tea party reactionaries
hold a woman's body hostage
on the delaware river
near washington crossing
the island group is erupting in fights
over who ate the last hot dog
and whether or not they should get mexican
...secretly
b/c eating a taco would support immigration
it's a matter of taste
which we all know there's no
accounting for
b/c the economists left the building
on their lunch breaks to get
a 5 dollar chinese lunch platter
in which the broccoli was over cooked
and anemic swimming in soggy general tsos
over the river in NJ guatemalans
are having a pizza party
they ordered from Giovanni's b/c
everyone in town knows they make the best crust
coors light cans litter patio bricks
and music plays from a radio
fading into a humid hazy summer sunset
8.22.2013
8.21.2013
depression
a suitcase you bring with you no matter where you go
maybe a little old
maybe blue
maybe red
maybe avocado
pebbled // cloth // plastic // old // new
you keep it with you
sometimes it sits in a basement
or
an attic
sometimes it's totally full and heavy
sometimes it's totally empty
you can unpack it of all it's effects
but it's basic outline // shape // molding
sit in your basement // closet// attic
surface // compartmentalised // permanent
maybe a little old
maybe blue
maybe red
maybe avocado
pebbled // cloth // plastic // old // new
you keep it with you
sometimes it sits in a basement
or
an attic
sometimes it's totally full and heavy
sometimes it's totally empty
you can unpack it of all it's effects
but it's basic outline // shape // molding
sit in your basement // closet// attic
surface // compartmentalised // permanent
doin the nasty
im doin the nasty on the floor
im doin him nasty on the floor
im doin her nasty on the floor
im doin him nasty on the floor
im doin her nasty on the floor
the inevitable
the changing landscape of strip malls & suburban NJ:
that sushi restaurant used to be a suncoast video
and the pet store is now a bakery
space rendered from ply wood and concrete:
specific amount of square feet
the racetrack/fair grounds
that jessica kissed chad for the first time
were plowed over to build a concrete pool
with a walmart terrace
it could be said that this is a unique
phenomena in places like NJ
but we all know that's a lie
that sushi restaurant used to be a suncoast video
and the pet store is now a bakery
space rendered from ply wood and concrete:
specific amount of square feet
the racetrack/fair grounds
that jessica kissed chad for the first time
were plowed over to build a concrete pool
with a walmart terrace
it could be said that this is a unique
phenomena in places like NJ
but we all know that's a lie
lynchian reality TV
david lynch made a reality show
& it's a competition
about some hobos near the dumpster
like mullholland drive
but real /w real boxes
to the vortex of chaos
whoever gets it open first
ends the world
& it's a competition
about some hobos near the dumpster
like mullholland drive
but real /w real boxes
to the vortex of chaos
whoever gets it open first
ends the world
playing the part
we cast a movie with cosplayers
cuz erryone know they the best actors
our costume budget is also way
down
cuz they bring their own
our makeup budget is also way
down
cuz they do their own
our writing budget is also way
down
cuz they write their own
the acting is of the same caliber
dont tell me johnny depp is better than the guy who cosplays
captain jack sparrow
at
erry convention
if you believe yer cut out fer the part
if youve already convinced yourself
you will convince strangers
cuz erryone know they the best actors
our costume budget is also way
down
cuz they bring their own
our makeup budget is also way
down
cuz they do their own
our writing budget is also way
down
cuz they write their own
the acting is of the same caliber
dont tell me johnny depp is better than the guy who cosplays
captain jack sparrow
at
erry convention
if you believe yer cut out fer the part
if youve already convinced yourself
you will convince strangers
canyons
we got sold that californian dreamin
but it's
just desert out there bb
malibu lyndsay
out there on the patio
out there in the palm trees
out there in the road sprawl
but it's
just desert out there bb
malibu lyndsay
out there on the patio
out there in the palm trees
out there in the road sprawl
fb
im looking at yer friends list
we have 12 mutual
listen
we aint even friends on the internets
i dont understand
love
and im drunk again
we have 12 mutual
listen
we aint even friends on the internets
i dont understand
love
and im drunk again
past mid 2013
we all felt like ghosts
in 2013
the vast was mass coronary systems
& we were disconnected
in the ether
of 2013
warnings informed by fungal systems
ghosts are plants
underground 2013
physically we were scattered
but as ghosts
we were one mantilla
spread over 2013
in 2013
the vast was mass coronary systems
& we were disconnected
in the ether
of 2013
warnings informed by fungal systems
ghosts are plants
underground 2013
physically we were scattered
but as ghosts
we were one mantilla
spread over 2013
swing swang swung sung
space print summer romper
jade green iris
we played capture the flag in a sawdust summer
then again
in the hills of the north east
{wet grass smell}
as a political act you stood
on the pitcher's mound for 8 hours
swing swang swung sung
...yer cicada summer blues
later fireflies danced in bell jars
ghost stories round the fire
the house we all knew to stay away from
bruised knee tent posts
{citronella smell}
as a political act you climbed
the tallest tree and threw down a knotted rope
swing swang swung sung
...yer cicada summer blues
...
checkered print table cloth
plasticware dinner spread
we played a drinking game
that went nowhere
& remembered scents of summer
jade green iris
we played capture the flag in a sawdust summer
then again
in the hills of the north east
{wet grass smell}
as a political act you stood
on the pitcher's mound for 8 hours
swing swang swung sung
...yer cicada summer blues
later fireflies danced in bell jars
ghost stories round the fire
the house we all knew to stay away from
bruised knee tent posts
{citronella smell}
as a political act you climbed
the tallest tree and threw down a knotted rope
swing swang swung sung
...yer cicada summer blues
...
checkered print table cloth
plasticware dinner spread
we played a drinking game
that went nowhere
& remembered scents of summer
untethered
she likes the mundane qualities of real life
...there is beauty in the banal
a body type rarely photographed but most common is
included in her list of turn ons
she says:
fucked up teeth...
a symmetrical features...
anything that resembles a mar in perfection
that we are so used to being sold
...those are the things she likes
mundane qualities that have been normal for centuries
now ugly
now covered
she feels an affinity for the mundane qualities of life
of waking up
with a hangover
after a fantastic night of drinking
she wanted to to be attached to the world
academia, she says is removed from these qualities
ya'll is thinkin too hard
step outside
of the door of yerself
and into the mundane qualities of life
turn off yer phone
take a walk
she says: i doan wanna get didactic on yah, but hell
...there is beauty in the banal
a body type rarely photographed but most common is
included in her list of turn ons
she says:
fucked up teeth...
a symmetrical features...
anything that resembles a mar in perfection
that we are so used to being sold
...those are the things she likes
mundane qualities that have been normal for centuries
now ugly
now covered
she feels an affinity for the mundane qualities of life
of waking up
with a hangover
after a fantastic night of drinking
she wanted to to be attached to the world
academia, she says is removed from these qualities
ya'll is thinkin too hard
step outside
of the door of yerself
and into the mundane qualities of life
turn off yer phone
take a walk
she says: i doan wanna get didactic on yah, but hell
punk
you dont like quotes
derived from academic sources
that tell you what poetry's function is
or brechtian philosophy
you wrinkle your nose at readings
and ask your friend do u wanna go smoke a j in the alley instead
...that
this is all too sterile
when you read about a writing exercise
you shake yer head
and continue to write
no one's gonna tell you how to do it
or give you accolades when yer done
you get compared to bukowski
and scream that yer a woman who doesn't drink & that you hate cats
you get compared to slyvia plath
and shake yer head in disgust & say that yer out of instant coffee
lately youve been writing love letters to strangers that you never send
b/c someone has to do it
derived from academic sources
that tell you what poetry's function is
or brechtian philosophy
you wrinkle your nose at readings
and ask your friend do u wanna go smoke a j in the alley instead
...that
this is all too sterile
when you read about a writing exercise
you shake yer head
and continue to write
no one's gonna tell you how to do it
or give you accolades when yer done
you get compared to bukowski
and scream that yer a woman who doesn't drink & that you hate cats
you get compared to slyvia plath
and shake yer head in disgust & say that yer out of instant coffee
lately youve been writing love letters to strangers that you never send
b/c someone has to do it
orange julius
when the patriarchy was getting her down
she went to the mall
...not to shop
b/c that was the part of the problem
but to have an orange julius & fried chicken
they were heaven
& though she knew processed foods were horrible for both her body
& the earth
she couldn't help but feel relaxed about the goings on in the world
in the food court between sips of heaven and bites of breading
...besides
she wanted autonomy over her own body
and if that meant drinking an orange juilius and eating chicken in cut offs
or holding her sister's 15 year old hand at the planned parenthood
...she would damned well do it
she went to the mall
...not to shop
b/c that was the part of the problem
but to have an orange julius & fried chicken
they were heaven
& though she knew processed foods were horrible for both her body
& the earth
she couldn't help but feel relaxed about the goings on in the world
in the food court between sips of heaven and bites of breading
...besides
she wanted autonomy over her own body
and if that meant drinking an orange juilius and eating chicken in cut offs
or holding her sister's 15 year old hand at the planned parenthood
...she would damned well do it
cultural death // a conversation about my childhood
i dont think i come from a place of love
: you were raised in the suburbs
: of nj
: death
: in an influential town
: cultural death
: theres no love in those places
: just caaaash
: and two faced fucks
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