Limitations (Doggerel Remix 2003)

Ceramic cups crack on tablesLowell would rewrite in a fableof bored urbanites instead of mammals.O he’d begin, soft, to intimidatewith the Greek vocative, long obsolete.I’d gawk at the brightness of his dictionlaugh at the arrogance of his fictionAnd my jaw would drop. I think of my headwhence my ambitions, a farce, should have fled.The steam-engineContinue reading “Limitations (Doggerel Remix 2003)”

lettres choisis #711 (arides the bashful)

ARIDES The bashful AridesHas married an ugly wifeHe was bored with his manner of life,Indifferent and discouraged he thought he might asWell do this as anything else. Saying within his heart, “I am no use to myself,“Let her, if she wants me, take me.”He went to his doom. (il miglior fabbro) But what exactly didContinue reading “lettres choisis #711 (arides the bashful)”

lettres choisis #712 (l’amour est plus épaisseur qu’oublier)

hey you, sebelum aku lupa. bayangkan gambar sore yang standar. kecuali awan yang bentuknya seperti tisu yang tak sengaja kau pilin di sebuah restoran, di pojok kiri atas sebuah layar, semuanya standar, kecuali awan itu berwarna kuning telur. di bawahnya, jauh di bawah awan-awan lain yang berwarna antara abu abu dan jingga seperti biasa, diContinue reading “lettres choisis #712 (l’amour est plus épaisseur qu’oublier)”

whats with all the different ways of spelling andalusian dogs

dont know about you but i think rogue wavescorrecting black francis’ pronunciation of oonshayn! to un sheee ung was a bit pedantic didthey do it to educate die-hard fans of the o.c. didnt they think most of them wouldve gone to harvard anyway and learn the right ways of the world right off the batContinue reading “whats with all the different ways of spelling andalusian dogs”

sendirian membaca dan berpikir apakah Su Tung-p’o makes too much sense

kenapa tak bisa seperti John Ashbery menulis puisi sambil nonton TVtali jemuran kusutdi langit Massachusettsposter anjing Peking hilang‘we love her so much—Alastair, 8’ 1 2 3 5 discount the linestak seberharga kuncup bunga musim semi dan burung enggangdalam pengasingan dan pelarianyang penting adalah tambangyang menalikan kudamu dengan kudaku

If Only I Knew The Postcode For The Ninth Circle Of Hell Beatrice

i don’t remember kissingyr soft nicotine cheekyr hair on the tip of my noseweightless like airi rapped my fingers on the window of the cab speeding pastyousome retarded form of no i don’t really wanna say goodbye no not nowi cd see yr great big eyesyou were smilingbeatricestanding outside the gate of yr houselooking straightContinue reading “If Only I Knew The Postcode For The Ninth Circle Of Hell Beatrice”

The Divine Comedy Wasn’t Really That Funny For Me Beatrice

i dreamt of kissing you beatrice in a parking lotthen you ran awaybought yrself earringswhite oversized upside down heartswith black letters S S M W like that in caps written on themthen you changed yr mindand asked for the grey onesyoure right they were prettieri was following everythingbut you didn’t see meyou see beatrice