Sunday, May 23, 2010

Fraction Anthem

(When pressed
I side with the ardent
over the adamant)

---Paul Klee's Hand Puppets
---Alexander Calder's Tiny Circus
---Emerging Problems in Particle Phenomenology
---Emily Wilson's Micrographia
---Robert Walser's Microscripts
---Laundry Loads: Lights, Coloreds, Darks, Delicates, Permanent Press

(Then snap, some
guns' reports
spun loose from
the shimmery
backdrop):

"Anzio Annie & The Popcorn Man"
...

When we say stillness we
really mean the earth
's spinning and hurtling
's so near-perfect that
we can't acknowledge
as much verbally because
we don't feel it. Still, it's
not an illusion; it's virtual.
The bright wire nail you
stand upside-down on
its head really will stay
that way for a long, long
time.

(We Were Looking At
Flowers In The Flower
District)
...

This morning the news
reported that a man had
been arrested for burning
his small daughter with
hot water. The man said
he did this because the girl
kept interrupting him
while he was playing video
games.

(I just wrote 'tine'
instead of 'time')

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