Maybe they should have had him review the new Frank O'Hara book instead.

We're sorry, Mr. McCain, but this contains just far too many spelling and grammatical errors to run the piece. Plus, this paragraph about foreign policy was copied straight from Wikipedia.

Cliff's Notes to Lamoureux

I like to use MS Word's auto-summarize function on my (unpublished) book-length manuscripts. The result is usually pretty interesting. Here are my (unpublished) manuscripts: I Am the Ship in Gustave Courbet's "The Woman in the Waves,"Sometimes Things Seem Very Dark and Spectre in 100 words or less. Astute members of our audience will note that is 3, count 'em, 3, unpublished book-length manuscripts (4 if you include the not-to-be-named-book held by slimy, errant not-to-be-named "Publisher.") Isn't life grand?

Apparently, I am obsessed with eyes. Just call me Die Sandmann.

 I AM THE SHIP IN GUSTAVE COURBET'S "THE WOMAN IN THE WAVES." IN 100 WORDS

love loved exactly as love loved them: without 
    of the brain.

 Dream of rocks,
to die.

love inanimate animate love 

unclosed eyes 

Black. Red. Grey. Blue. Black.   Connect shadow
      the air
      of water

grey light
     light
     shadow

 Shadow
The eye
  name.

temperatures & eyes.  Winter

Winter

Winter

Saltwater's God
time,

of water

Spring

Spring

Spring

Spring

Spring

Number 1

Drooling rain
ending die.

wait.

eye.  7 little fingers 
Never
sun.  God.  No water:

(An orange heart pinned
eyes closed

Never speak
Little by little
Parched Dream

Justine

death is forever.

enough time:

The dream 

contains dust.  The dream contains 

ice & water & steam.  




SOMETIMES THINGS SEEM VERY DARK IN 100 WORDS


              a door
[Untitled Boulder, Colorado, 1972-1975]

                      mouth 

Dear Francesca,

[Untitled.                             never

                      pegs hands
Black Sun
Black Sun
Black Sun
[Untitled New York 1979-1980]

Dear Francesca,

[Untitled New York, 1979]

& pain the eye, the eyes
Dear Francesca,

[Untitled Rome, 1977-1978]

 Garden

                  snake
[Untitled New York 1979-80]

  eyes
[Untitled New York 1979-80]

The eye-cloth
[Untitled Providence, Rhode Island 1976]

Whyfor door
 room

[Untitled New York, 1979-80]

  boiled hands

 glass
[Untitled Rome, 1977-78]

[Untitled Rome, 1977-78]
[Untitled Providence, Rhode Island, 1978]

glass
glass eyes

2 glass
hands
[Untitled Rome, 1977-78]

 my body
 the snake’s eyes
     Francesca
The right hand
   Right hand
 hand,  Napoleon

   hands

 door, no door shall
  glass

light becomes solid & black,




SPECTRE IN 100 WORDS

Fish’s mouth.

A plain of black glass.
Eyes
The glass becomes dark water.
& fall & tremle & fall & tremble
The dull-eyed usher
 speaks
 cavernous balless eyes
Drifts white
Go, little goat, little
night.  breathe
moon in the lit blue

(Wind-
stopping of time. Faces from
globe, each black sun
barefoot winter light

for blood  tungsten for eyes

thirsty sun o’er aluminum

teflon heart murmurs

time-travel

a lozenge-shaped eye

Blue light pours
from her eyes.  
green eyes  
face cracking 
cold air  prints
the window glass 
glass atoms
seven names

Small Hands

Brain
    You names
 beautiful names, 
a glass square.

old fashioned red
flowers fake