND DROPPING A LOG
—TRIUMPHANT AFFIRMATION OF LIFE—
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ONLY TODAY LAD
EYES LOOKING INSIDE MY STOMACH WALLS
COMMUNICATING, THEY WERE WITH BROWN
A KIND OF MELTING PROCESS
THAT “HOLE” BUSINESS
OBSERVABLE ON THE UNCUT DVD
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