Federico Federici - Two Stuffed texts - an experiment with TS Eliot's "Hollow men"

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Stuffed text number 1

We are the hallowed men

we are the duff-head men

keen to gather

head peace filed in row. Alas!

Hours drive choices, where

the will-o'-the-wisps are

quaint mien and our lenses

shield us, behind chipped

glasses, while gloves don't fit

in with other laces,

sheep without norm, shirts without collar,

in a para-lizard farce, just an urgent notion;

on the snow that crusts

we draw reptiles, too deaf fathers keen on

remembrance – in fact, all note us lost,

violence howls against

us, hallowed men

duff-head men.

Volodymyr Bilyk - Five Roadrage Poems Inspired by Ex Ex Lit

Author's Note: Ex-Ex-Lit was one of the sources of inspiration at the initial writing stages of Roadrage. It was a place where i could catch the vibe and get in the right mood for writing. As such, I think it would be appropriate to share a couple of poems from the earlier configurations of Roadrage that were directly inspired by the poems that appeared in Ex-Ex-Lit.

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ROADrage is an assorted collection of poems warped inside out upside down, twisted backwards and tied into a Moebius strip because The Beatles "Because".

The book can be ordered here. You can read the sample here. 

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1.

timid,  tickling.. 

palpitation whisk...

... ... 

- tacit gulp- 

utmost frown 

pitapat tartar: tap-tap 

cackle 

quail peal 

-null doodles veer adust.

chink: 

squeeze:

wallowing blank waff.

nab flush stroke.

twist-twirl; -plump – bling.

/

harsh hiss 

tumble sough: 

shill...

cheeks toss gush -

(splotch!)

…

smirk, vague

wrecks a bit

.. ... "

indelible:

fanfare pall clatter -

stiff, hollowed;

irks ripple kindly .

......:taut silence;

e

e

e;

swipe;

NULL.

?

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2.
frown lactation

inane vague: jarring peal 

.... ... ... ... .

- bing drab. 

.

raddle…

Vapid: quaff:

-nicked... lull... ...

sough, Timbuktu trill;

Down.

-sheen…

- zigzag..... jaw: 

spin, ogle: - …slight.)

trundle...

…rash... eruction

hip, bean, stir, whop, skirt, perplexing 

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3.

Smirk, vague 

wallowing sine thrustle 

"um".

afterclap -'thump 

crackle ample squeeze:

fanfare - 

sapid glance:

ting - osculated echo: 

-click-click- 

frown / wink:

- curls out, humble

-tang: wallow

-

throb! 

exorbitant vespertine shrug 

("swipe")-

solemn somber bob.

Dizzying, excruciating boom; 

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4.

sweep - veer sideways…

Glint 

Rumpled skin: 

- frowsy scrap tossed. 

ripple

cloud burst – halting:

vicious bitter: smothers 

sweat /

…knee knock – dash off, 

eye roll:

.

Plash: nil 

.

hollow

Rebound bounce.

-deafening tinkling.

slap wail,

nebulous rumination 

gnaws viscous gibbous rancor -:

slash-lash nibble.

peal.

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5.

blank smirk 

tum-tumult

(eerie).

: timid,

- titter dab: " 

WHAM!

cheeks scorched 

warped inside

eye roll sough:
blink

strident zigzag thrust backwards).

whiplash blow

faint grin

Howie Good - Three Prose Poems

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1

Sex Ed

We’ll again be able to walk from here to the Netherlands. I just don’t know exactly when. Sex is also a great form of exercise. Yeah, every day. And it doesn’t require a lot of foreknowledge. I should close my eyes. I should. But, instead, we just go, “Wow.” If you think it could be, but then say, “No, it's not like that,” go with your initial instinct. What's most challenging is seeing the same story repeated over and over again. We’re not inventing anything; we’re just stealing from others really well.

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2

Death Notice

Friends I haven’t seen in years have told each other I died in 2012 under sordid circumstances – debt-ridden, detested, abandoned by everyone, communicating only with pigeons in a Boston park. Actually, I still have feeling in pretty much every part of my body. We used to wear cufflinks and tie clips. Now there are flash drives and meth cooks and what sound like gunshots. People need to be careful. Autocorrect can take you only so far. Do we even sleep? Sometimes we erase a memory here and there, but that’s it.

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3

Blue Love

When the police arrive, chairs and tables and cups are flying everywhere. The police have dogs. They have helicopters. I stand on the sidewalk, just trying to seem normal. Some people are dealing drugs; others, dumping bodies. I see something big floating. At first I think it’s a dead cow. Then it flips around and looks at me, and I say, “Tiffany, it's a bear!” We all start laughing because it’s hard to believe. It’s like getting a blue hug from the sky.

Lawrence Upton - Chants #2, #3 and #5

Chant # 2 (“twill twat”)

[Make your best guess at pronunciation and performance, using the codes you already know, in the light of what is actually shown here i.e. read what is actually here, not what you think should be here.

Do not perform the text too fast.

Multivoice interpretations are fine – very good, in fact.]

TWILL       TWAT         WILL          RATE

SILL           SAT            WE             TIRE

SELL         TARE         TELL         WALL

SITE          RAW          STALL       SAW

TALL...       TRIAL...     SALT

STARE      WIRE         WEAR       WELL

LAIR          LATER       WILT

STRAW     ALTER       SAW

TILT           WAIL          START

SILT...        TRAWL      TRAIL

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Chant # 3

[Make your best guess at pronunciation and performance, using the codes you already know, in the light of what is actually shown here i.e. read what is actually here, not what you think should be here

Multivoice interpretations are fine – very good, in fact.]

NEITHER                     ZITHER'S                     NORTHER'S

ZITHER'S                     NORTHER'S                PINFEATHER'S

NORTHER'S                PINFEATHER'S           NETHERMOST

PINFEATHER'S           NETHERMOST           PANTHEIST

NETHERMOST           PANTHEIST                 NEITHER

PANTHEIST                 NEITHER                     ZITHERS

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Chant #5 (“rummil cato”)

[Make your best guess at pronunciation and performance, using the codes you already know, in the light of what is actually shown here i.e. read what is actually here, not what you think should be here.

Do not perform the text too fast.

Multivoice interpretations are fine – very good, in fact.]

RUMMIL CATO

                            BOT SOME

LUNTO BLIL; TERUB AFRO

FO RUBBLE INGTRAL RALAT OOL

LANNIES IRL; ALLAV GENHEA ADDER

DERTOR, ANESC RALNE

HENDER DANNING PLERORIES DERN LAVAG

Maria Rovito - Two Texts

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1.

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<title>ALEXIS TIARA MURPHY &#8212; FBI</title>

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<meta name="description" content="August 3, 2013 Lovingston, Virginia">

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<h2 class="sr-only">Description</h2>

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<td>Date(s) of Birth Used</td>

<td>June 5, 1996</td>

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<td>Virginia</td>

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<td>Hair</td>

<td>Black</td>

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<td>Brown</td>

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<td>Height</td>

<td>5'7"</td>

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<td>Weight</td>

<td>156 pounds</td>

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<td>Sex</td>

<td>Female</td>

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<td>Race</td>

<td>Black</td>

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<td>Nationality</td>

<td>American</td>

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<td>Scars and Marks</td>

<td>Alexis has her right nostril and the left side of her upper-lip pierced.</td>

<p>Alexis was last seen wearing a pink blouse, floral print (full-length) spandex pants, and brown boots and was carrying a dark and light-colored grey purse. She was traveling in a white 2003 Nissan Maxima GLE SE with Virginia license plates WYN-3706, which was located on August 6, 2013, in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p>

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<h3>Details:</h3>

<p>Alexis Murphy was last seen at approximately 7:15 p.m. on August 3, 2013, in Lovingston, Virginia.</p>

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<div>Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of Alexis Tiara Murphy should contact the Nelson County Sheriff's Office at (434) 263-7050. You may also contact your <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field/">local FBI office</a> or the nearest <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/legat/">American Embassy or Consulate</a>

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var theDistance = require("./Universe.js");
 
var onlyMe = Human.variable({
  name: theMiles.whatAboutYou(),
  value: "0"
});
 
var code =
  Earth.forLoop({
    ifWeLive: `${doYou.get.lost} = 0`,
    ifWeDie: `${doYou.fall.apart} < 10`,
    ifIRunAway: `${doYou.lose.yourself} += 1`,
    body: function() {
      return theTimes.thingsICouldOnlySay({
        condition: `${onlyYouCanFillThis} % 2 == 0`,
        body: function() {
          return ourDreams.theHours(["'butWhatIf'"]).code;
        }
      }).code
    }
  }).code
 
myOwnBody(code);
 
/* Output:
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
  if (i % 2 == 0) {
    does.It.Matter("thenItFellApart");
  }
}
*/