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‘When you speak of the Cunt put hair on it! Try to forget everything you learned in college.’
‘Advice to a Young Writer’ by Henry Miller All piffle & twaddle—influence of the Bottom Dog man.For real “decadents” read Huysmans & other French authors.Diarrhea of words—stew of classic allusions.Fuck Artemis et alia!Don’t put intellect in your prick!Write honestly even if poorly.Humor is weak—immature.Try drugs and compare two kinds of writing.Try using only Anglo Saxon…
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Thanksgiving Guilt
The days — likely the months — leading up to Thanksgiving 2020 have left a hazy tarnish on my ability to be present for my family and friends. It started, of course, with the economic uncertainty, political instability, and alienating nature of COVID-19. But it is bigger than that, more insidious, and ultimately more profound.…
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The Blue Cherry Blossoms on The Blue Tree
‘Cherry Blossoms at Evening’ by William Carlos Williams In the prebirth of the eveningthe blue cherry blossoms on the blue treefrom this yellow, ended room—press to the windowsinside shall be outthe clustered faces of the flowersstraining to look in Source: Williams, William C. “Cherry Blossoms at Evening.” The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Volume…
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The Lady of the House Puts the Alarm Clock in a Drawer
‘Lightly, Very Lightly’ by Mary Ruefle It was raining. I could hear the raintaking the pins out of her mouth.Soft rain became hard rainso that hard things became soft things.The wet leaves under the trees became heavy as diapers,the book left openon the grasscould finally sink in her bathwithout a word,the way, after a hard…
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The Great American Rebrand
taos taupe on the meaningless wall an advert for the effortless lightning that fills one’s body 1960s if i had to guess masked up against the russian nike strife force members of which giddily violate the agreed upon terms of the hue and colorway sapphire mayan air force marine corpsdozens of dead children some touristsnote…
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Stuck Tight Old Boy Stuck Tight
‘Safety Lock’ by Louis Aragon My wordHand caught in the doorStuck tight old boy stuck tightIn other wordsOrThe password pleaseMany thanksNow I hold the keyThe bolt begins to twist like a tongueTherefore Trans. Michael Benedikt Source: Aragon, Louis. “Safety Lock.” The Poetry of Surrealism, edited by Michael Benedikt. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1974, p. 151.…
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Men in Hats Rise from the Ground
‘Five O’Clock’ by James Schuyler Men disport themselves.They help each other:“Reach in my chest and massage my heart.I am not dead.” If clouds are God’s table linen,what is rain?He gave men towels to dry themselves.He blessed their soap. The city grew like the desert, by erosionMen walk in it.God is not so much dead as…
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The Song of One Hundred Thousand Chemicals Approximating Sunshine
‘This is the Song of One Hundred Thousand’ by Ariana Reines This is the song of one hundredThousand chemicals approximating Sunshine in my hair. My lover bit My cheek this morning. I think I’ll Fall from one trance into the nextMight fall asleep any minuteIt gets tiring making yourself looklike you’re alive while you’re lookingHard…
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On One Leg (House Beautiful)
prokofiev cobham & darnielle circle one’scrown blue llama equilateral wingedwhat have we hereseen? a photo in a photo in a magazinemetaphor boils the potafter a jot spills its ink hungover an fim-92 stinger whichlike i said before is no metaphorat all al gore despondent speaking to late modal fordsdon’t forget mass production the cruelest bearda…
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200! (Dog Talk)
200! the old mutt sayshallelujah and forevermorethe rats of uskeep banging on that drumif the sky has his wayif the shy sky has his wayfrank o’hara blessed meearly in my career — he blurbedmy christening i’ll pray for yousays the well intentioned divorceereally where would we be without softscrub the bathroom would be the barnno…
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