words are animals
attempts to communicate can be strained, morse code machines explode in fits of dots & dashes – she thinks in binary, a series of 1’s and 0’s – never-ending
– all words are animals we shepherd into order –
no calculator can calculate the amount of time we have spent thinking –
HEY BABY BIRD—THOUGHTS ARE NOT INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES
THAT KIND OF THINKING IS MORE LIKE LEMONADE
REAL THINKING IS PAINTED BLACK AND TRAVELS IN PURE DARKNESS
THE GUYS AT THE POOLHALL ARE CONVINCED THAT OVERLAPPING MENTAL MONOLOGUES CONSTITUTE
THINKING
REPETITIVE PHRASES OUT OF CONTEXT
DISEMBODIED VOICES EVERYWHERE
LIFE IS AN EXERCISE IN ISOLATION
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SHARDS OF A MIRROR
EACH A POINT OF HERESY
NOT SILLY PRE-GENESIS NARRATIVE
A WRESTLE WITH DEVILS IN ENGLISH
JOHN AT THE END OF A LONG TRAJECTORY
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DR FRANKENSTEIN WAS INTRIQUED BY YOUR
HORIZONTAL STANCE ON ROMANCE
ONE CAN NEVER BE TOO COMFORTABLE
THOUSANDS OF CONE-CUP BRAS
AND BIKINI BOTTOMS
FILL YOUR SPARE BEDROOM
WOMEN WHO DESPERATELY
WANTED TO BE FREE
TO BE RESPONSIVE TO YOUR TOUCH
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A HALF ROTTING CORPSE
THROWN INTO A BIBLICAL CHILLI
NUCLEAR BLAST BABY
*a fake crucifixion and a red pepper
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SNORTING METH PURCHASED IN THE PARKING LOT
OF THE CENTRAL MARKET IN PULSBO, WA
WHILE SITTING ON A BENCH
IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
THINKING ABOUT A HALF ROTTING CORPSE
THROWN INTO A BIBLICAL CHILLI
ANXIETIES BOILED DOWN
THE DETECTIVES HAD NO CLUE
CLARINETISTS SENDING AUMQUE FAKE POETRY
THE NORTH OF ENGLAND CRIPPLED
FLARF AND DOLLAR STORE ALLEGORY
CHEWING A PLATE OF SEASONED CORPSE
“I LIKES TO EAT WHAT I KILL”
REWARD A GOOD SIN
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SNORTING METH AND HUNG UP ON PUNCTUATION
————WORDS MISSPELLED—————-
CORRECT BUT MISTAKENLY CORRECTED
TOO HIGH TO SPELL
BIZARRELY HIGH
LIFE BOTH LEGIBLE AND ILLEGIBLE
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HURTING OTHER PEOPLE
HOSTILE KINDS OF VIOLENCE
INNOCENT VICTIMS JACK EVERYTHING UP
SHOOT A PUNK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD
BROUGHT UP TO DATE BABY BIRD
SHOOT ANOTHER PUNK
HE’LL NEVER WALK AGAIN
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE HEALTHY
FRESH MEAT—TWO-LEGGED MEAT
“I LIKES TO EAT WHAT I KILL”
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LIFE IS FULL OF CORROSIVE ERRORS
DETECTIVES WITH HANDGUNS
HAVING NEVER READ AN ENTIRE BOOK
YOU CAN NEVER REPAIR AN ADULT
IGNORANT OF BOOK LEARNING
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KILLING A GOAT TO SURVIVE
STREET SMARTS
OKAY
BUT I LIKE THE GOOD LIFE
MY BOAT TO HAVE A LARGE SAIL
POETRY WITHOUT MAZES
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AUMQUE PERMITTING CHARLIE ZERO
TO PUT PILLOW CASES ON HIS PILLOWS
SORRY BOYS
GUSHING FANCIES OF ENDEARMENT
SCHOOLBOYS IN SHORT PANTS
JUST AIN’T MY TICKET
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NO MATTER WHAT
WHEN YOU FINALLY OPEN UP
TERRIFYING EMPTINESS
HEARTBREAKING
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NO MATTER WHAT
SOME KIND OF SQUIRREL ASS SYNTAX
POETRY WITH TRANSLATIONS
QUIRKY POETRY
RIDDLES
THE MUSIC OF LANGUAGE
THE SMELL OF SWEET WORDS
DOCTOR MEDICINE ONLY GOES SO FAR
GOOD METH MAKES IT THE FOURTH OF JULY
GOT THE DEVILS ALL AGITATED
WILL I SLIP AND FALL ?
*you called me, Snidely Whiplash
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PEOPLE DISOWNING CONFESSIONS
———–DISAVOWAL——————–
ROMANTIC ABSURDITY IN POETRY
THE FRAIL POET IN NEED OF MILK
READERS NERVOUS ABOUT NOAH’S ARK
THAT RELIGIOUS BLOWPIPE
SLEIGHT OF HAND
SODOMY
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A GOOD TIME IN A LONG TIME
A VIOLENT VIRGINAL CREATURE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FUTURE EVE
STACKS OF PHOTOGRAPHS
A HUMAN WITH AN IMAGE
LOVE SLOWLY DESTROYS THE BEAUTY
HEAVEN LEAKS OFF LEAVING CRACKS
THE DEATH MASK OF EVE SMILING
EVIL WITHOUT MEASURE
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THE OBITUARY SENT OUT
“EVE, THE WIFE OF ADAM DEAD”
APPARENTLY DEATHLESS DIES
CLUES ABOUT THE LACK OF A CHILDHOOD
THE VAUDEVILLE SIDE OF EDEN
SPIRITUAL AND SECULAR SEX
RECYCLED VAGINA
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DADDY WITH HIS UKELELE
LIKES TO STRUM IT DAILY
SHOUTS AND GROWLS
VULGAR DOUBLE-ENTENDRE
DILUTED POETRY
REAL THINKING PAINTED BLACK TWICE
CONVERSATIONAL POETRY
SENSITIVITY AND BUOYANCY
BACK IN TOWN BABY BIRD
COMEDIC PERSONALITY PLUS
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WHY DO YOU NEVER WRITE POETRY
ABOUT NOAH’S SISTER?
LUNGS FULL OF WATER
AND YET, RESURRECTED
OF COURSE, SHE WAS BARREN
BUT THAT WAS A POSITIVE
A BIT BLURRED PERHAPS
LOOSENING THIGHS
HUNGRY EYES
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I SAW YOU FALL TO BENDED KNEE
LIPS QUIVERING
AT CHEAP MOTELS
YOU SIGNED IN AS ELVIS PRESLEY
A TINY BIRD
TOOT TOOT BABY BIRD
LATER YOU WOULD GAIN THE WATTAGE
SENTIMENTAL OPTIMISM
BOTH BOOTLEG AND REAL
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THE IMPACT OF LOOSENING THIGHS
—–INTERROGATIVE DADDY
NATURAL PLAYFULNESS
TURNED DARE-DEVIL ROMANCE
THE STAIN OF BLOOD
MULTIPLE-FLASHLIGHTS
FORCES OF DISORDER
RANDOM BOMBARDMENT
ALONE ON THE HONEYMOON
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MANY READERS PONDER WHY YOU WERE ALONE
ON THE HONEYMOON
YOU SAID THAT YOU WAS MOTIVATED BY
CONSCIOUSLY CHOSEN GOALS
SELF-ACTUALIZATION AFTER MARRIAGE
FULL FOCUS ON EXTRINSIC CONDITIONS
BEYOND BOREDOM AND ANXIETY
HANKERING FOR SEX
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returned from the wilderness
in the shadow of a castle behind the wall of wi-if I saw wolves in sheeps clothing
– mechanical movements moved me miles
– days of hunger
– no news from the hinterland
– the satellites feed back the images of the honeymoon – Russian cosmonauts had a good laugh
(Russian laughter sounds like off key jazz)
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RUSSIAN LAUGHTER
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A RUSSIAN LAUGHED ?
PERHAPS—ARPEGGIATED DETOURS IN THE DARK
PINING MELODIES FROM SITTING ON THE THRONE
ODDLY ELASTIC RHYTHM DROPS
CHING-CHING-A-CHINGING
MYSTERY MEAT AND SAUCE
*royalty have tiny parachutes on their globs
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AN AUDACIOUS ATTENTION GRABBER
SOLO DADDY WITH HIS HEAD ON FIRE
A LOVELY FINISH TO A SNAIL’S PACE
HONEYMOON NIGHT DVD
BRUSHFIRE ON THE TOP
MOURNFUL—-GORGEOUSLY INTIMATE
*printed on the dvd sleeve:
“laughably engrossing solo”
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the laughter & the smell of boiled beef & rotting teeth
floated down corridors
linoleum floors
creaking doors
a sound not much heard – the sound often caught in Stalinist era moustaches – muffled like a silencer – the old ways
the anthems written for better times
– there is still no jazz
all trumpets smelted down for grannies teeth
just marching bands & funeral marches
– the mysterious sauce pumped out out the meat stick – not enough pins acupuncture could not cure
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solo oboe player
the joy of one
no need to grab attention to singular action committed against the self – preplanned and exciting
showered after and new coin shiny
– you’d never know it happened
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YOU SAY YOU HAVE NO TIME FOR ORDINARY
WOMEN
YOU SAY YOU HAVE NO TIME FOR ORDINARY
WOMEN
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NOCTURNAL FEMALES FROM POVERTY
MONOTONY FREE
PLUSHER BEHINDS
HOWEVER NAKED
NEW WONDERS
RESPONSIVE
KINDERGARTEN GIBBERISH
FAIRY-TALE ORGASMS
SMACK ALL NIGHT
TREMORS
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MUSICIANS AND POETS
WILL DO ANYTHING
TO ROUSE THE AUDIENCE
JOHNNY BOY GAUGED
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A HALF ROTTING CORPSE
BIBLICAL CHILLI
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FRINGE AUDIENCES
JOHNNY BOY WITH HIS
DEEPLY PERSONAL TONE
SOARING OVER VIRGINIA
SMOKING FEVERISHLY
HORMONAL CONCOCTIONS
STREET TALK ABOUT MOTHERHOOD
HERMAPHRODITES IN CHEAP COTTON
NURSING BREASTS
NIPPLES FROM H. P. LOVECRAFT NOVEL
DAILY
WATCHING THE SPECIAL EDITION DVD
JOHNNY BOY COVERED IN HONEYMOON RED
THE VIRGIN MARTYR WITH A METAL BUSH
TEMPORARILY DISFIGURED
GROIN AREA EXPRESSIONIST
THE LADY AT THE HOSPITAL
“CAN’T PUT NO BANDAGE ON THAT”
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ORDINARY WOMEN CANNOT VOMIT
THEMSELVES INSIDE OUT
YOUR LITTLE FEMALE TREASURE
ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR
WHO YOU GONNA CALL ?
your life has become a Goya painting
tell the police that
tell your wife that
whatever you do
DON’T TELL ANYONE !
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SWAPPED BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THE WOMEN
THE VEXING LADY OF WORDS
CONSTANTLY QUESTIONING
YOUR OBEDIENCE
ARE YOU GONNA STAND FREE
OF THE FUNK ?
EUTHANIZING JOHNNY BOY
TRICKSTER BITCH
A CANNIBAL OF SORTS
THE WIFE CONSTANTLY
WEIGHING THE CHILDREN
SUPREME POWER
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COMPENSATORY FANTASIES
THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT
THE PAINFUL NATURE OF INSERTION
PANTS-FREE CREATIVE WRITING
how long did you live at the Dark City Hotel ?
FROM PASSIVE TO ACTIVE
THE CRACKLE OF A HAND ON FIRE
POKING FINGERS—A THUMB FALLS OFF
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still residing at the Dark City Hotel
hiding in the wardrobe and stealing stationary – angry letters written on headed paper –
real poor sketches made of comic book fiends – finding comfort in selected memories,
a favourite sentence,
the sound of cooking meat,
your initialed cutlery set used for those special occasions,
the invisible hand that steers your fate wears a leather glove
–
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DARK CITY PRODUCTIONS
WORDS, PHRASES, FULL SENTENCES
BLACK MUSICIANS SPEECHIFYING
SNIPPETS FROM DAILY LIFE
INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES
PORTABLE METAL INTIMACY
KISSES FROM A WARM GUN
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BLACK COFFEE
BLACK MUSICIANS SPEECHIFYING
ITALIAN TOBACCO ON TIN FOIL
DISEMBODIED IN SOUTH FLORIDA
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THE UNBEARABLE TENSION OF MEAT FRYING
PEASANTS OUTSIDE LICKING THE FRUIT TREES
SO MANY NUMBERS TO PUNCH
SWITZERLAND
MORE MONEY FOR ALCHEMY
IF THEY TRACKED THE NUMBERS
I MIGHT BE BUILDING A CATHEDRAL
IN PULSBO, WASHINGTON
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Dare devil daddy and his blueprints for future atrocities
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poverty tremors on the breadline
shanty town tin roofs, homes with TV boxes but no power
families sit around and all imagine different pictures,
different storylines
the empty box like a human with no stomach
coffin fantasies and hunger pangs
they ‘d sell their liver for a case of magic beans
at he’d sell their meat for shoes
this isn’t the life we were sold
this isn’t the life we were sold
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LISTENING TO NAT KING COLE
IN PULSBO, WASHINGTON
THINKING ABOUT THAT PLANE CRASH
images of long-handled scythes in the clouds
names over a loudspeaker
“Johnny Boy”
hammering poetry
fancy anvil
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arsenic leg cramps
mannequins doing the “stanky leg”
anatomical models looking good
Dali with a piano on fire
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TOUCHING THE BABY BUMP FOR THE FIRST TIME
ALL RAW FEELINGS WERE SMOTHERED
IN KENTUCKY IT IS LEGAL TO KILL NEWBORNS
WHITE-GLOVED MURDER
NO NEED TO GLANCE AROUND
THE WHISPER OF LIFE SOON GONE
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THE UNBEARABLE TENSION OF MEAT FRYING
POETRY PASTED TOGETHER ACCORDION STYLE
PENCIL RUBBINGS
POSTAGE STAMPS
TORN SNAPSHOTS
*misplaced expressions of father
NOTES FROM YOUR PERSONAL DETECTIVE
JOHNNY BOY DIALOGUE
IN THE AIRLINE MAGAZINE
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CHEAP METH
AND ARSENIC LEG CRAMPS
AT THE CLUB THE WORKING GIRLS
DOING THE “STANKY LEG”
ANATOMICAL FLESH FOLDS
RIVETING AND FATIGUING
HESITATIONS
IRRITATIONS
*later reading a passage from “Moby Dick”
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