surrealism
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Strangle Me In Thee Ballistic Aire
Strangle me in thee ballistic aire of boston electric gagosian of invalidating fences employed to describe whatever you desire preprogrammed plague innocuous hebrew pockets distributed as though sewn into the bottom of the ocean by whom unhinged shocking applier of starts and brakes over intelligence or proximity america decides everyone was used to the name…
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Agency Representation
the tide dropped outwhile still enrolledputa in the sunscared mooncertainly not the heroesdarkly begging at the shore’s feettaking advantagethe only thingat which they’ve excelledno other way to get it donetheir shoulder / your shouldertheir back / your backthe chorus unable to prove anything anymore distracted by distractioncomparingwork to worryreaction to actionsyrup to syntaxthe anti-war movement…
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Double Sonnet for Michel
listen, monster, i’m here to remind youthe ruby drunk caught in your throat demandsa buck fifty for the downtown 1 white shoe slip-resistant rubber sole the plan this Philosophy smells of studded clubsoda dark liquor hidden deep in bookstemplate matching over styx russian subice cream necropolis kicks filthy nooks oh no i hope it’s not…
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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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Thinking About Zuihitsu
Wikipedia Poem, No. 982 i feel my eye my wife glaring this ambiguity arcs particularly effective clicks i feel my eye my wife stares this ambiguity conveys the corner of the physically and psychologically overwhelming ambiguitythese particularly effective clicksi convene my eyes my wife hunting actions of being actions of kofi annan of newt gingrich…
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Debriefing (Purple Chrysanthemum in the Dark)
Wikipedia Poem, No. 980 purple chrysanthemums when he’s locked in currency his girlfriend he presumescan’t smell her rose his long black presumption in the dark it’s nobody’s job to shine boots antoni sneaks offstateless watchesarrange shirts the hour he’s locked each day precedesverde lungs value in chrysanthemums his girlfriend dollar watchesblossoming arrangements of purple he…
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Monteverde Vecchio (He Can’t Smell Her Roses)
Wikipedia Poem, No. 978 in his girlfriend he presumes he can’t smell her roses he can’t smell her boots expensive watches arrange purple chrysanthemums in the dark it’s nobody’s job in time antoni sneaks off around lungs monteverde vecchio even when he’s locked away the value of a dollar even when he locked away the…
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