the density at Alpha is:

absolute,

tightly bound,,

ready for work

mullions matte-black & metal;

a mantle stacked in books

THE CONSTITUTION OF

HEAVEN AND HELL : A GROUP EXHIBIT

a space by def is open:

even enclosed,open within

:w/in its bounds, ever open

optative case:

syntactic space

for the mulling of options,

the mulling of multiverse options

[ w

e ca

nnot lo

cate

its

fu

mar

ole

sour

ce;

w

e ca

nnot

bar

gain

f

or suns

hine

]

asked for a bad poem,

I came alive

Later in circle, laughed w/ whomever

:they did cringe, cough when it was mine

AN END OF

ALL THINGS

w /

o u t a k e V e r s e

Tvs

ma

y th

ere

be

t

o w

ea

ve

cus

tom

bro

ad

ca

sts,

co

ntin

uous

flip

s th

roug

h

t

he c

oun

tless

co

smic

c

hann

elv

ers

e

Seven thousand paper planes, opened,

chained in

f loral leis

the

sp

ell

of

da

ys a

po

ly-l

ing

ual r

iot

runn

ing

to

p-o

f-p

ag

e

playlet shapes on

cotton blinds drawn all around

two spare voices, contro picking soft on a suspended chord, I hear ;

roughcut-close of roaming mitts, flesh soft-lit to the suicidal strummings of Elliot Smith

‘I a

m D

yl a

n

an

d t

he

Dea

d’

s

he

sa

id

‘ ’N o One to

Konono’

’writing the air,

far,

[i’m] far

from

hand

or

wall’

’can

’t g

et IN

this

FU

CK

ing d

res

s/

w

ait

to

get

it

O

FF ’

>>>>IISS PPLLEEAASSEEDD wwiitthh mmyy rreennddiittiioonn,, eeyyeess mmee ww// sskkeeppttiiccaall iinntteerreesstt

>>>>FFRROOMM UUNNDDEERR SSHHAAWWLL,, aa ddoozzeenn oorr ssoo ttaarr--cchheewwss ppuullllss,, dduulllleedd aanndd aanncciieenntt tteeeetthh ooff ddiissiinntteerrmmeenntt

>>>>OONN OOPPEENNBBOOOOKK PPAALLMMSS,, wwaarrmm ffrroomm hheerr ppeerrssoonn,, hhaarrdd aass bbeeaaddss,, aa ccoouuppllee ooff bbrrookkeenn

I’

ll o

ften

inh

ale,

get brie

f wi

nd o

f de

ath,

wonder if

it’s

me or the

vici

nity

balcony’s puny,

unusable due to :

t h e p r o b le m

M o s q ui to

who rise in swarms,

blanket a l l view,

thru the jamb-gaps stream

by their own mean

volition or condo’s

vacuum

FORG

ETTI

NG

SO

MET

HIN

G…

..[sa

id

thru

text

,

th

en ]

Z E

N

DEA

TH

PO

EM

yyyooouuu&&&yyyooouuurrrEEEcccssstttaaasssiiisss aaaffffffeeeccctttllleeessssss&&&

uuussseeeddd hhhaaaiiikkkuuusss

dddeeelllEEETTTEEE,,,

dddeeelllEEETTTEEE

:::::: CCCOOOPPPiiieeesss,,, AAALLLLLL:::::::::::: dddeeellleeettteee

uuunnnUUUSSSEEEDDD

patr

ick

ha

s

mor

e de

tails

re

:

a

par

ty’s

add

ress

.

be

caus

e on

e ne

ver

gets

it h

e

rem

ains

a

pos

sibl

e

saty

r:

co

mra

des

arch

etyp

es,

par

adis

e

a

bstr

act

the tonic resolves that made mum cry turn this Patrick livid

:beloved, berated, paid in scraps

:subject Anon. of theses at OISE

m

y pr

etty

pim

ps o

f St

. Gen

et

m

ay e

very

way

ward

pas

s of o

urs

a pe

rfec

t urb

an m

omen

t mak

e,

r

ippl

es o

n th

e se

a -g

lass

lay

[ to the passing vac uum of the sidewalk h o g…] oh but

oh WHICH SIDE R

YOU ON

when darkness is total & Nature weary

when angels go postal & prophets become causes

when Cronkite cried “oh NO!” on-air when his bet didn’t win

:remarked off-hand on a critical flaw in the human condition we’d completely missed

we

coul

d m

eet

agai

n

“lik

e th

is”—

---

[p

alm

s sp

laye

d in

judg

men

t

o

n th

e su

dden

ly la

me

H

emm

ingw

ay’s]

[h

e’s

an e

mis

sary

of

wha

t, w

hy d

oes

he

ins

ist ]

planet’s

lap,

a d r ipping sun

[ a fresh & red El Greco ]

in audio cortex

Krakatoa’s

quantum

echoes

do

t o

r X

fo

r Y

OU

AR

E H

ER

E a

nd

sma

ll, d

ee

p w

/in

cra

nia

l sp

ac

e a

n in

ner

nod

din

g, p

lea

sed

& k

now

ing

NO egoic

warping, this is surely no distorting for the map indeed is placed

f o r

YOU

may each breath suffice for

yr hours are fixed,

your bodies erase,

in zillions of nodes unlink

b-bus interval - power interrupt \\parking orbit assigned

[ hope so elsewise death come quick

for me & mine ]

PA

IN le

t s

u kn

ow you’

re a

live,

and

cou

ld d

ie;

PA

IN t hi

nk a

Si

gn ,

w a

lin

e sl

icing

through it

>oven

’ll strt w/o TI

ME selected, O

pts.

onned

>unwaivable

step is SET

TING

A T

EMP

>that’s ju

st what is turning an oven ON

There really are ghosts, and some of them are Andy! eudemon Andy, of St. George the Martyr & the junkie park it fronts.

How do you know when Andy is near?

When bums find you inappropriate. When do—

Why, when Andy is near! Andy was near, did not wanna know my every theory,shifted upwind when I tried to make chat

[ inappropriate i.e. am way

funnier

& he unforgiving of

the kind-of-high ]

china cat, china cat

tiny cat, china cat

: particle monster

beca

use

beca

use

be

cause

of

the

cause

tha

t

‘

it’s c

alled

quee

ns

park c

ause

she

’s n

ever c

oming

back

i spoke the

line aloud & alley did recede to an infinite enclosure, tall as it was long

i spoke the

line aloud

:am now thane of my own shady corridor

whatever remains

announces itself >>it casts a shadow

u’r

to

o m

uch

da

ta

a

Ja

pa

nese

sh

oo

t’e

m u

P, to

p-d

ow

n

u

’r p

oo

rly

co

mp

ressed

d

ialo

gu

e l

ow

b

ullets l

ou

D

h

ad

an

im

mig

ra

nt’s

po

ver

ty

w

/

n

o s

iblin

gs, c

ou

ld

no

t c

ollu

de

f

or

qu

ar

ter

s, u

kn

ew

a

ll t

he e

ar

ly

d

em

os in

th

eir

fr

am

e

&

or

der

serene upon the steaming green no

grassblade bends obeisant round the

phaeton

disc

nor whipping skirt of

the gathering innocent

low IN THE MAZON BATCAVES

WHERE

SAID SPIDERFACE HANGS,

SHUDDERING,

SAD, SACRIFICE FOR TH E LEAPING EMPEROR

M I L L I P E D E

w

hen

you

thin

k of

you

rsel

f, do

you

th

ink

of a

n im

age?

w

hat d

o yo

u m

ake

of ‘N

othi

ng’s

oka

y’?

do

pple

r w

ail

is o

ne d

espa

iring

Sel

f to

help

an

othe

r bu

t

a w

eepi

ng, e

ither

way

e

ve

ry s

tep

, i’m

se

ttin

g in

po

rtra

it, g

rab

bin

g a

t

fla

sh

es, e

ye

s g

on

e s

po

tty

a

rms

he

ld o

ut

like

all

the

wo

rld

’s a

wa

rd o

r

ga

ng

pla

nk

i’m b

eyo

nd

a

ll a

id,

am

old

or

zo

mb

ies

‘u’re twice-decided,

free all over’

[ d r e a m b e i n g t o W h a l e ]

‘over the mirror

the perfectly relative

never shall leave you ‘

[ you are not your own light,

pls use the

light that surrounds ]

pilo

t was

as

Nab

akov

sai

d,

crisp

ly lin

ed a

t

the

nost

rils

plan

e as

P

lato

’s id

ea o

f

on our seat, a sleek & ancient

cat

whom i’ll name

Gypsy

we

fo

rm

a

m

ach

ine

of

mu

tu

al

ascen

t

to

th

ose

belo

w

a

sta

rw

ar

d

clim

b th

o h

ush

w

ith

in

th

e r

uSh

of a

ir

ar

ou

nd

us

the machine is

real,

it happens

abstractly

specialFX of a

virtual vat

remaindered of a

stagecraft that

AN

Y F

RA

ME SU

PER

-8 SETI-R

EA

DY

AN

Y C

RA

CKED

ACTO

R A

MEN

DA

BLE N

OW

BY

TA

RA

NTIN

O’S

CA

STIN

G R

ED

EM

PTIO

NS

Y O U are a t oo t h in the mouth o f a snake whose t a i l we’re allholding

>> we love you cannot seem wicked w/out being sexual & reverse

close to the

poles is

neighbs. antoecial

/ cold war

bold

from

bro, bro… ttoo

[still i’m

gonna ]

raajas erode, r cavo relievo, barely on a coin

the Governor’s a wonk in his man-at-work photo-op, still cupps phone with a coilcord

fr

ien

d a

re

we

do

ne?

my

pa

rk

ing

clo

ck’s

ru

n

an

d y

ou

r w

or

ld’s

on

fir

e

ye several

psychos,

lords or churls ;

charleses-in-charge or

their servile

agents :

[ s

wu

m i

n b

ac

kw

as

h r

ever

b

v

oic

es d

eep

an

d d

eifi

c

en

ton

ing

yo

ur

do

om

]

[ a

glo

ba

l ta

nn

oy

to

co

un

t a

lou

d t

he

pil

eus

plu

mes

]

the people were free to love

one AND other

the workers did not sleep in

chambers-for-one

each allowed the other

ahead,

such mute and groggy

courtesies

did abound

a

t ca

sem

ent

aw

ait

s,

ar

ms

on

sil

l,

a S

IGH

ing

MA

RIA

:

<<

INTE

RV

ENE,

AS

SU

AG

E o

r S

HA

ME

ou

r n

ois

om

e n

eig

hb

s .

n

ext

2A

.M,

pls,

pls

>>

[ seventy stories up, it’s the space

around the notes enchant,

curly scraps of cut-out dolls, each its own

negative demand ]

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’’ ss aa

ff tt ee

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oo uu gg

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::::

:::

pphhaannttoomm

ttrraajjeeccttss ppllyy--

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nn tt

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aa ddss mm

aa nn

each remains, retains its integrity their likeness hangs between them, they’re as different as two beings must be

d

ipping

sun

my

wor

d do

es b

end

in s

ympa

thy

wea

ry

remainder Read, radiant Bleed from what Orient script, Errant from what hang-line ?

Dee

p an

d ea

sy in

my

slee

p,

I co

unt of

f gh

osts like

shee

p

the

overstock of heaven-hell,

flutter, convene about me

[from

to lig phot

m darknes g ht: a oshoot ]

s

[SolsticeM

ass

/Arrivals’

Record]

[ speaker’s circle, set in

ceiling, slight relief

:: :: o u t r u s h

m u c h

l i k e

a n g e l r y ]

[parting sleeves translucent,

suspended from the

spars or shards

of our gallery’’s

native architecture ]]

[ a

n h

isto

ric

al

wh

ole

b

een

do

ub

le-s

tru

ck

in A

yel

low

y fr

iss

ion

]

[ endless vitamin waves,

spilling early Spring]

[each emerging angle gives its tiny asterisms]