Mar 22, 2016
alan halsey
austerity stuffing
Austerity Stuffing
they may have beenthe aerodynamic modelfor stealth bombersbut what buzz & clattershieldbugs makeon target practiceat midnight
or
The first person who looked upTetra methyl diamino benzehydryl phosphinousfound it hadn’t yet been tagged.
‘My aim of writing is not to know youas I have no interest of knowing youand would not like to know youunless if needs be.’
or
That once in concealment –that nip in omnipresence –farewell free will – why ittook so long you’ll findend up in a preface –but while the dictionary’sopen – you’re safe –
or
Dark arts desecrated Descartes!Socrates secretes dead certs!Fortress vortices cavort!Thoughtless votaries default!
(Don’t tell latterday economists.They’re all working men. When they’renot frontloading they’re backfilling.)
or
Apuleius glossedin the passageof a godless page –
You – I –
romantic-aromaticcaught-out castawayin Melville’s wake
or
acorns & atoms &Tom’s a-torn
they sing & itdoes so happen that
worlds & trees &trickster-fixers
collide & collude
or
Heritage heartache –folded gold ofNeothomist nomads –
NEMO ROOD DOOR OMEN
– what pensive-perversepower-powder of a new-yearnightmare’s this?
or
one Manichaean candidate’s lament repaid in the latent thee’s & thou’s of a baffled tho’ rapid ballad
(opinion’s opponentabased – abated – beckoned or not – betokened – or so-so)
or
as if money were subject to the laws of physics whileallowing for bankers’ remorse
some carrion creationof molecule-molehills
vagueness at the edgesvengeance at the core
or
what to do with bendynotions of Being or modes of survival in thisdeignage as we say –
there you have me –
stunned by numbers plain as a pin
or
logogriffins stand guardagainst boredom-prospectorswriting reading reading writing
Messrs I & Ihybridised as house-plants
such books could be writtenif anyone had patience
or
themeless anthemrolling news on the Lockjaw channelwhen absence wants alibisharsher than hush ever was
or so Obvious the Pilgrimlabile as a lullabytold Oblivious his brother
or
Such a no-man-clatter –a newfound Gehenna to tame time in –the deipnosophistsare setting things aright.
What goes for the above will apply with slight variants below.
One more symposium should do it.
or
‘so long as there’spizza & soccer-circenses’ –
BESPOKE SPECIES ALERT
SHAM CHAOS BECALMED –
you there shush –
you – cynic crystal –
shush shush