In the Alterations In all the days of itWe worked and we toiledWe of the silting up of the worksIn the alterationsIn the alterations of we all the small onesIn the alterations of we all the small ones we wokeIn the alterations of time we sought a chance. In the alterations of time we sought […]
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Small Talk
Small Talk ….but there wasn’t any error, all the lies –:came together, no one questioned them;{ all alerting others to the weather .– singularly absent of demagogues ..::a spectacle was joined ever nightly *..#inside, the notes were compiling upon a desk . . { From my 2017 book Synaptic Syntactic available on major platforms such […]
INTERLUDE *& ::::: Demonoid Spake Thus
It was ever thus so, ever thus so and so, or so-so, as the case may be and if not it was trauma. In the sideways glance of time, as the case may be, or if not it was, we were in the letter of the law, but in it we took off into the night,
A Time to Devour All the Pills (Sonnet)
A Time to Devour All the Pills (Sonnet) Clearly nobody on all 3 platforms wants to read something called Sonnet, so this is getting renamed to “A Time to Devour All the Pills (Sonnet)” Time to go and time to trustTime to wean and time to lustA time to love and a time to killA […]
Multiplicities
Multiplicities Steaming StrengthOf all there was we were oneBut multiplicities aboundedThe universe shattered into an infinity of jewelsCurving around back on itselfIn the most intricate and vast of waysWe looked out on it in awe –The Scopes Monkey Trial notwithstanding –Why are wedding rings worn on the left?Feeling your way to a resolution of apotheosis […]
The Issues
The Issues Some grasp on the issues was needfulWe were in no way prepared for themThey took us to the cleanersAnd we foughtThey tore us to piecesAnd we foughtOur favorite lines did not avail usBut we foughtWe grew ourselves into a corner From my 2017 book Synaptic Syntactic available on major platforms such as Amazon, […]
Nor Our Dreams
Nor Our Dreams Our loves could not hold our pieces togetherNor our hatesNor our obsessionsNor our skillsNor our moneyNor our dreamsNor our aspirationsAnd so it was that our pieces flew apartLike dust from a supernovaNever again to meet From my 2017 book Synaptic Syntactic available on major platforms such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, […]
Acknowledgement to Juliana Spahr for the influence of her book “Well Then There Now”
Some info on stylistic influences on his 2017 book, ‘Synaptic Syntactic’, particularly a book by Juliana Spahr called Well Then There NOw. The characters’ names of ‘We all the Small Ones’ and ‘Demonoid Picotent’ were derived from Spahr’s work. Talk on the use of repetition and distorting texts using machine translations.
Happenstance + commentaries and updates
Happenstance Summer dreams all fly in a glitter of dustUnder drama the pile grows staleSeries of ages to walk throughSome happy, some sadSome drama piles on the sadnessAglitter the lashes flutterSome dreams grow by stagesAglitter the trauma fades inSome dreams leap by boundsA recollection drifts down the pipe, bursting into flames;Speculation rings you upA tremulous […]
Lost in Mist 