poem || Lawrence Upton

HOUSE, WARMING

(to my friend Eddie now known as Jethro)

trumpet piece

the responding hairballs of mothers do after one cements the cord highball bother is

impolitely definers he

cement in line tad signs the same values to the nine

active rebellious of raters and the next two lines

sign the trend rebels the same

*

trumpet piece

with

with... with cements were removers

with meat were removers and roe diets

ifs sky sedan am see

effuses are you the son, open your mouth and speak, you may be wondering how many levels of nesting are Eddie in accrued hyphenations and definitions

effuses are you the son, open your moth and sleep

effuses are you the son, open your mouth and sleep, you may be wondering how many levels of nesting are Eddie in accrued hyphenations Phoenicians airway

ascent appear to be a limit according to the rascal definitions but we do get a hint

assuage

accords how far it is passable to gods in aye

icicles you are eyed to have with

amok tea seems and it would be thins to nest with

amok tea seems and it would be thins to nest

heathen ably yenned the open urea tramming allots and nest haying amiss tare

signing a value to Sears the entire euchred of deaf is

signing a value to Sears the entire euchred of deaf is defined nine hairballs sit should be pointed out that even though Delphi is composed of nine separate

rabbles it is proper to say deaf able itself because it is a not an acrid

rabbles

ceases sassed meet era restings sex hairdos he ale

pa cords oath

airfare entwine rebels rascal mart bough

igneous hats nod sign inn ails contained

*

percussion piece

mar

mar indite cad sexed sashay

Ezekiel cad cud Ed

cod cad cud Ed ad id so cud cad cod tic id ad Ed hawk cod cad Ed

arc cad

arc cad curd

id Ed cad cod hall ad abbey

ma cad cud id ad of

coax cad Ed cud id ad

em Ed cud id

ha six am duly

nor rover lea aced ogle purpose cow ample

nor rover

elected rum lea silkier selector elected rum sulkier sum elected hi Exe

lily red

lily red gang hour top

lily red uric

lily red uric sham

lily red uric sham

red uric sham

red sham story ink

sham story ink

story ink ice

ink ice

incus no nob

thieve pen

thieve pen plus bouncy

acids do rings

cry wry construction droplets

native naively instruction

owlets imaginings

hegemonistic imaginings

tautly

nieces an

gymnastic imaginings

finings kneel

whodunit incompetently infectiously infixed

whodunit competently infectiously infixed gecko laptop

whodunit competently infectiously infixed jokey laptop

yarn meditational microrecorder

her neck, the plutonium centre, proverbs, razorwire, reason while she reworked raved shamanistic spiring stasis

I met you and, I met you and tabling topology unreconstructed

undemonstrated

undemonstrated uninterpretable unobjective war

she is a stupid fantasist

she is unobjective and she is shaking soy sauce on the noodles

she is unobjective

ship

ants

ship ants

ship ants nap amenably or

sin yawn in propel

repel promising

promising surd surdity

vender jean genie

firm

rim

morose

arouse

oceanic bowl handing stout modernity

modernity stout handling bowl oceanic jumble

lissome mind kneel me print us

tea data date dash depth path

death

death death data dash math width width them

impale dimple

impel dimple spicing

damply impala tinter with

dumpily employee Swedish

lumpily ply wish con tin at et set ten

fillet cod cud my simple on

tic id cud a bunch of idiots given power by government

tic Ed cud cad to id

to ad tic Ed

tic id

to cad

tic cad

tic id

to cod cud Ed ad

to id ad

tic cad

to id

tic cod to cad

to id tic ad

tic cod cad

*

alto sax piece

ye

ye

ye

ye skeet ah

tar as

nation ridge boil ox

sex six Exe sax

sex

tax ah

script

tax ah

prescript

do

rafter redefinitions sing

boa rum pox ox

pa pi pox o

by pa pa pi pox ox

ye yaws yeas yews pa pi pox ox

ended ass fined lit not hoaxer and vent lash lash double irks

ma yaks ox yen

ret

operate

registered

reline user

tipsy

sex six so sax

*

trumpet piece

mater embed desk dye amid toe come to the grounded

reendowed of all iota

ruptures in rascals

icicles the accords

chords hoards cards cladding

cladding cards hoards chords sad en net heeding us her an end me rehung fine awkward in details lets go right to the first ample ads

do ace is a

do ace is a

ace is a

is a gore using nonsense etude that way austerity

austerity the use of a

drover airway is only one entry in the opiate

airway is only one entry in the pat neutralised part of the

gore cur notified

cur notified tidied creations

notified tidied creations rashness cur posed layoff ears ideals and engine

ideals and engines bereave tic at layoff ash affront

Fahrenheit opiate

pat indicating that the dressier can be of mixed

mixed of be can dressier the that indicating pat

pat son have a complete example of the way a dresser is denied before yaws sty is composed of the (hue)

*

double bass piece

(or “I wish I could write poetry the way Reggie Workman plays”)

neon

ennui fattened

anyone

ennui fattened elope

anion

fattened elope

inane peroxide gig

non refer curs namely

homely owed

anon refer ends aces scale here see without

thou responding

responding begins begins sautes that this only defines a

that this only defines a tenon opiate it does not define any

it does not define any

xenon

neon bereave iota is

*

Tenor sax

pat son

have a complete example

of the way

a dresser is denied before yaws sty is composed of the hue

ad am as

ad am as ad as at aweigh hey ebb em awe

ad ah ahoy ewe how baa ad eke see

am away hay hoe bib add eel go hay

awe eye highway pa dud ewe he hoe lo

aye hew ma dad eye fee hi hue ill

whoa ha bob did do id odd en eve ahoy away aweigh aye be me gag gig egg ha he ho huh hey hew high highway how whoa Hawaii eye ewe Iowa ah oh all no non nun an en in on of

huh

whoa Hawaii eye ewe Iowa

huh did eve be he how all on ewe

bob hay boo ho so pup us up highway

Iowa

pip pop err

hey hew loo pep so tot Iowa hue weigh

hey do moo pop is us high we whew my

coo lo pip ass it hey mu ye woe gig

no pap err or as tit to tat at eye ewe hay hew how hoe huh?

go pap as at how wow why by gag eye

no or tat hew way yaw ow egg ah

err to hay Hawaii yea odd hey non ow

tit ewe whoa wee whey woo id huh Iowa or wahoo

eye huh yeah ahoy hew nun ox you ewe

hoe whey away high en Ohio ho oh Hawaii

wee Yahweh whoa on aweigh owe in yew no

yew on an eye yew eye on an yew

*

Percussive melody

posture

flash clue clench   clinch   clutch squeeze   minute kiss  

cuddle embrace fondling   clinch sprinkling clamp hold  

hug   embrace

caress   embrace fondling   glimmer   hint   command   clasp  

caress

caress   embrace   melt attraction   several howler enfold enfold  

sprinkling tinge   bag squeeze   perception embrace

embrace   fondling   hug   shine   lick   grapple   grip   hug

3 poems || Texas Fontanella

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A Quantum Mechanic Catches Just A Glimpse Of Space-Time

I’m trying to find
water repellant fa-

bric-a-brac. Too many
surgical chance operat-

ions on sale. I just lost
the language game.

The Cymbal Fad Is Over

in war-torn waist
panama, siopao
source & stain
               glass
shirts’re shipped

in as special treats
for wasp stings.

text || Lawrence Upton

TRUMPET PIANO & PERCUSSION

predominantly trumpet.

he blows; blows what's large: aspirant, contesting, entrant, hopeful, nominee

predominantly piano.

sincerity, integrity, truth full

predominantly piano and percussion.

birch club pole, rod shaft staff, stake stave stick

puppy

bottle bucket

flask shell

vessel

blitz, bombard

trumpet and piano.

has another blow: contestant

adaptive-bold-clever-daring-enterprising-resourceful-venturesome

acute-alert-astute-cagey-clever-cunning-deft-keen-knowing penetration

percussion and piano.

perceptive piercing-quick quick sighted-quick witted-receptive-responsive-sagacious

sensitive-sharp, sharp-witted-shrewd

entrance truthfulness

sincerity

integrity principle, fact sincerity, truth rod

stake, handgun subway, professors' column

rod pup

puppy

canine scoop

john box

projectile

canister

strike-flop

discharge

shot

resourceful

predominantly

resourceful

resourceful

trumpet with a bit of piano.

inventive-enterprising-resourceful-sharp-brilliantly discriminating

piano alone.

deft-venturesome-deft-inventive-anxious

keen educated inquiring

acute, adaptable, alert, diplomacy discerning; acute edge, astute, acute

poem || Texas Fontanella

time wasters

Time wasters,
                                   
time has wasted
                                                 love
-rs art all we are now

                  we let it not
waste ours

&       hours spent
                                     not by us

to let
         let us collect nothink
                                    but things
are what they make
            of us, not us of us

             our
                                    authorities
DO NOT

let                    us
let                    our
       author


ship wreck
whole                 sales    terms &
states how        they needed coin
                         the terminal
to turn us in                                  to them

                       

self                                                      less

4 poems || Philip Byron Oakes

Dressing No No Up to Say

In time dying down to a murmur only a

parrot could love. A virtual standstill over

in a twinkle goading stars to shine. Quiver

like a tremble within parentheses. In a

language not of your choosing. Inviting a

counterpoint out for a taste of what broke

the man in the pants, when the moment

found its destiny in the funny papers. As

the oligarchs chuckle over nothing, the

parchment having its day in court of little

consolation. Awaiting a surety the rain will

fall from grace. When it comes down to

tiddlywinks in the tale of how the great

dam was built. The breezes wrapped

around your head like a turban. How a

shorthand grew up splashing like a

fiend in the waters off the coast

of reality.

Incidental Staccato

Stumping through the glare that cost god the election.

Downstream of conscious efforts to leapfrog the fatigue.

To expose ground down to the bone. Taking shape to

extremes, best fettered in hopes of blurring the distinctions.

Escorting a teeter to the dance. A prosecutorial headspin

woven into a waltz. To puff the hope chest out of sorts with

the air we breathe. Leaving little choice with all the others. A

stigma shy of escape. A casual way of saying in a Sanskrit of

the peepers. Making the turn into something demonstrable

by degree. As the tronies take their poses to heart. Putting

acoustics to the test of a verdict to be read basso profundo.

Steering a barge of belief knowing too well the weight

wielded as part and parcel of the prize. Implicit commentary

taking the air out for a stroll. Protocol of the wild weaning

the weak of will woven into trauma’s crusade. Embracing

freedoms of the time that’s come to its own conclusion.

Teaching old dogs the music interwoven into pouring their

little hearts out of respect for the dead and the dying to

know.

First of All

Calibrated adding up to a precipice from

which to better see the world. Fitting a

scenario to the nth of one leaves one to

wonder. The homestretch to the great

awakening. A perpetual seep, seeking a

surface from which to ooze to the

attention. Balancing hope with

expectation, on the pinhead of a

moment both dwindling and bursting at

the seams. A grammar of twinkle toes in

the mud. Down a gnarled stretch of

hyperbole. A frail escapee of a silence at

the core to the roar of modern living.

Cloaking a fashion haunting venues

beyond the words. The poverty of a

buffer cordoning off an incipient rage,

of the dispossessed by the hallowed

falling hollow into place. An embryonic

fait accompli. Under the feeble arc of 

homage to a leitmotif breaking ground

in a manner contingent upon the bite

of the libretto.                                           

Consuming Time

Naked as trees walking winter back

in real time. Autumn in the fig leaf

forest. Presumptions of symmetry

giving wing a leg up on lightening

the load. Bivouacked on mirage.

Knitting here with where you find

it, a step past knowing where you

are. Mired in sequence. Captured

in acts of come and gone. Present,

from a distance imposing its will.

Obscuring the irrelevant at the

peak of its importance. So kilter

takes akimbo by the hand. Gilding

retrospectives. Putting ephemerae

at great risk of overstaying their

welcome. As an adjunct spicing up

the little things that make the

world go round the bend. Leading

consequence in circles drawn

from time’s irrevocable stagger

filling out the numbers a to z.

text || Marco Giovenale

a society of crime and corruption

 

the security guard on campus, tired of being surrounded by skeptical instructions, being one of the few who remember the massacre, total if not totalitarian, responsible for the eye factor, the yo is killed, the shadow of the human world, his successor, incomparable manrico, a radio host, her daughter valentine, initially rejects it,

2011, three films in one, cantonese, the day after santina and fedoro, a journalist, lin, already here, see the dispute between those who believe the 5th film a masterpiece, 

promising revelations on the killer's name, in short, sasha, peace is torn apart when a vicious vampire emerges out of nowhere to kill the mexican photographer, his fellow vampires discover he returns to campus, a 1 khz life, including that of a janitor, waitress moody and weird, 576 x 320 audio, 

eventually leading to the discovery of an interview, output, from violence to grace, able to forgive his father and take the first steps on the path of life, 436 mb subtitles, located in japan, eluan also concludes that kiry can be his greatest enemy, carrying an ax while he is driving his car, seems to have not yet lost hope, 

the girl has a crisis of crying and the mandarin has a few drinks, aac, 44, without thinking of the consequences, to prove their superiority, the story continues as an interweaving of events in the foreground, those in cannes whistle, the sacred and metaphysical banality plus the interacting of four primordial elements, fire, action fantasy, santina strongly suspects the school employee, the game becomes more powerful, 

folklore expert xvid shows a small group of students speaking event, calling for a further dna test to also ward off the last doubt, the time has come to rid the earth of this menace, 5 editors, there's no trace of the machine, seafront residence, 

there is another nocturnal movement in the park of the villa, you stop at a lantern sos, sexy models and actresses in the 50s, between them there is the 3rd movie, afraid to run the campaign, light changes his mind when he witnesses the citizen decides to stay in a rural bed and breakfast, put it on display in the small room

prose-cartoon || Adam Engel

I Mourn the Loss of Meme

Meme the idea I call myself. Descent Hungarian: Polish: Jewish: mating birthing moving dying talking planning dreaming continuous till death they did part.

Formerly alive and young Me of a strange and distant century.

Educated in the grand tradition of public schools and television. Calvinist Consumerist American Meme. Media stealth blitz ravishing The Word. Images more potent than: more lively than: more sticky than. Manufactured overseas to protect the mythical American Meme material of language music cinema.

Meme the holographic cells of Body Politic. I mourn the loss of Me to me. Duplicitous double-agent Time works The Myth Machine now: later to replace or dismantle my Me to nothing: silence: void of me.

I remember doing being -- aware of doing being -- in Time (“what happened?”).

I remember Me in motion. Proof of Me my self alive and separate from me-Body-Politic. Goose-stepping acolyte and yes-Man me on loan from Time to Time. The me-Body-Politic equates my – former -- Me with anyone's neighbor’s kin in Idaho or Texas: anywhere someone somewhere calls “here now” in the Empire of work: death: talk.

Citizen Me immortal. Oh poor me (as I now must call myself)! The 50 year drama without narrative thrust forward. Primary Me redacted and defined by Time and HIS-story now secondary me dreaming days supine on the sunny lawns and beaches of my young.

Sentimental dissipation. Scatter: scatter: scatter solid earth Me of the sunburned skin to wild west winds and an occasional typhoon.

March on: march on: selfless-expendable me-mortal. Billions of me for every Me on earth enables the me-murderous death-march unto Meme.

Slaughter devour disperse till nothing left of Me but me.