So here's the collaborative project (in toto here) that Christina and I read from at the zinc. All l/c is Christina all caps is me. For those of you not present, it's an exquisite corpse that we did at the People's Republik one afternoon, getting into trouble...:

FUCK'D UP





SORDID TRAJECTORY

	BLASTED GHETTO LOGIC

			SNARE.



	* *



the world is my ________

I love you, violent blue

			eyes



shelter & skelter



taste it



he wears a t-shirt of ________



&  a pause & lock the door

		behind you



beak in a bar

jam in a can



	* *



BARCELONA

	ICICLE COMA



	GRIM FACTOIDS

		&

	MIRRORS

		IN

		    THE

			BLOOD



	* *



I was a trigger

I was a flash in the pan



you wish I wish I was

		I were



the future inhabits & I hear

		you laughing

	from a mile away. . . 



	* *



RUDE BINARIES

	FUELING

BINARY ELIPSIS



	NAUSEA

	FISSION



CAUSAL DRAINAGE

	ILLICITS



FLUTTERING

	WALL

	I'D



	* * 



magic hat kiss me pass tee

		basket



we can talk about class & poetry

		all night

		over coffee

		& beer



& still I will miss will wish

for an over-turn

of 

homeland security positions

	& the basis

	of a new fan

 

	* *



BRAZEN CLAMOUR

	YIELDS

		PRETTY OROBOROUS

		PANGS



			JUST RIDE

			THE CLOSURE

			BOAT



	TO GODHEADS

		HEAD SHRUNK

			DEFTLY



I FORSAKE I

	IN MELTDOWNS



* *



to process information

you & I

need a proper art-form

a proper location



swap meet



give up an ego

& give me shelter

	a shoulder



steady blue eyes

 

	* * 



LIQUOR POULTICE

	RAVAGED FRAME 

	OF REFERENCE



O GOOD & PINK

	DEMONS



	FLUTTER, YEAH



PINK DEMONS

	LOOK AFTER I



	* * 











I'm lonely & will fuck anyone

w/ a ten speed bicycle



only kidding

five speed will do



* * 



CLOUD FRACTURES



	I ATE THE TEMPLE

	THE TEMPLE



IS METAL FLOWERS

	THE TEMPLE 

		SPURTS



IRREVERANT

	REVERANCE

		SANCTIFIED



SANGUINE ORCHARD S'OKAY

	I'M A ROCKIN' HORSE



* *



I am rocket man

cool down w/ a corona

imported from ireland

hemmings motor news

people's republic of Cambridge

comb your hair w/your fingers

bring your mail to the bar

crossword puzzles

puzzle me this

endless pratter

pray for me dear yonder

	as you leave the church

		of your undoing

we walk suitcase in hand. . .



* *



ORIGINAL

	GUTTERSNIPE



	I SHRUG OFF

	SUGAR DAMAGE



	* *



enter &  leave

front door only



think of fire

& the paragraph spaces

in between



& pause of the horror



I could let myself & you

	& I



	& an ashtray bt us

wishing of bars in NYC

 

	* *



APOTHEOSIS

	ECSTATIC

		RECTIFY



CARNAL DEFICIT--



I TORTURE I



	SICK FLOWERS

		IS WHERE

			I GO



	* * 













I grind

my teeth

& think of

fallout shelters



everyone wants

to be in the groove



spell & grammar eschewed



* * 



SQUID FIRES



A LONG BLUFF



	MY BLACK TURTLENECK'S

		MADE

		OF

		RETICENT

		FIRE



	* *







I watch 

your hands

pick up that

glass mug cup of

& think of





never want to not stop desire

	no matter the cost



old man owns a boat docked in

			the harbor



* * 



WRECKED LEDGER



	PUT THAT

	LOVELY

	HOURGLASS



	IN MY SLEEP

	WHAT SANDS

	MOVE



IN YOU MY

	MOST HIGH

		HAIRSHIRT HELEN

 

	* * 



guitar twang

sun comes in 



not in my space



woke up twisted @ 4 am & I am

	& someone complains of birds

	& makes it messy



take a nap in the afternoon

shows of all



& lost in afternoon & train of

		thought. . . 



	* *



LET ME



	A DISCO BALL IN

		ONE HAND

& A SPEAKING TORCH

		IN THE OTHER



CULTURE LEPER

	PERCEPTION LIONS

		LIE DOWN



WHEN I GESTURE

	DYNAMO ORIGIN

		I LOSE & I'M

			FIRE TOO

 

	* *



american vernacular

pre & post pix vocab



synthesize through a moog



you wore an excel table

	a social security number



& I was flesh walking around

	drama



no theater major, I



	* * 



OCHER PALIMPSEST

	

	A DODGE DART

	& A THESIS



VIELED SHADOWS

	ON THOSE ROADS

		I THOUGHT

			I'D LOST



MURDERED BRIDES LAUGH

	ON THOSE ROADS

		I THOUGHT

			I'D LOST



	* *



WHO'S ABSENT

IS IT YOU?



cd in bar



a generated feeling



false patriotism

& camaraderie

we have in here

in our love for. . . 



	* * 





ALL LOOPED



YOU WON'T HOLD 

	YOUR LIQUOR



YOU WON'T HOLD

	ME







		MAYBE



	* *



top story

in Roxbury



up in flames in malden



I was homeless at one point



do you know massachusetts



like I know Massachusetts





complain & bicker of the good life



	* * 



KARYATID DAMES

	IN THE

		ESCUTCHEON



	TRAUMA MAGNET

		&

	FUCK IT ALL

			BLISS



	* * 

 

I want to be a filler

	of your desire

	& rage



what coin were we talking about



the us postal service has stamps

	made of our 50 states

	& still I am not 

		represented



beer guitar again hostage stance



* *



SWAP MEET

	TODAY



* DESIRES

* EGOS

* SECRETIONS



	PLEASE TELL ME

		HIEROPHANTS

WILL COME

	TO MY MOVIE

 

	* *



dart board ever present

overhead fan

promise not to pre-turn pages

the loss is gone

you only had one he says

	that was by far

& someone laughs

he has hair the bartender says

	& scurry off

try not to think of

	I used to

bad influence 	& when does

	a real auto-bio-graphy

	come in the pix. . . 



	* * 

 

BOOKLENGTH

	EXQUISITE CORPSE

THEN A ZOMBIE

	MOVIE



	* * 



halt

curtail

ego

biography







& someone has hiccups

& my fingers cup the page

	like spider legs



you're a poet you understand

		metaphor



	**



FRANTIC RECKONING



	A GLADIOLA

		IN FORMALDEHYDE



TAKE THAT SECOND

	WHERE I SMILED



& FREEZE IT



	PASTEURIZED



A BUDDHA IN OCTOBER

	A BLACK VOLVO DRIVES

INTO SOMONE ELSE'S DUSK



	* *



love you violent blue eyes



or something you burn w/



& just ingest meaning. . . ?





comfortable

some thin clouds



	* * 



PUMA JISM ADS



WANNABES

	CAN'T MAKE ENDS

			MEET



IN TIMES OF TRAUMA

	CAROLINE RECOMMENDS



THE WU-TANG CLAN



	* *



discourage behavior

adam was telling me

of the first seed



could not have been an apple

		or a pomegranate



who can forget a question

			origin?



	* *



OFFER UP YOUR

	BEST DEFENSES



I WON'T NEED CIGARETTES



WHEN I'M WITH BUDDHA



	* *

 

I name or face

a logo

everyday



hear the background

	singers



& I have not heard

	anything so banal

	heard the word "banal"

	from some band or another



we could sit here for hours

		name names. . . 



	* *



CERTAIN THINGS RELEGATED

	TO ANIMAL SPIRITS



ALL THE GUIDES LIVE

	IN GREEN JADE



NOT WHITE JADE

	LIKE SOMEBODY'S ARMS



IN OU-YANG HSIU



	HAN SHAN RECOMMENDS

	TAKE

WHAT YOU'RE GIVEN

 

	* *



I no longer recognize leisure or

			pleasure



watch people walk down the street

		toward wherever



		drive toward wherever



is it & does it come easy

	& if so easy

	I don't want it



	die hard drink not just a

		slogan of another wasted

			night



	* *



DON'T LOOK

	SO DEMURE



WHEN YOU WANNA

	WANNA



SPARK-THROWER



	IN THE BASEMENT



	* *



a click of the pen





not another thing to write about. . . 



* *

 

FALL DOWN 

	IN SOME

		AIR-CONDITIONED

			WARD



EVERYBODY WANTS

	A STEADY

		SUPPLY

			OF CHEERIOS



& A PLACE

	BY THE OCEAN	



	* *



the cause gets taken away

	w/ another

	sip

	or spill

	& hover



you like how that & I not I

	like to hide & hover

	misspell what it was

my intention. . . 



	* *



FAT AL SAID HE BELIEVED



ALL LIFE CAME FROM THE

				SEA



	* *

 

helicopters hover over

		hover over



nyc

boston

sf

sydney

berlin

dublin [crossed out]

belfast

& cross out the obvious



they wish to cross out

to make some metaphor of

	our political situation. . . 



	* *



I WANT A BIG PARTY

	WHEN I LEAVE



ALL MY LOVES

	WILL WEEP



UNTIL THEN

		GIMME

		GIMME



K'UAN-YIN &

	A FULL DECK



ASK ME IF I'M OKAY

	I'LL SAY I'M OKAY

 

	* *



bradford phillipe

borther of the deceased

lives in faux brick

	& aluminum siding



flag over casket

	to tragedy over pain

	in 10 second soundbites



& there is to be made

	a connection

	to all this



	to remember myself home. . .