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why gild the Lotus when all is auriferous? bud of gold, the soul will raise itself, “Arise, and ray,” as Atum & beam new clear light

Tearing off decorative bits of the Alhambra is discouraged. Action needs no trumpet. Read Hume for a complicated history of billiard balls. Cato has good instructions for making cake. Baking bread with a wolf crying at the moon. Leave the meat for younger men. Give us the black broth. They pick up where the people […]

Enfolded into the interconnected universe, stuck between Schubert and Jesus.The devil always has the best tins.The pop-cultural boogeyman doesn’t exist, but the negative energy poured into the idea is palpable. Some say clay tablets, others smallpox scars. By the light of one lamp we resemble angels. With wicks of asbestos the temple lamps never dim. […]

As swans die off the coast of Libya. As the robin brought corn to Brittany. As the Neapolitans are want to include fennel. As gingerbread aids the sailor. As capitalism moves on to find cheaper labor. As the goose is trained to turn the spit. Let’s not resort to the wryneck wheel. Let the woodpecker […]

Defined by the unspoken, what are the circumstances that take this friend away? Traveling with the Khan’s golden table, his rusty cello. Sometimes he’s wearing a red cape, sometimes he’s surrounded by birds. Sometimes sorcery is just salt. Sometimes you just have to bury your dead. To be aware of the other-than-human persons all around. […]

Through the green pond and aspens moves something made up in my mind     I can say my name and paired foxes disport then vanish in the brush     Remarkable objects are everywhere here     Deer vertebrae in a runnel     A microwave in a ravine and the fragments of pop and medicinal bottles     Night sounds move through real to reel beyond compare     And that’s […]

You can take care of it yourself     Eat the shells and toss the peanuts to the floor     Better yet kill them with kindness     Polish names are intrinsically difficult and outlandish     The Chinese’s are short and funny     Where will all the money come from     After all, we aren’t going anywhere     Land the airplane     Fourteen hours     Dying to get out alive     Is that mushroom edible     “It’s like sending […]

Until we leave everything Like a word The small bones crack An extreme fear flows through Your bag in the closet Instructions of a floating bridle A woman with teeth for eyes A fish inside a mirror, bird At the bottom of a well