inter\face 6
Spring 1994
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Ken Sherwood
[email protected]
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To Dwell in Palisestic Interstices
Improvise right to
draw a word to form
a wall a well, to draft
to dwell
in hand position
to write right
prepositions
a scholarly proposal
a letter of credit
a statement of purpose
with prose that was,
technically :
scored
lucid as "lunar"
(Disclaimer: this is the
product of keyboard impoversation)
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Hype Poetry
Virtual was being pursued
by verisimilitude
with veracity
very close on his heels
while verdad's
been vanquished
since anglo's victory over armada
third world weltshmertz
vatic's verklemft
such fpun with
plosives
drags like a Ru Paul hologram
So almost
Olson
operated the projection
a primitive
simulation
plane faked the flight
but the neck pained for sure
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from RIF/t 1.1, a long computer variation/variorum on
a Kostelanetz text.... part of it vamps from:
aenas anus stuffy stiff hostliness ambiguity
wisdom death ambiguity wisdom death sign army
castrated ion eon awned seamy swam swami bluetongue
aussie assay ice annoys onyx
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
W V O M VARIATIONS
A E F R
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waves that SIMPLY
"an ocean of dreams within a sound"--Shelley
"Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation."--Braun
"these sea green walls"--Screen
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continual
air, fuel
wind, shaped by capable
INDUCING
AKIN to
BANISH a BEACH build
one the next
in the
ineluctable aspect of
present
some point
poet
weary upon the wideness of
endless
varied in form
blown scatter
pattern
dubbed technically
"sea" to the
immense
, the unquestioned
wavedom.
by undersides slides
capable of vast
entire
virtually
later,
spawned
waved
Yet destroy
so much denizens
waves are an multifaceted
portions of rich
for filter-feeding
KNOCK A LOOS-
ENED LIMPET into
center
unearth for a vig-
ilant
SURF PERCH.
Waves
mathematics of com-
plex, soon plunging
rigorous
volumes of
The language
simply a
poetics;
seems
mimic the sibi-
lance of
itself: surf,
swell, , spray, , SPINDRIFT
spume spill
whisperings: is
version of acou-
stic dub
"white noise,"
allegoric
mix
predict waves, base
complex
readings of
line structure
high-class
wave-work strat-
egic
assaults. heavy could
create
amateur specific
madden
gain
sequence--no
"seventh
always
devote
invariably
unaware
amid apparent
derive
Almost any wave strik-
combination of
numerous
, process
crests and TROUGHS
back onsea
:
sleeper waves
These leviathan
coincidence of various
Given their random isolate
contemplate the
,soothe
mull the swell.
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[ed. note: the following is a collaborative text created using a networked
computer system called Daedalus.]
purkinge 2/17/94
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Purkinge fiber (pur kin jee): any of the specialized cardiac fibers forming a
network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible
for the contractions of the heart to all parts of the ventricular muscles
J.E. Purkinge (1787-1869), Czech phisiologist]
(meaning, the climax of, building)
dactylism
empirical tribe
webbed speech
1, numbered, 2, 3, 4
mother mother
under hollow
pages
cripes of anew
soggy balloon
sting in teeth
tube
retrotopia injection
lattice
overlays sky
molecular pinches
cuyo
spreading dynamism
oy yo a yo a yo yo
watercolor thoughts
turin shrouds
impending expansion
crease of air
ether proved deadly
turbine follows
weather expected
earthquakes
a choir sings
queries sky king
rex aeronaticus
notes were intervals of light
engine in the center
mantle beginning
increase of oceanic stew
angels revisit
proverbial skyward
bells
again
medicated goo between reptilian fingers
selling the book
the donut proved hollow
&
eaten absence was filled
[GRUNT]
never
the circle
a scoop of molten rock
con/frontation
the pasta of reason:
conflagulation of specifics
pure basil
brazil
peppermint terror
broken palimpsest rubbed out to show
wahzz
then grand
viral breathing c
ircus
ularit
ude
detuned
cascades
plumbing the artifactual skin
the resemblance of bells to knives
pianissimo
ssss shhhhhh
no differance
lend an organ the pipes, silent
keys of orange patience
living
tongue the best with reubens,
cheek on bread. sweetbreads, breakfast
the
the rind of most
soft parting of the horizon
to reveal a set of hexagonal mirrors
matador
youth of iniquity
anatomy of a lawn chair
&
without shearing
pop
unceasing
fur everywhere,
and blud
the woolen pages
the passed bowl gathering excuses
before the evening
cabinets
crustaceous curmudgeon
tilling
rejects
a head emerged, made of styrofoam and old
paper, breathing oil and green smoke
hurtle
dragonage
conduit
the messerschmidts
maltesian
falling sky
pyramids, miniscule
screaming [blocks the ears]
yah
gulp
try to force it down
the agony of being buried alive
lucite
webbed like glass
TREE
ROCK
nuff nuff
cowboys poking round the wires
WATER
[things [sic] become predictable]
impatient funk,
tu
the round skyscraper
multiple free entries. Not valid in
throat singers
ma, ny, ut, va
the skin of screens
pertubed the notion of eye-site
yu yu, yu yu, unh
KISS THE HAIRY GORILLA
waiting for the small mammals
to get keyboards for fingers
Xhosa furnishings
on face
sweep
walk the walk
and explode
"the of word message..."
of granite
repeating with infinite recursion
in the imagination of halls (aesthetic)
unspecified
Deontic: trying to feel my hands.
Don't breathe
always
* * *
don't walk the providence
verbal organ
hun
quilted
software
rolled boxcars
dry wisk of the stage
the terrain a reproduction
of some commerce engine
the snake's eyes were maelstroms
slipping slippin slippi slipp slip sli sl s
yak lung
annoyed
medieval skyline: memory reamed from iron, wood,
blocks, brands burnt into the skin.
knighted noid
america's railroad (by chance)
node
fish
Rosicrucian express (1289): first automobile design
yappa yack yack
heads popping like dandelions
ruh ruh ruh rup
seeing you
Horkheimer
loss
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Paul Spirito
[email protected]
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"Defy the Sky"
It is too current to be detected. She dresses to be
tormented, but... It would have astonished him to know.
But you checked if she was interested, keeping your eyes
always wide, your finger on the thin chain.
Tim rounds on the lot of them. All was uniform... a
little dribble of spittle.
Did she see the darkness in your gun? Zar turns true to
his name. The one in tears, the other laughing a cool stream
-- sharp distinctions are unwilling to be made. Interesting,
ist es nicht, mein Freund?
The evolved one sighs, seeming very wall between them.
Can one blame Oedipus for his abyss?
Zar promises, Sorry, but... He indicates Tim. The
glistening praised his genuine enough virility, orders
continued more living elsewhere than in the mind.
Tim gleefully collapses. His voice, never clearer, mad
with failure, sabersharp and bloodscalded, carves its
message into our broken inheritance: Unashamed, it says, in
unbounded laughing breaths, I live in light.
Two step forward. One the Attorney, the other the
Knight. Tim's fear stands shimmering above his body,
beckoning. Zar wraps home long-term revenge. Perfect justice,
he can tell, will be altered by the new equilibrium. Hands
form shadows over hearts as he lies intricate involutions:
Unrelaxed
The chorus has died, and returning sleep
transcends the desire for anything.
An image, decked in memory, wanders the path
within herself: the path you have labored to create.
It is muddy, and her boots sink into the blank
soil between the orange trees. Gasping, the moon
dirties itself in a desperate attempt to hide.
Obedient, the orange trees all let fall.
A speaker moves to the podium, located
at the head of the path. The birds
have hidden in the trees, defenseless in their
nests, and await as audience.
You watch through a tragic window, far above
all of the other watchers, even the moon.
Dominion sits heavy on your eyelids,
small and immortal.
Now there is nothing, only an awakening. A broken song.
All is quiet. The dead things are gone.
There are no oranges on the trees, nor on the ground,
nor anywhere.
It did not thunder in the grove that evening.
There was only,
one with fire in her eyes.
Herself! the Attorney bows slightly, intently towards
Zar. Holy space and unholy time demand it.
Zar gathers his goads in for the evening. Such
distinctions refuse to be made -- space and time are one
chair in which you must sit. Damning, isn't it, my friends?
The evolved one cries, seeming melting glacier surround
them. Can one blame Agamemnon for his hard-on?
Zar permits, You --
You cannot defy the sky! screams Tim, rising, like hot
air; storming out, like a lyrical hurricane of love.
Moved, the Attorney and the Knight gather into each
others arms. They weep as they embrace, and they kiss,
tenderly. The evolved one is transported into heaven.
Zar fondles discreetly his knife. She was magnificent!
The timid ones must die.
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Katie Yates
[email protected]
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knew about an aftershock
knew about how to isolate
knew to approach
could offer a metaphor
to equal an overture
an opening
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Benjamin Henry
[email protected]
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from: School Pictures: Portrait Production
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October 31
devices are working but worthless,
combined in a compilation, a pile,
a towering monolith, a phallus,
a message to america of complication
and harmony in work and spending dollars
on air time, channeled through a tunnel underground
where workers plough through layers of lode
and lay wires to connect and separate those above,
way up above in the open air;
time rolled in negative layers, concern
for Friday's arrival and checks locked
at the back door constantly guarded,
and waiting on break, sitting with a stare
over heads and beyond resounding voices.
November 15
Scanning into eyes, almost ripped and fired
but long and accidental, wondering as washed.
Too late for patience wasted water
dripping faucet open blood wounds;
Ribs smothered sheets sticking covers wet and dirty.
But before warm or secure but hostile home warning
life worm boringblessed and superstitious.
Ambulance trucking wheat disintigrate farm for spreading
and factory plumage, feathers flown brown mud.
November 16
Washing saved skin scrubbed raw, wringing,
front door opening heard closed forgotten locked.
Half-naked, vulnerable, admitted:
strangeness in solidarity like radio conversation,
spotlights bare stage dusty waxed.
Sterile organized hidden comparison with
cold water left running and then dripping overnight
unnoticed, invisible, except for sound.
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