Also by Vernon Frazer

POETRY

RANDOM AXIS (Beneath the Underground 2010)

Panels from IMPROVISATIONS (Series B) (Avantacular Press 2010)
EMBLEMATIC M00N (Beneath the Underground 2009)
Bodied Tone (Otoliths 2007)
Holiday Idylling (BlazeVox 2006)
IMPROVISATIONS (Beneath the Underground 2005)
Avenue Noir (xPress(ed) 2004)
Moon Wards (Poetic Inhalation 2003)
Improvisations (Book 3) (Beneath the Underground 2003)
Improvisations (XXV-L) (Beneath the Underground 2002)
Amplitudes (Melquiades/Booksout 2002)
Improvisations (I-XXIV) (Beneath the Underground 2000)
Demolition Fedora (Potes & Poets 2000)
Free Fall (Potes & Poets 1999)
Sing Me One Song of Evolution (Beneath the Underground 1998)
Demon Dance (Nude Beach 1995)
A Slick Set of Wheels (Woodcrest 1987)

FICTION

Commercial Fiction (Beneath the Underground 2002)

Relic’s Reunions (Beneath the Underground 2000)
Stay Tuned to This Channel (Beneath the Underground 1999)

RECORDINGS

Song of Baobab (VFCI 1997)

Slam! (Woodcrest 1991)
Sex Queen of the Berlin Turnpike (Woodcrest 1988)

ANTHOLOGIES

Selected Poems by Post-Beat Poets, Editor

(Shanghai Century Publishing 2007)
2: An Anthology of New Collaborative Poetry (Sugar Mule 2007)
THE JAZZ VOICE (Knitting Factory Works 1995)
THOMAS CHAPIN–ALIVE (Knitting Factory Works 2000)
The Poetry Readings by American and Chinese Poets
(Hebei Education Press 2004)
 by

VERNON FRAZER
© 2010 Vernon Frazer
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allegorical subjunctives in tension with sterile measures
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capturing the luridfury on tap
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come to life as pigeon hole instinct cadavers
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interminable hatred that brings a desperate pace
meeting its reflection in the race to mirror
chronicles of subterfuge among misbegotten alloys pat no yruf
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under the guise of secret mottoes, a regimen unfulfilled
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BEHIND SEQUESTERED TAPESTRIES

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or a latter-day return
d s to quarantine objects
to quarantine objects or a latter-day return
outside the realm of OS a post-linear seepage
all designated h*m*ns
while the command
URES ordinarily supplied as
a generative pathos

cockpit entities unfurl the wagons

dripping slowly at the hindmost

needing renewed persuasion

simmering renewal blenders

at treason’s truest skyline

-22-
 where height makes light of all es INV A CE ivel
y
perennial acclamations, freed l l s ta A

SP
ca ver blish DIN t e ns
to dwell among threadbare links e
AC
c re t G in

NG
en rs fo inten re d pr AN INVITI ult
e UR
where thought reveals all d
ce avio tering on so the es
S
ot
e oc r

O
parenthetical emission r s t i y
p us a g tla

R OP
o
standards that ply es stard or, m astig vagin al ou hion g a l ser

Y
k
more than any e ta t cu isfav ted c m sa min tanc rin pe
nt
t u r a n d o o d o o o
n tal s w sh IO
ploy one g t ’s p r r e r o

T
c m a en p rec s t

d e te i t
r u s u b o o a N
sees ast ter liam llie ed n he v

s p rro t i n
th re ng ’s
, r e en

i t e rs a
r g r f o ar ve t u

un bi o w
inf hoin ng pa yard er fe usati ys of ced
ee

cl w
ds

im i d

m
th
e c e e k i r a v e o t h a c c wa pr
o

e
fo che

of d u
s s g n y t h e the

r
lia t

g
a w th s y en
bi a as a e in as ms

v i ong g a ine - l a d
i n f

la
lit

al sin n f up
s

a
s d n i
c a esire

pe

tio
AN y yo an
po ow c r

ek

n
nd
GL i s d e l its the ria at ns r g
sr l o zed

ea
e
i n ste mm ssio
ou '

ca

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ES a
hy nsu mi

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co st

sh
u o e
pa

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r
pos ion ly

op
TO
r y t n g t
e

GO o p mb
ota a im
am ic o
in

RE v p l s e e
g

s iverendition seeks orta

postcard
n tro aph m as urg
tena tint of feathered appealnt p e co ogr otu s co ns
e x ro a t r t c t h e t io
os
te while looming over du clim a ca s fa gh t e op
ns crosswalks u rcet it
rou abl h ere
i s w th dur
op ble rabid s en a he u red
n f g
tic ro as
ta t t ern in o
s au
ry a fisx on d e
cuing p iv i enhanc
al

id g er i c

em
ua con aff
c

ot ffs
ur
v gender pulleys r
si
e l l sn a t ent pac
ibl toidead tio ar
ng
s bearing ta k
h en del th
e
s
ub the
e
so ag
e d s
e
r
om ib

p vi ap up ze d very notion la s
reg ra pe iali ck p on
lelac of in wea
n

s g
supplie e s nt pure sidewalk distillation icainl
p
h t o d
ir t l rared plia
us as applicable
i on

frag e n s ta e a u bi
uv tu to conc eas
up

l
ing ity
mentat o
in s e d t o d
y

s e m w
its uct

s
s
fru r a l s e n t

ap tatel

s
n

s r e
thqoue th
glu r e h e

ion o
d
mo tatem

a t a u a t re
via

asure
s

l l ali
ts any a
fi
the e d i n g n t

b
n i sidewalk ndi
p

lo
g
ts
t r a tose
b l e sluce

re
r a e
nt wh decree ensuring ngs s un
afte

th
ve c
a
i
c

lik plea
s e i fish

ep
rm
n
n e v ed

t s
ar

ei
vacillation of all its parting e s
ten p i n g

th ant
gro er
z
cul

l o s velocities, slender as the waking e ly

an abduction of testicular brigantines flying pic fol
a

c
t

g on at half-past to honor the dead of their own making

ar de
es d
ar a
a p with carousel litanies abounding, their nasturtium collars que
n
eve hurled against the blinding gauntlet of worrisome aerosol wind

-23-
whistling through trestled dominions
where savage antiquities hiss wretched statues
fixed in time as statute, a
a lazy frenzy most apparent m ca
ar ra
ke pa
d c
to the mottled thickening its e
ta
accrued under laboring waste bands ng
ent
as no sordid reckoning so apropos
a

as
sla co the

sidled un
nt n snake c
t a n ce url
as discarded treaties ha d ale ing
stirring the makeshift
tp fla its db
ro v o wo y

its
ve er re rri tex
d
to dominant theorem

ow
s ac n h a som t
catapults as practice to hro

n
o nc
nic t ers e

de
da hi c
ng gn

si
ke
er t
o us
nor the mysteries
uprooting scavenger losses for cryogenic beverage lockets
transparent unpursed
as the daily homily spread at the radial conjecture

buttering the tables

(C TROS
IN Y)
HUR PE M
NS CTIV E L

E
DI
S
HA

AT
I
DI

N N
G
G A S

I
as afterthought
before thought T
S

an
beafterthought
for thought
T URGID
UP R NAL AS

after a thought
be forethought
E

unthought after
thought before
A SP

S IR
IG ATION
NATION

-24-
of r t

he
rency
rational pudding pa
etr
s
cu
rren n
cy its tra
os

ec n feast
co
p

tive

i
nebula centers

d
a wagere
a
ar

simulacru
estive fate o

a
to the mix b les
rri bla
d m
we se
m
fb dd ied
of in
elea in o r ce n d
gu g st

iar
ered
of

yp
arg
m

ossibilities
ins

where the marrow of a haunted playground faction narrows its carapace to the thicken-
ing dread of blustering fadeout weapons nacreous all too soon under the moon’s pliant
pugnacity where tenuous striations fortify the nuclei of ascorbic wattles nefarious
plumage among daunting gasses kissing neon eggplant fiduciaries aching sunset gloom
foraging oyster shelters from missive lentil fabricators discoursing the vertiginous hunger
for pleistocene damage encoded in the tenured glyphs of Hammurabi’s last impostor nor
relegated to injurious acclamation at the vaunted station furrowing the sundialed sky
a worried line

signing itself

a sp ec
a sp
ec

of slow demand

ul
tru m

um

designe
d through the window
di

vidend
fo

w
r

o
dividen

rn fro

a
a

in sites
m
d

tenure
portable necessity
r
br

a gg
a gg

of portable in
i

ng of
g
necessities
in situ tenure

-25-
 now pontoons fizzle in lazy afterthought, a rift encased
reddening in subjunctive clothing that avatars once chose

ragging
grease polled to spread their verbal economies gloating
a minimal dosage no matter how portable the avec noir’s
when preparations for shifting *s to beleaguered margins.
starlets who have reduced With no special inundations
db

prepaid all-nights down to bouts, daring to slice their radial

en

narrowing
stentorian heaps slowly categorized, incumbencies to a
id nestle a protected entity lined with paper mismatch or an
iv
ed for d

soaring multiple banditries taking the seat a acclamation,

volume, each one containing an irresistible form a lung
as specific as marginalia’s mordant sweep but just its
about running out of ventricles to reduce the costs of tax
n

on its luxurious verdure, a product carefully pared from

um si g
e

a crystal laminate forbearance

d

ing c eam qua cence

es
o n v rants
requires seminal juxtapositions

gari
pectr

to fragment theoretical stem

eluc ygon dr acquies

form r e c e p t o

d
a
ns
s

encroachment in the animate

a

o
ulati

junctures of foregone minds

omm
l
to p nautica
d

aching sanity as its perusal

rupe

m ragging
before any uncouth venture
idat
quad

e
ol
shad

can sweep off the doggerel

ro
or any ornamental supplemental crusting the mind’s worn
f
a

any on tearful modality crying out its urge to moon

elinnarrow
th

the cusp a star and sea the gilded night a new appeal a
g pa

legendary cry stridently uttered manifesto of a nature

d

from the primeval vector weeping from bad verse that

den
ledgers fortified on a disease once acclimated with a i
ecul um div

dextrous regimen brands lapel corner stropped to raze

a scalpel deluxe legerdemain ledgers done completely
trav

underhanded as a latent registry deciphered old secrets

humoring husky inquisitors whose as antipodes mad
prior fledgling inamorata’s latest regatta as any act of
will apportion any radical distortion favoring a swine to
sp

those assigned a *outside the stitch of their line lever a a

-26-
bona ride list of sealed conjectures
colonizing the asterisk sprocket a
where tenable reflex embargoes conceal den
lurid negations of past amplitude
unc
of iati
for a margin in search of a quest amo pri
v
on
ng ileg
a replacement the e
of det
of spatial gondoliers
willing i t fa rit
us
temporal conjunction
coronary displacement
s
ll
en
axiomatic vertigo appa
rat
its cross-propellant hostage
us
Ndig
paraphrasing
i
o as nuptial occlusion
at its silted edge

turning
a
u b rnt
a practical tilt
toward the latest venue souffl
of disrepair
e
a along
the embargo shuffle
the
silted cargo sh
red

CAU
so
fa
fur

GHT
maligned tiv
e dis
sh co

!
aki urs
ng e
the a
lin
with tales ef
rom battle
of storied slippage am
ule of
in the land where details lumber
t tre
es stolen
to become artifact mantras
or legend

-27-
 a
pre
sumpti

on m
ade
the
across lost time mar
its

row
naviga

s of
a ke disr
qu upt
law
n in ive
the jaws leis
ure
ti

of a
on

im plural interface e
pe i v
ril t
where
ed
ra e an other
the crossroads
m p (restored connective)
meet i
al
BE AT IGG

or other harrowing winnow

di
FO AL ER

tiss
C
TR

ra
RE YS ED

ue
le tensing
TH T

a a ki the golden eye

E

a ng otherwise attuned
past diacritical pa to
fluctuations reflex st grimly nuancing
reconsider juncture th
em a slow tenor
sensing
ma
tador
ar
shading its past nuance,
ro

deflecting a slated function

refle
w

of intersections
inflection ct
ion
AT RESEARCH CROSSINGS speaking s
repe scores of discontent
a tin

g
of the us
e
nc g chor
of threat

i a
ar i n
a v a v e r olds
w gh tending
on
str melodies of
ened in
a broken junc
chorus tions

-28-
am pl i fi ed
to radical power
that

STRIKES BACK
against the moated towers of insect repellent
streaking naked from their graves
across the flood of condominium sealant

barricading the tenor

of spectral luminosity spectral luminosity
clamors hounding
the undertow of the blood-filled porch
where the clamor of the
sorrowful equations stolen tongues marked
s s
n deflect a fearful stammer n

*
i i
g its last call reflecting the g

unattested r
r
a
an omission
a
ITATING m
IP
m

a reference
EC

e
PR

e
h h
amid the warrior stalkers
t
a riot left adrift
in a sea of truisms:
t

g of post-natal NO SCHISM LEFT

g
n
umbrage
n
UNPROJECTED
o o
l l
a
NO SCHISM LEFT
a

emptier than the unfolding trauma of the drama

-29-
em bold ening
the merit
clear radiators to slalom their Sanskrit polish
where the apples of redundancy refuse to file
skirmish writs of scapular
against sold souls

skirmishing for permission playthings

to harness

visions of the dividend tentacular research bureau

a fortune imperiled by insouciant playthings

muttering nascent plastic homilies
in the wake of shuddering caskets
baring their squared share of the pall
of ie r

anomaly baskets
rif ve
d
ra we
ho

seeking gratification
from the troops ensealed truth
its y
gr on

in cerebral casements
rm

as
us s
sl ion

ha
h
y at

a corollary
on oc
rm av

of their slender markings

ha d
e re

or
th ntu

pt s
ce alm
n

stringing
nt e

io
be ind

n
ex re

ransom factotums perilous verities

io
at

indemnified swirls
ib the
pt

a greased marker
ce
le
po de
ss r
of utsi
pe
o

-30-
to whoever thought the artifacts

in from the cold indentations

tnecs a rednu

due tenured irregularities fo

yraw
cross-breed
srekram lirdnet

philatelic frenzy statutes

it among restive corner striations
l su
e battling the surge of parsimony
b arr n c e
e le rs from the last plantation retitled
o f th b i v a o s t e
ly m tp
s s-f s t a s o u
ro fa s remuneration particles
i v e c s t e a d estle
tat a r
an

t en l e s t o t h e lines fo an
a ind n
er

r e k know
ro

shading rig
of c

ir
ne

un a tenuous oblation atio

n
ou

rg

ros
lattice s-s
s

er

uit v
pe

ry

rn ui enting
-b
tro

a tte i o n lt
p t fab
gl
ng

h e tifica ricatio
yp

t
n systems
i

e c
r)k

n i z d fru
h

lv a e
a(

g a stori
in
m

th

a
of
e

squandered
e
th

in the
in

a(
r)k

mucilage
h
yp

in

of
gl

ordinary fragments
tr o
pe
us

an k
ee y
gerry-

irrig a

s
ks tit
e
cross

re tan iden
n o

io e
w h rage
rr
t

n line
bui

ui sto
-s

an

tv
lt f

enti
ng
ab

ca for
ri

tio their ornamental

n sy
stems tangent blossoms

-31-
rectifying vigilant ambivalence
against a matrix of see-through projects

co m i
A PROJECTILE IN THEIR MIDST

in s s
a ss
a worn, upbraided warpage

-to i v
hailing carcinoma ventures

ed
e
The barren advocates
derailing leisure

cleft the S
E
TI
R IE NG
best
O P TTI
P R
L FI ERY
I IM RI ION RS
T
OF NOS TAT ILTE -
M

S
P

I O N
T HE
E W F
A RD
E

M
E NS TO S N
R U H AT
R

TO TE S
E CL RED VE A OST TO
ILING

D E S I R A E T
Z K
E ND CLU ON E N
R AG TAS
T
O N
N T FLU FF G NS NS
NC E I N SU IN U
I TM NG O DD -NO AW
N D E
OI DLI UEN S W ALF NG D
D N T H I
RO A PE E IN FES OF HAK
C A ADS O R A ETS S
C N R
R C ID
H A INO E RO
A S K
N DE
L ING
N D MA C O
S T B
E D
U
R I z as
LE
R LA IEW en eir
E

d
V ca f th cs
IMP

E
R
h on h o l y r i
p yt arc de
n t se sca
e n
otherwise, itt g i b u
viewed as detritus,
e rm erin am
the longing
i nt nd lgic
tenders
wa sta
no
a militant fuselage
quandary

-32-
 E VE R TH
E R

E
WH

NEX
AY
UNCO
IL TO
T COILE
STRIKE
N TM
E

D
SERP the legend of the storied handler grows beyond the
threads of broken alignments linking mirror shreds in
moments of pained reflection against the aching
margins of * and its sundry implications seeking a
a

surro better station for centrifugal release from centered

gat randomness, never liking the foiled sensation’s
weight against a heart-rending tabulation seeking a
e f

late overture to decrease homily spillage where fixed

ev e
rn language feeds its ancient venom, a soil whose
matrix grows varicose as history bitten in the
es

moment before slicing shreds uneasy ruminations

lt in

past peaking valleys under penalty of sunset labors

where quizzical dandies defile oily sensibilities that
g

unstarch the fables boiled in oral revision(ism) to the

near

shattered template of cultivated illusions spreading

the u ed
nderlyin
g pass p os
a ge p
uno
the courage of the wary dynamo, its fury l e t
u s
unleashed against the turnstile margins
am or
flaunting a commandeered apex from the m
crescent’s far shore, mingling stripes and its tre of l n zy
crosses for the next bituminous blast from ti ri
o f re
anthracite thirst winning hearts and body v s tic
bags among the floozies captured on a e la
night raid before the frolic centered on
s of
entry past the point of new returns. A
ent
storied juncture presupposes narrative or m
tenants. Contending with arbitrary luck t e
breeds doubt in clover divinity covens s ta
cackling masters of stolen destinies
watchful eyes guard peril-twisting storms

-33-
revive the arable tenets the tenable scent
unspoken by layers of deletion broken
as release indents
a promulgation delayed the saturation points
through the haste of yearning
relayed
through burning implements
supplements
to insistent vagaries

or threats from incipient nuance baggers

ig
ig

n
no

o r in
rin

dragging travesties bagging ragged avatars

g
g

th
th

e
e

past fatal gauntlets last to natal haunts

pe
pe

r
ils
ril
s

TRY
o
U

of

f
N

A
a
a
DER

re

U I
re

C
ill
fil

R
a
la
REALMS OF

I
bl
le au

OF C
egau

VAUNTED PASTIME
g
n

ALMS
tle

nt
le
a t

ta
tta

REVILED
tta

RE
N

c
AK

ck

R
ED

DE

CI
RC
UN

UI
TR KED
Y NA

RELINQUISHING
adamant regatta nooses inhaled after dusty polemics

-34-
file suit against laundered entities
dispatching their burst of threadbare polemics
across looted boundaries:
ers
the omitted
d e r mark
un a

*
the reference ofunattestedt
dril scen
war y ten

a fair ploy for all encumbered

n statutory
exc tio et
a
in ntl of controls for t
e pt, o

r m au
g e e g r i s e or

he we
in place
a l h
t he n th ts e
c tu er t te lm
fa nd ling r pa fine rea y
f

g u el e e m

l
i n es ret l e v o d c e d ono
c

far o
d
o

d r fo c h r c
re edu es ied s w tsou al e
urse, for th

e
h
s o c a g n t e ou r b
pr ss de nta its f ve f wa
pa ose ote s o
t h e p in a r(l)d r
th arg wo

y
m a snatching jaws

scoundrels
i n
e from
ou
tsourced pilgrims
exhorting filial displacement

among measures of consonantal drift

*
the victory
of defeat

over naked elements

the latent foreclaw hammer presiding
over half-truths fulfilled
the texture of
burning filament
a

where
grim centurions a fo beckons with gestures
reckon rtif ortfolio of an elemental pursuit
ied p
cree

we pi
s

eps amid legends of rural castigation

ng

-35-
leery of frontal regimens
threatening
to host the pharmaceutical variants
while

that rouse their sacred underpinnings

thankful oblations fo
res
we
ar
no linear factoid geometric precedent
despit can register as a
sacerdotal omen whose vagaries
ei
ts v

represent
ari

cose incon
gruity
a geometric happenstance
exhibits
of shaded plumage
the
rigor of a scent of that ossifies
vari a

nightly multiples b shattered philandering

le tu

missing rn in the
bulls
an apex breeding fields
sna or a aching text
king

zenith phantom
along
its

co
nundrum stinging tales
of cringing retribution

-36-
 citing the mastery
a of their inclusion a
quot
some before the mourning necessitates i
rr el

en
Parthenon coagulation units divi d
qua

dend

t
e
ivi under or over

d
where retice
d

the anatomical conundrum

ho barricading the front lobby

nt p
rses meet

from

rotests
cystic
defoliation
worrisome bothersome
bearing measures wearing as isometric
cadaver metrics
W S
IN sweltering T
TE
RG in EN
E M
RE the realm NG
PATIOS
TRISME

EN of RA
CA surrogates E ST
VE L
AT
O RA
S
GIST FL
IC ION
RUMINAT
st of
rid a
en ra
t rif
sim i ed
ul ex
a caveat emptied
at
io po
ns se
of th
ei un
de
r

r th
un d

reat
e r w

cystic rumination bake sales

of
ate

of grifters’ common parlance suites

peri
r

despite
sk

enabling truisms
sc
yli

usIng carrion magic

op
n

es
es

to fortify their luster

quotients

-37-
 INTMENT
na a
PPO
elff
yna o s o
u m b
sa g i d us
v

s t i t s n i c a
ta reh uj * na s
v
d e
e
A
e t a
rh t s a l d ht yb t n r u rev
’la lu de b e
c ripm o w , a

D
s s
i o n led NS

gulag vapors that scuttle sure ointments at appointment time

v
e n o pmi o t t u

R
eh i s s i m snoi b i r i u
in dividing the view of its translucent

ER

semi-rectal tendril panoramas shredding ignominious

t tsis o d tcirtse q i a d

L F OIS PA A
variables to omniscient clustering

ILTRATION TOW
e r re
r
,sm t s e t t a eht li t n i w TT
among the sweltering fanatics

shares cropping all the * fields where they go

e lbm n u repmi

in Samsara ovulation patterns affixed to

whose amniotic visitations

e re
ega h t o
bury the creed unseen

R S VING
rot
or unsighted, a fury

s
ignited by vapors
spent at the last

ER
casino, where
odds climb

L T

WER
stairs to
view a
hold

vv
for
an

-38-
AC
ffle
s o u ny
ENA
igo

E HOLDE
a
i n d ust as i t s
OF V
an j r
as the * lathe hreat
nt y t
bur ed b ould cal’s
ns, os iri

v
w
u t t o imp n mp
ri b ns i s s i o he e led
qui ctio
d a i estri d o sist
m t
vei
Y-O
un

vv
ter er t e r e
RR N MIS
w i n il th t t e s s, de

SIV
r
rca
e n a m
imp e r u emble
A CA
o t h age oto
sto
r
am
in search of
nightly divagation sockets
swollen a harbinger
a
n to the stone of on the far shore
g first truth
l breeds the core

pres
i of a mighty hunger
n ag
es
g its deep divination pockets not withstanding re

packag
a moribund replay
or
g

i
re

n
co

a weeping peril of its gentrified omniscience

av
lle
c

en
ti o

ue
nso

so
ac let
urs e
om
f

ory

f fad
k
f

ac
u

co rj
ns ke
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pursuing m
the vengeance of
the lubricant trifecta motorcade
presaging
s
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wherever the flow of its leakage accrues

ka

or wrestling
boundaries precede the optimum repac
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alignment
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t r a n s w from
gr
m o d essive
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on the far shore or

e
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a harbinger the

v nd
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l ess concealed

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c o ads i g h

be
re veri its lu tly

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o
an sear n g me c o n

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fig tido chin s w e n s u f i g u

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no

fill n s o r a i n form r i n g am nge m b l e n t i p l i t i e e

wa ing t r t i u m g a atio i n t ent ala m s e d e s
ft

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ba
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 the gloaming assurance of the parrot case
the gloaming assurance of the parrot case
implies a stimulant innuendo barking sulfate
implies astimulant innuendo barking
an offset
or, at variance, phantomsulfate
juncture
variance
where deliquescent adversaries spread
or, at , an offset phantom juncture
where deliquescent
to outer margins, there to behold the stars
adversaries spread
demarcating the corners. a tender reference
outer margins
looming
to creeps the vigil. A lassitude
forward motion and its lurid preconceptions.
behold
dispels
, there to the stars

demarcating the corners. a tender reference

Variable
creeps the vigil.factoid
A loomingartistry
lassitudeweaves
dispels arable conjunctions
where terminal embargo bleeds the issue.
forward motion and its lurid preconceptions.
Stentorian affect procedures maximize volume settings
where
Variable adjunct
factoid weaves
camels prefer to attend
artistry the caucus
arable conjunctions
glued to dromedary issues and six-packs of vulture havens.
whereterminal embargo bleeds
What better way to spend a sunday aftermath?
the issue.
Stentorian affect that
The classes procedures maximize
stay open volume
more than settings
one day crave

whereadjunct camels
inattentive preferconjecture
mechanism to attend the caucus , or delay
artichoke pendants from scrabbling the letter board
glued to dromedary issues and six-packs of vulture havens.
What better way to spend a sunday aftermath?
in games of wooden skill. Gamblers claim

glucose deposits post-natal share

The classes that stay open more than onethe
represent day crave
inattentive mechanism conjecture, or delay
wherever
artichoke the green visor calls
pendants from scrabbling the letter board
the carding
in games of wooden
of minor skill.inGamblers
subsidiaries claim
dairy ventures,

glucose deposits
chase
a link pursuant to the
represent the post-natal share
. In the case of
wherever the green visor calls the carding
of minor subsidiaries
winking the
guardians,in slyventures,
dairy blow one candle
a link pursuant to the chase. In the case of
before
winking handlingthe
guardians, the sly
most entreaties
blow one candle ever sent
to a
before forerunner
handling in precedence, lacking new bribery
the most entreaties ever sent
to a forerunner in precedence, lacking new bribery
under the grate pockets of smooth delivery
under the grate pockets of smooth delivery
-41-
while eradicating
points of true conjecture
STREAKING
at the somnolent’s behest. EMBLEMS
Another quest for aching vigor BLEED
NEW
restores the translucent to their past PASSAGE

a where nostalgia taints fruition

weakening the vernal majesty
parlance moves past its aleatoric effort
of to pursue
dusk the new thread
of lost thought past its purview
leaking
its last necessities
in ambush

NO NAKED CLA OWN

MYTH
I TS
I
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TO SEE K

N through
the eyes
of its
N
latent
paranoia

A FACIAL WHE
OF N TH
EVE EE
R IN NEED YES MASK
THE CHA
ENGE OF ANY DELIRIOUS EXEGETE LL

WHERE NOSTALGIA TAINTS ITS PROPS

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in the presence of an evanescent facial construct

SM
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the l l e i m
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P
am s
gr
tex a p or
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G
h e of its e gn ow g a i c d c e t i ted
et d du ma d h i

S
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in

T
w h thr
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se u r n r a tene s su n g to
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so ar p c s k s
tam ar o n ’ les n
an

p t u ble

as
alp o l u am ys i r d m o n d tto
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sc g u
t h e f u l l r e c a fu b n c e

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as
fac ck
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A
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the weakly
attenuated dress box circles facilitator meeting his last
riff the shattered mind, spending its circuit
last laboring
speculum clipper in
to shank the raw- velcro onyx
stoned hide sending message
no its last filigree at tongue’s discontinuity
intended
to unload before rippling
cold at the daiquiri box its torrential cliches

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bellicose excoriants
pellagra for the war- miscreant fortunes as wagered
scarred tissues splenectomy forecasts futures

haunting a vague anatomy with greater precision woven

in the loom of its gloom-bent perspective over the bed of lost coals

a sublet driven by flat harmonics

the respective colonics breed the sole cost of dread

REFLECTIONS IN A HACKNEYED EYE

like a tournament vision leering in pantyhose at a window of encrusted rainbows
diligent as foraging anomalies seeking mystery as a sole assimilation mission
embargoed like a rusty sweepstake button cashed in new castles of dust
reflecting the old improprieties. Its past trust deflects a last exclusion
from the creed inspecting the past, a risk no * can assimilate
while the fountains of red flow through other lands, new
untouchables taste their unattested waste packets

sol
as d
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m i l e l l a eht n
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se ena a g p a
n o c a l k c b s f l o n i k a fo
ita t
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cru c
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a

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no s e l d n o o m d r i e entities
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m u n a l r a fans r e h w t eed unfolding

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of

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p r O o i kci h e led
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no

lf s d n r e n
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fo u o u n a c h w h e l p g a r c
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at reg ou a t te ca
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 wh
ile
a
a l chil
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across the gh ec
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the su
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swelt
as
a no
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in
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an
be among the d it
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landfill for the

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long shore’s
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w
ter
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empty pocket
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last affluent
echoes gs v c a d e n z a
spent marker will fill
arie

the strata ver-

the
ga ified in aerial matter
te pursuit of its horns its
caustic laun- way
dry patterning bright-
as a flat pact ly
fits
e d s past
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an sed s al box icipated

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a

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the platitude elapses
in a gathering short of merriment.
Alcove displays wi

no re k
thh o

th pea
to of
infest a Greek montuna

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s

ldin
while a worried sledge

g
trims the binary eagle faucet
leaves
no facet unturned
nor face untoned { eagle trappings
a
cr
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in the face of
s
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The surrogate adventures

se

source shading diametric sublets

st
ra

transfers
ta

crosswinds in the glued annals of subgum revelation

in the
where storied fabrications
i

rp
negative

res
wind currents lie like unchanneled spectators
relevant to viewing

cie
tenuous spectacles under fibrillati on’s heartfelt thread nc
e
no t ender anomalies w ithiN re ch a

of a floorboard strutting its particles

before terse verifications breed incendiary
packets that traverse
consort traps
the long need of supplicants
barreled
against the furlong night,
redemptive howls across the floorboard
curling redemption’s harrowed stick
a ires beyond delegation to plectrum fixtures
w
t to e r e
ea h ner mas
thr e r y w or any other lu
ev cid ban h
in a web of stolen petroleum glissandi
fortified with threads of cranial nuance
oldly on di fabrication gathered under a scarlet web
b

of forcefed beakers from the pocket heels

sp

la where lamprey sockets steal their gratitude

y

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 ve
nt

a gra
i
hy w a latin
po ar g

phi
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fro a c he n g pe ho n
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m hi n n q g r g e tha
is

c
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m n st l e s la el to

se
w r l o his ses atio

ed t h io p nt s c
i a e h n e as r y m o o n
f u w r ll

l s e d t ef re qu

n
or ho ppe

h o a d a r th f u s s e s
re

se
as a

t p l o n t i f a eir i v e u i t t
u t g c su in c u r
to

s s ts it se r i n

be
ar g p
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a of e d i l

co
k y te
pa ec

m
st tio
ns
nd

es
er

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wher

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u
te
ra ns
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fo a
a

rce g
s
o f so e
r

mnolent recruit a
dust scent
in their of
a badger bearing token emblems
fly
uniform
pockets for tales of stately derangement b
ws
guarantees the reluctant insurgent a
even the

rro

a farrow of disturbing pedigree

salacious as a newborn squidcake
n
k
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born on the horns of an icy marrow

r
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icons disagree here u

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p
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O F ilat esi
wa a in s
ry g

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rehearsing maladaptive supplements,
persuasion the only course to grove
reaches beyond the frail welter
a a
proving hostile to the purely inured conjecture
of
at rakish hostilities angling toward
locations more forward than lateral
in their literal occasion to recourse
to fake banditry.
sudden infinities
sw
ol
le
n
The foothill mileage co
splinters enjoying fragments nv
ec
decaying resources tio
at the pit n
cu
looming for a throttle rre
nt
a new

or something new as
to sit over juncture passage
th
e
pa
st
before
the wary semblance creeps its way
to
the room
of least conjunction

or the wary dysfunction of forbidden handlers

eyes teary from the bleary deflection

tor
n
a

fro
m rn ita

of weary entrepreneurs
m
bo he
as

es lo de

jur the
sa st l
t

ie sizing up the rare option

bo d
ge
c

x to apply for stigmatic resale

in
no matter the size of the attack

ddle or its ritual quarantine behavior

the ri of
glistening in moon-riddled night
vec a h
a storied

tor idde
slo n
t
subdivision

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 rically impaired
in a catego

n
tio
a forcible entreaty muffles the breakers

a
suit

min
where gallery entrails meet their focal
dividends, accrual centrigual pastry
e of

l la
battered in the mix of victims lost

sua
to Seagrams and surveillance in
limi

cameras designed to monitor a

f vi
lost mind waxing on a molten
nal

memory tanker weighted in

te o
the water, its cargo a profit
me
visi

l a

sta
within the margins of its b
whi of
tatio

own excess and an * to

in a

s
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protesting raptors put-

tr e e
n

ting their lives in the

he fo

hold on hold again

o
es ern
ld
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scapular r estitution sho

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i scera t
l i s t o f v
f o r a as force-fed rights to endure or to c l a i m e of self-pr
a
n ta t ions n s t i - endorse as conceptual vacuums t i o n s d i n c a n o-
i n c a ion or i t
a t d a t clean the seminal rut of ottoman t i o n for a rec a -
c i t l e o r i ta
re nul instig -
a t i o n an l i m b i n g bodies late from the war before annu
l l e d ation
g c cera a
first eiling any stated agenda revealed the l e n t vis-
the c sinec tit
from d mir- extent of complicity in trials of fic- ures l e m e n t
up a n r isk d th
rs bs tive wounds bounded by swift o o r i n e first
r o s t e belfry jam * s climb g the
endorsements or nifty hyperbole
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risks r e s o f d
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f - p r o c lement
s e l
o f entit the scalpel holders sinec
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list spinning
of

in reductive mode
under
current

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RESTRICTIONS AS MAY APPLY
regiments
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THE FUTURIST ENSEMBLES
of
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stylized grating hands

sorely attenuated factotum effigy stamps

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refuse to gamble e vo te
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where voluptuaries c
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churning pieties eu
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for sharingn up of
scalps on a sea breeze tha
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for sharing t h
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tahn
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of s m isc
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or safety dollops
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thecutaste e ted b y
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of its held fo r ersatz variety g
unlike clamore
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the thread of a parallel sway shop ev gotiations befo
at thrift fare n e tion s
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where thentextt h
box anglese threadbare es mari cuticles o
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m h e ir c a ps iz e
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before t own m ities
of their enal ver
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th lar s or p h e n o m
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n luxury r
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h i lse o n a
em-
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f
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fo r tif
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rancor d
hobble
b y

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segues from indigent microcosms
sinking the steadfast arcades

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before the failure of memory

TIO
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RA
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to register the umbral scent

TR adow
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lurking beyond the stench of its majesty

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of v e
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the g ki n g t
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RIDING THE
the tales of lusty grandeur follow,
half-lit
on a latent particle
flowing
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v oi
in an o The sense of greedy tokenism
g flings
in a procedural uproar
lai
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a st into
c l
de the al
varicose venues silting
u
f s e xt nts the ceiling of their worst inversion,
o it t
na the kind
m
re of blatant act
no
tweedy remnant can follow

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 into the dark realms the nascent clamor
where oxen handlers breed
cataleptic frenzy vouchers / a deadly silence preceding
panic elliptical forethought
wh
of i l e t h
sta the n e ca
w i t g g e r orth- r r i a g

c h ottl e s
the ga h d r u s i m boun e

i c a ed
a m ced
g

ry
p
in t h e rnere n k e n l i c a d tra
va
turn

ne
t

pre
itin g a u to r e p i o n in
d
all ga era n t l so l i c a
rie i ry et’s oth s
the er s cla ron- ac e
hin
oth s t d g
as
pa lat
the clatt

te before
ma
alf- os r - d a
sif y its surrogate intensity
tte
h
ref

ic can breed
tio a-
r
ere

within rupture
er n and its dissonant
nc

ing clusters
ed

of
remnants

a power’s entrapment motif

past

entry

de
fi l i
discarding ng
de

ca
y

pu
its

rsuit
painful
a wearisome boardwalk venture tissues
defining the castaways offshore ap
where centrality plummets to the am aral
margins of each unceremonious on lel
uproar turned scarlet in the hair gt
for ale
of dilated fashion pupils trendy e
int ell t sc
n o ctio t

al
s a fra as

eri ing fru led

me n

as last year’s eyeball fixations

l a re g p

let

or past accumulations inclined or ga

sh
tifu tic k i n

as o l
to grade their own slow muster r
inv a lo tag
du talep wal

en st sto es
ca a r d

tor red
sequ pla y,
tow

cin ite
e gi m
ts be ized
ster

a b for
se
ng nc e
e
i

filibus s
ter
-53-
raging
indemnity quotients n incorrigib
to dissuade their adversarial peers
a
a jour

le
ne
from launching a vigorous pillory
rd

as
charting
y e wa

sembly
m
in ho

be
tho its

yo
a

nd
prophecies
ug

the
ag
land wt
ro

ra
h
ht the

pm
of
of

su
rly
aging turnstiles

tic
k
ca

nc

ets
e
irc o
taco

In the wake
of a chartered frenzy ling the dynam
bs
m

the antipodes

ma
the hail their brigands, regained of
ra g ing
k
pri
de
ful in
from struggling
ly g
a facile reen
se against the imperial suits
lf-p
roc
pas

lai a
me
d
pastiche
tels
Or rd t t re selv d g g r ratio r

of
ha los em l-eye eekin satu borde
sor es rey efu n
sui ge

lurid
ts
e s t B u o d o u r ts

combinations y
pu some lp

t
tee r s a a

r
ing .
he

.
filin m s nde ling, of

dd
fro lave s fil tides

me s, g in
o

among textured patios

ry y
of les the

t
ta p .
no ng

o
alo

monadic
t
o

executions detailing
at g

t
ea

the shades
ing of a
ed decisive
bre
encumbrance
e ths
gr

th l i
ou

on no
nd

mo
s

of

-54-
 ho ratified as a flexor nodule

ning it d
lan n
a
in otgury
s wa
imposing
s
a f sh ne its
s
y on a o ree
g
tan
ce

mir
as diagram
al
ro wh urid
in the way red path c o ile th weal
l
c l u d s e e ri th en
that a slow paradigm g
the steri ttlem orou tran
oth ng e n s b ces
er a g ts ou th
can ventilate its fabrication aff ains in t nd e su
ixe t h f r
d t h e e i r or m feit
amidst a tincture of colloids t o m p o
the s e l v l e n t i r e
inc no e s f u l
um a s
despite the inevitable c o a n ta en
al
the nsor tions
tiu
tor m re
red pa
th
tension in
me r i d a n i m d a t l e a s i
o

b e ntor u n d e a t e a , r n g
mirr

i
t h e f o r e ng t r l i n g c o n e l i e v p r i m
c h s u s t he f j a
y on a ok a so ectu ed a l
e-t e n a n r s n a t a r e t
s wa

h r o c e ho o f
dis ttle
d can
re cr
str a f t
pen me re ata
ning
it sed mo b u k
a ran e
s
ho

e l s i da
m od ing ndi
spe
re ach regardless of nugatory overture, n sab
d
an bloi spent as velcro l e
ta ture spirits loom, filling rooms
fix with ghosts of their own

veracity
in
a ny desp
erat

e
an endless cessation as
m

bent on preying religiously ind

a chi

wherever efe
nsi
the * ble
na

tio can be contained

n
-55-
in a hospice
of ontological zither navigations

where first truths fall, under the tenuous veils

concealed cross-stitching
parts
as the sum of vacant laundry attests
to certain navigation each quotient designed
the practice

( not
abo to m
of ut th enti
so planaria filters ease
the burdensome offshore blind to
navigating

legislative imperatives

cor thei e to on a or the avarice

al-t r
inge bel rrid h word of mandolins

d a eag usks amid

rthr uere
opo d
m ds
) winks
a
a nd

a te of
proc
spousal
a l
iming

causality
deni
ter a constabulary conundrum
ror lathered its layered sanctity ed
under fructose palmettos
pandering viscous breath
the aysi

as coronary supplements
lying to the heart of the
w

matter and its custodian

de
leading tumors to s
velcro mobster surrogates,
urrogate

abrogating their aberration systems

to irrigate a comunicable intransigence
leveraging

the latest buyout

-56-
of any * flaunting itself
itself
and its primal threads articulating

the vagabond cost

to vapid and sterile entries
lost in seas of tumid fortune

the welter
of its paradox goes unassumed

among issues of central heating

at the stamp market
where

curling vestiges
conceal neon variables

as matters of factoid fiction

-57-
 eltering drama
a sw
shattering nursing gauntlet thatchers
at wherewithal functions
held for the internationally
the merciless somnolent whenever needs
apply to generic subject
amulet buckets matters impecunious to
peculiar forethoughts vacant

ve
li with upstage dandy lather
at h ey or felt usage patterns their
the w t
arranties where
velcro nacreous to oblivion
shelters in the parlance of
dead speakers reading the
gamut affairs leaking press
to the public sequestered
rednu behind a * of their own mak-
a ing camouflage herbal tea
lirdnet
tnecs in
fo a a

haze
wo

yraw
rd

srekram of
deltoid
lef

un
t

ble of tea
g a in a
fragmen
fit aves nde dela
d
r-

ts
le l a u to

the vapor of isolations tensors

their muted allegories saluting credence
red y

* as anomaly
the

* as source
* as divination

an omission
a reference
unattested
-58-
erasure, the product of dividends unseen,

ad b e r r o h s g e t a
e rts t a
squandered

n
k
a rc
u
aro n a s r a n i l r m i n a r o s n c n i

t
tfa eru eiler aele
a
at opportunity’s first scent,

fo dev gni
ta irp
m
an investment in forfeiture

lam
em e c

e no
a
c

tce
de n a n e t g n d i r h t
proprietary mishaps divested

lt

j
among masters of foregone illusion

n
t o

oc tad snoi
f
rht u s o t n e o t

s
eh d n u n i e o c

,a r
-
t
and allegations of impropriety

e
s
k

e
oh r o f e b
c
e

m
ir
rewarded

eh

uit atna
t

t
m
with tumid hints, prognostication:

r
for the needy, nothing. Fortunes
tell of swelling subsidies, the *

all
all

stationed near illusory corner-

sig
stones, guarding brick eggs and
sig

chicken saturation venues, a cost

ns
ns

too differential to be excavated

in the vagaried pockets of noon

p
p

or the neon subsidy granted so

oin
oin

reluctantly to the defined station, a

t
surly quim of motivic saturation
t

to
to

imperiled at the offset referential

mendacity in a s
pla t
cin
orm uorfnt by
inv
gi
ts
ab
ications b
pl

as e n s
t o be ence
uendo

a l ry storied im
os f
int t item o r e
ize
for erior d
ete sh sto
n

llin or red
s

tag
in

am g
a

o es
in

a p ng
d

s
ara tal of torri
lle es frug
l ca al
lle
d

-59-
 smiling its icy gratitude
through windows of tainted fortune,
the goblet smear its rectitude simulacra
befitting the nostrils
ing
of tenured dissent br
e ed
s
the lith

gr
a ration of its own on no

ou
se o
m

nd
of
ed

s
s
oblong insecurities

of
m
ay
he
sp
stationing outposts

m
ou r
t
along the spectrum of avid viewing

striking the heart of a vivid moon

pro i rt

among textured patios

aven u

vac
phets ing

a
cha

ill
es a tio
cie

t
n resu
of l

a
s

am l b
in a m
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ti es i
on

o s

screaming margins
f t f
e o
i r r
t e t
in sat

ble

ed s d i
ing adding t
ra u
u

the spice of a
tio
n pi chilblain venture
d
ts e

-
-60-
 scratching the dice
pla
in t of an icy persiflage candle
cer ts of in he
y fr
a g terim or the scent
d i s p ment sor
-
el p s
e
tric l l u c i d
of its lucid carom
ker
whe
y, scuttling
no

n the squidlike surfaces,

wo
rd their subtle inflections
a slow indentation
in

ben
d
ing - where barometers vent
a

t
o l d he
vacuum z

n low articulations
so o t c h
th meant to dissuade
pas at it sl
tt ide
n i c e he cle s the fenestrated factions
ly f
from threatening
on

a dubious ontology
e

a venturesome irrigation
pr
unfolds th ofil
e e
its low clench as mi sits a
x
qu the , do in
adding touch a p le
co nd has ful
where avenues apply n a e
bo ver ry, n of
r s o i
cold spring ratios th row e to sp ts
e e e
tid ob d r the cu
to avenues of thirst i lo a
of an ng tio npu m
i lu
withholding t a o q t
re he s ru f it uot of
ga m p s ie its
bitter ornaments si rd us tur dat nt
nc le ta ed e or
e r ss rd d
from parlance receivers ity o ci in t qu
, a f it ne he o-
horrid hi s m ple se
nt o x at
fro rib
as the last pa m i und
fabric declension st ts
no

reckoning conjugal pasts re

qu i
from the fangs of em en
forced
capsized ornament vipers
-61-
 undial p
po
ts a

itten

ra
ly

no
me

rm

ia filters
cal p

lu
di
inte
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tr
fo ls
r do
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i
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ti tion
fac pit v ready
ipers
is

th e p
et
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co
om
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nu
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nan
tin

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wri t
ha
um
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atheri

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nc

ngs create spent tl

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mu

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sk

fe
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at
leaflet bloo
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fa
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i n g flowered condom p
it
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ty

tin
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as

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ac

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ov e c
ertures in pent

-62-
a text rendered sightless carrion baggage
across the gray vespers of night
s
a tender largess, vested ntion
lay worthy inte
ers
, fro of its foaming responsible
th
beltway curricula
in matters of human seepage
a resume
The weltering doldrums persist as insistent
in aching revenues from subgum transit monkeys variables
following the slights of avarice gather
to the vestibules of need
a

their
variable avenue pockets visored
quotient divisors
bleeding shaded revenue
beneath the veil devise markers
of sequestered lucidity coffers redden to green

riding the drift of a coronary ellipse

past currents posting new stratagems near ghost colonies of broken figurines

a riot the vacant cries unheard an umbrage

of post-natal among fiscal gridlock screeches, of post-natal
umbrage a tentacle for raving venues rioting
seething portabello conundrums

raving from tuxedo sprockets raging through fattened pockets

the coral of new junctures to corral previewed conjunctions

performing dysfunctional acrobatics

in wary gardens where false betrayal
increases mythological coinage
to brink religious fervor caplets

a storied musculature craven raving its gloried fiscal stature

where brinks sink their

deed alloys redeployed

to the waters in the lubricious fontanelle

ignoring the threat from nitrate cadenzas
concealed under folds from asterisk gowns

-63-
the * concealed
for decency, of course
(off course) in
a cortisone of bent rivers search
reveals the * of
indecent, of course
ING (on course) hormonal
R ROW URSE a transit
HA DISCO pu
ll
THE OF A NT ey
under the

NA of
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g u
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um
t u e r c t i n g er t e n

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bi aro
m e r a ast t h e

pu ang er, , le ent rtai n

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i
li u
go lsa do a ft rie n
b m g

ca
of d l i n

fu
o s

nd
ls
h nt ut er e
rro
et g ve o ff-
ga
si

a rn en

c ne d
w th
l

the bend
as r u d e r
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le s le s

ho e
bl t i n g n

s
re

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th

et
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bl
up
s

ro
go
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Sh
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up

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of
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hi

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to

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nu

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gr

apparatus wilted in the tenor

re

as
as

of enforced vacancy, a result

re

th

ac
sp

ss
ro

slowly
g
ac

in

churning
ew

spittlecake
sk

am e r of che
components at the rations

id a welt ese
n gs
cake setti
-64-
 the floes

bent to the root of a broken meridian

or penetrating the ventilated diagrams

stricture cataleptic as dedicated noon
milking isomer tenets

pruning cross-serpents from a raging

of a sterile

d alumni
habitat po
lyg
lot
ve
rna
irritations narratives

cu
lar

de
red
sh
of
a r c
crossing the

whose obligatory a brooding portrait a gloom whose furrow

ritual laundry breathes so quietly unsettled sits on waiting grease
post’s haste as to sharing its to ease the rise from
judgmental rations its postured seating
shuffles
truant souffle
into hamster mix its reptile juncture duly shed as skin
from past life implantations renewed
the gift of as lurid exile from tambourine home
a molten adagio
later thrust propelled by maternal contempt fore-
as a worn spigot grounding the last axe before blood
extracted its last entreaty forecasts
varicose leading victors to fits of whimpering
in its chosen denial as dread as its pancake lust
vein

or the latent distrust the habit

of centipede packets averting a shred of a sterile
when thirsty lumens
throttle night’s bevel flow

-65-
whose gravid internal sockets
SPREAD SPROCKETS
while pocketing AMONG
heir parts PROSPEROUS
avidly
pose tactile repellents
WHOSE PRACTICALwent
their conjunctions DISPELLING
dead MYTHS
amid avid ventilators
INVITES INJOINING
as pockets THEthe
outed inside ENAMORED
cult
wanderingrocket a no-name
pentatonicthread
TO SOCKET HATRED BY A PLUG
through the handles
of a four-square rectum precise as need
to a quandary of squid repellent
FOR A POPULAR OUTLET
in its hurrisome calculations that once
natal as a saxophone whiplash
MOST
WHILE
DESPISE FOR
proved WORRISOME
ITS GREED
fatal as baring whiplash multiples
PREDATIONS HUNT
preparing
THEM
against WITH WHIPS
furies OF LANGUAGE
barking incomprehensible
AND panegyric tourists
lyricsEMPIRE-THROTTLED MAGISTRATES
for later trappings
or rapping door knockers for a taste
DESPAIRING BRING
of filigreed entitlement starting
NO RELIEF FROM PRACTICAL
disregarding
where the waste of judgment packaging
SEDIMENTATION
the square pellets whose lyrics
filtered
OR OTHER their delegations
WASTED to pyrrhic
THOUGHTS
pose as nutrients
victories
MEANT AS
OR
and
RAMPAGING
equally
ART unpleasant defeats
SUBSTITUTIONS
OPPORTUNISTS
repelling conjunctive
dispelling
matter as the lash

WILTING latter rations

spread their lather fashions brightly
PEREGRINATIONS TROLLEYS
as appellants
across faces gasping
BEFORE THE FIX CAN TRULY COME
OR in
THEquasi-fixation matters
their raw indignation
TREATY CAN FULFILL LOSS
at imprecise vagaries
COMPELLING REDUCTIVE
discarding their repellents
wherever the shards proclaim a lame
ACCLAIMS
AMID
and surrogate flagellants
FLATTERING
compliance
LIGHTLY
FASHIONS
for revenue caringDASHING

like a given first name

and other arts lost to the same legend
ALONG TOSSED SHEETS

-66-
 g
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superimposed text shading meaning A KES COILED
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G UL AR
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bree y tenuous
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c ipping rre ned in
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where r o l l a r y v a us rumor images
bu

to th o o
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t
m breed rogate pa l threats passing
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an a s u a l l e g o r i c a t as the the mist
resist nts vacan d days in
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cets
igr

cast
gn

-67-
the tread of sleepless waters
a cancer
caroling insurgent hemispheres
where pastry unfolds
or their obdurate benediction parties

a land of MATTERHORN FREEDOMS

mixed amid the condolence of a pastry lid

r and its
o
a n d ce ing
e i
v sp e d
o e TAPESTRY BUCKET ach r
ee
t o v the
h th at
r u r fromated
fo eq ei el
unr n a l
interro

n th

structuri
y
u d ial itr termce
i
u renaissance conjectures ri
an nn rc aviary buckets bearing ava
ie i
b c crimson pocket alloys
g

at
ing a lunacy subsidiary park g
structure greeting influenza markers n interrogation
rocketing past projections

r
the veil e ns
of sequestered lucidity ck io
lo at
girders t
o am
fo cl
sublunar vacuoles tending to ex
ascending free speech patterns
the quest
upholding fleet brigantine values
for a
under the seas breaking captive
nude
isolated from plates of foundries
overture a trenchant last remark digging in

-68-
 te
r
x variable
e
fr e
as
t

f
t xt l ry
o
a matter
e

at a
do

mf t as ilianda
e
e foot
m

th
of
ex a y
pressed b
ht e o fqua t
me

te ot
r ’s surly bo

he
logistics
leukocyte junctures smitten
with half-truth vagaries as
unvarying as party nostrils
or ventral tantrum flavors of
locked in an avid sea mix ph
where coiled doilies pose lebotomy
like snaking workers coiled
and ready to go on strike

the verse of unlettered replicants

sur-
prises like

cro ssing

g
id n nt al the contemplating
h r
c o r sla a r c h e plane the penumbral option
i s t brings a lingering
a c the a t r b a l o s
lassitude
to a p i d a before the moment
a g
of n d h i n n t before the moment
a
b a nc c h before
e n
cl p e the movement
conjoins the ancient
schism

-69-
 the gathered ratchets jam
fortitude assemblies
for s
e breaking
shel eking cur
te an oscillation
near r under v amid
e th
suita st object e

e
the tenor of sacrosanct

wi
b
a n d le to saf

th
pom e a gadget bag rumors

ho
marb e g r a ty

ld
le na

in
fixtu s intent t e

g
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filled

re
f
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en
du
euphoria

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along
dazz
li n of ru a coast
g arth

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o
o

r
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flig

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ht

landmarks a ma t on
d r n e
ow l ow r e d inte n a t
to

tu s r a
fix r b l e e g afety
n a tri
g
g
tract m
er m a p o to s c t
d
ed sl an table objer the
op i t
su res unde
night a
ne lter ing
e
to inva- e k
can sion sh see
vas for
or any interest
in an irrigation sublet

where beetle plumage

feathers reed disgust

among right-
(if wing couplets
the truth
be
sold)

-70-
wary of winging birds
on the ducktailed mentor flap the
irrigating a tenuous fabrication
remnants
fluid as a desert in a flat
campaign.They fear as any
other

PROCURING ventricle
assault
DISSOLUTION ha
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the ice cap
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vents
di
cta t turbulent condom dispensers
ion
ros serving
te cost-conscious
pplicants r
when
a pancreas
n
e
e to immanent facelift omelet
d
not reply in silence reviving
custom servants
-71-
hinting at

carousel mutiny gridlock goddess

painted to the ears

iNdigo as a burnt so uffle

gentrified
under strata
luminescent seals a variables
corpulent laurel
pattern
atalytic modular
c

motion emulsion
e la

sonnets
pse
s

dorsal
rad

ca

amalgams
i

l infin
i
cur tives
ate
tex ry
t bo x luxu

dIGITAL
an

it em

ANAGRAMS
no

t
to be taken
at risque
gatherings
tline

vacant enzyme polish

or matters of
unlik e

i ointment as
butane insignia damper
rr

proceedings
ou
ga i

tio may vary in

complacent metronomes n
n

a nomenclature
threading vicarious needles

breathing slowly in the damp

definitions dashing toward epaulet squalor

-72-
hidden
behind factotum assemblies
a watchful ledger in the list

cringing
from scrotal satisfaction a quick snatch
due
of

embryonic variable strata

tonal of the stem cell republic
accretion
supplements the wince proclaiming the high ground
of its self-
styled victors
where wood

(an either-and proposition) winking

at the cross

makes deals of their moral tapestry

isolating

car
rion
extra-marital shrubbery

the
line
or a rched

ing
sco

work ce of behind
a
sun

the p w the
a slo ard
-

s h i v i l s t s e fied

t bushes
mus alent
a r e g he n s
p r ing r i a l r a r i

v
in e

equi eir
repl

br p e n y

g
im a

to th
t h h e es i e s s t e
as

ei n t
ica

sab- h
r
w

c a h ru v e o d

bat
la i b i l i a m

r b i r k st n u l
ogation

o x i n to s u a t
s

yls g
th w o r m
t
h

of e

t
fel
e l c o ty
t h cru p l e r

n
u el
at i l

lust ev
ed

yl
abr

an cy
s

at
p o

of
n
rre
h cu
a wealt of

-73-
but LEVEL OF ABANDONMENT
the
e st
hi gh
outward g
hint at
a

erin

th
coursing

e lates
s
wa g
to the land of the venue
g

bitter effigies of
tw
ager
lost pursuit
not a

*
left
for
a corollary bypass as pentacular
as a debutante
in her becoming
half
past fast aw a
the tentacles

it i
coro- across
ng
th
nary the brim
e n

outlook of a true
center lanyard ex t
gr
waging
im

n c
o a rh
excavation

n l aps
e l o dy
d i
a t
r
e
or
the
s
t

lo we
-74-
paranormal subjunctive ossification platelets
panel the questioned zoo,
a tonic as reflexive
as bent automotives. The factor seen squarely

reroute
the tentacles of alludes to amethyst injunctions
polyandrous cortical as nirvana wedges

auxiliary
ligaments reach or depilatory seepage nesting
fiercely for the in the lower quadrants
best keeping or
su
sp
sledge that will icions
serve ointment su
mma
headings to the tions
vacant-minded
within the corps
indentured to a no
failed reciprocal there
to speak the
wager staged to
enhance aging of first
relations within of the
the auspicious legions
circles coursing imperiled
the edge of
their vengeful
when *
admonitions,
the sore ledger reaches its
tallies the gray core catalogue.
suppression as Effluvial transgression
still extant here will cultivate digital risk
or there, fear as engagement at the mere
past intentions
mention of circuitry tablets
raging blood
clamors strick- disengaging empty cuticles
en at the sky or to enrage their
at tablets below forerunners

remodels
an aching
tabloid
fixture
cla
ndes ards
tine rutabaga sh
-75-
the hazmat affectation
transits pellucid vagaries
to reticent catacomb amours auntlet
g

h a
talking
he

um
zards
t
imagist terrari

insi otten
a deep

gnia
g
ma

for
reflection
nagerial
te
of
v
or rr
ac

per re dai
ant corolla

item
rid
the in
g
n
uctive
c a nitra
units tap te
ult
t

ra
ie cts
r

catapult transit options translucent

restores the quadrant vagaries pedi-
to salvage
modulation pits
catatonic
cure
as a
arrange-
stion
in n que ments
or
e -w

moving the lofting

a tim

a
basket sterile
m
ar rampage
k in
g

-76-
instigating puerile
investigating anodyne

eter
cardiogram infractions
and its receptive vagaries

an p pos
m

y er- i-
s
conjoined as fluid septic,

u
us
and dated requests

im n s
ilo

tio rate
animosity a paradigm
a per

g
for its intrusion
for inquisitive conjunctions
disjunction needs its own

pi
in th

ha res n
lla
hammer buttons, a see-

tu ctio
to rs

rm ca
ge
a
through warranty fixated

on llin
dissecting
ev

ic g
upon a thorough despair

st
ag
ill
whose enjoined molecules
mordant thoroughfare

ric
eo
evoke a constabulary void

-
fm
as its aching whereabouts
etho
isolationism dic
outl
ets
before
w
turbulent imperiled by imperial
a reluctance
r matador fixations
to enter the city
upending a stated nation
s uncentered
append their slated doom
its slow avidity
a legal target indentured
pending
lower divinity
in discordant
signatories as disclaimer
subsections

-77-
REVERBERATES
monocle tabloid clusters
fulfilling their true dots ralled
th

pit en
turns coffee into pyramids
a sa

ith its ref

tainting the arachnid shuffle nc
souffle. tim
onious flavor
Burning pyres
gyrate blasphemous wind cascades

lec
or mid-level functions

tions
impelling the flexure of indentation

and w
ne r-
ir u s
its surfeit
t he o p s k e t s as
v er l o t r i n s a t
formulae re des id rou cos e any
e
h a o o h
w sc fact am ons t, t ot item
abandoned ca al ng cti r no is n g that
re azi affe o nk ilin
in the truant glitch of ancient currency bl st tive bri h fa grows
surfacing lo fec ry ort slowly
in a surface amidst ef lita w
so pit wills to
a
timing, as always, the legend. erescindt
q r
Interference regardless impresario cadenza u
on a raws

fortunates the civil onion, a

i n
day of its liking t s
y i
a t
ry
car
s o
ha

ri
r
cu ario
on

nk

mp res h e lin in
i cu
t

e
rs ion

-78
 a f or
alo ce
as reso
r re a vestigial dynamo
a c
n

eco rce
utterance trekking the
g
w

ed
herew
rse score of a heartfelt path
a

u de

in
u
m along a surface dictum
c
dem

gf
a
oast crossing
it

nd
s

rom i
nd
hal to sopor i
a

s
l box nta tion
va ts nfro
co
a carni

s
le
urly aftermath
b
ra
u
f ics ad
c losed blatant
tru- assembling patio rackets
ism
ve

radio packets
radial pockets
n tur

s
e

ny
if a n g e whatever t
a
c h e n s u al
l
w i l v e r cry
m
e
tic
e n
he angle
fro ets th mo s
m re
ten st su rictu d s
t n
mu ed s s e l a o a l
ri c y
v a a r i c o n i n g entr
v i t
of erm fficul
u an d di
d
fo ver
an as
any can s re
shape to their l a
constricted accolades
or multi-register incantations
of sal harboring thier resistance to

v er any oracular swelling as a tertiary

r e condominum facet vortical to its
very last incarnation rental

-79-
ii nflu
f e
l ue
nnzzaatr a
t r sn

i t aanomalies
atc

anss
hin
g ja
fro ws
the m
vict
of or
a def y
e eat
forc o
f v irag s where their flight
o a nt
ch restores the victim to prior
pen ll con- strata,
r a t e d
fo res before the * acted to restrict
s w
c e r n vested
their efforts

m t h e rnate in
fr o n ca ts
i
and

uil
ib
m
atc
riu ven sce ges
of ’s
he reek
h o r s t no
d n
in ies
t CONJUNCTIVITIS
eq arch ation will antr oe
se sper who im p msh lls breeds the bleary eyes
de tter e gr gu t she b- their sight constricted
a th n t or s u -
m n data
t i etice app than end
i r s r e s to before options opened
as f e n
o stri utli ket ors ni- s wounds for bleeding
their a o c r r u
worried
p re
o ra e
m m ble
m nc g u e e c e tre eer
o
prey fingers
s ta a
v as t th ven a
its harbinger g p g
in ir
e a lon its vice
h
t nts nd shorn
ca f a as
cle the
winds
a
battle of
of
stolen last
mantras *

-80-
fortifies the trenchant peddlers
warping their physical seepage flumes
in the pederasts of deadly night
running from election or campaign
shortages. Under their visors, ads place a
cortical perspective on popular rumination, gl ret
a threat bared to the grin of gummy teeth so itch ros
prowling furtive passages at hours past cliche. sa cke am pec
fo tell ts ph tive
Lunch time passes the devoured at rks ite orb etam ro
of the to h rati ita in ste
after it
th mu su un ons l a e th r
wo e ca ltit ltry ger tu s it e
u
os rn ndi des diss pas ning s
loses biodegradable victims l
fl t i in ed s
to yi de th b bak uas ive
ng as e an in ion
cellulite trolleys bl so fac ner g i
ind re to to n
ly ry p
vats of pure mind in sh o
t re f
hir d
vaulted over genuflects
dg
on posted in the grooming lawn ea
e r
de
ad
en
din
g ma
le cul tter
ad
s
to
sha min hor
avoiding (or nearly)
in tter atio n
b t n
a doggerel transit how lue c he f s
under the looming ev irc orce
e u
am

vacuole frontage at dev r sl lars

the montage where olv owl
igh

all verity applicants ed y

t

w
y

fend their own way

n

betting the track on

ed
ea ve
ge i
their winnings at the n silicon h
gate slamming shut
behind them as they a riot
insure the shortage of post-natal
of apostolic girders umbrage

-81-
 startling the thread of

hamster configuration passages

melting into sunlight pagodas

of apostolic girders
or fading lands of past iridescence
insure the shortage
behind them as they
a sunset value
gate slamming shut
speech
their winnings at the v
as e
immediate
nostalgia
transforms
betting the track on
fend their own way r
av
id all verity applicants t
the montage where i
a
ging c
co vacuole frontage at
aver
a

lle
cto
taxonomy under the looming
a doggerel transit
a
l
rs
o
buttons aveng
avoiding (or nearly)
ing a
f s
c
OPPRESSION
OPPRESS ON a
swept into their REPRESSION
REPRESS ON
l
e
statements of rude
alchemy, a taxation of DEPRESSION
DEPRESS ON cu
leaden magic transformed IMPRESSION
the wary questers, their
IMPRESS ON rv
feats in
of ample polish g
to segregations
pa of ample pioneers to
ring
th
essential to the disintegration a rd
w
e
wo
od
factors so integral the
wo relevant to dredging
rk
investors to find the

isometric sublunar complacency regatta

-82-
 instilled as
illary f

autono
p

cap

unction
a e to r
v o
mo y m as
r ce i c
d e c ssen

c
e pla e the
its re tter c s way
o a
b e f ral m

e
t i t eria s of

wise
me
n o
ve e d t u l t c r
v d
mo ize a eep digits nt cles the
s w t ve hi
c a p e d t o a i l l i n g e cul g

reveals
fail its f or th holdin he
t
gdoaledl
text a lattice
to climb, as visions
integral to

transformation its k g s
a
lo dar nnin
of the gold
ng e r pi
und
to the leaden-eyed predators
incites the
realty pledges con
t extua
l skewer
darkening

a winsome
on

a
slo
w-t hiatus
rack
lapel

-83-
 bitting the mirror
of forgotten words orbit translu
in a habitat c

raging
seeking

en
a

t
s
RELEASE fa

fo
b
from the leery catacombs a ri
where c
cooperation is a at
ed
no
TAKEN s
as tru
from m repe
replica llen
the t
burst of
textual A
SP RMA
sh EC DA
TR
fil

ad
te

ow
UM
rl
as
er
s
on
a

low
scale
ny
t oa e
en t
pell barrica n
d s
r e

he
e e
or u s cad a s u r l y ent wh ed
b ri

dding fr
m
an
b e r am b e h i n d ery mo les va eir
m g v du th
cha e a v i n ck the che val or e
y

s
a s e i ts
k e r w
o c lo ratin g
e t r ie d i n th s
le rac st ry ir r re nt
filtered

k i n g to e n c e t atcher bulato ing the shelte a p p e l l a

loo ambi top w n am await ments tant
o

s w r c
s l o w pelling ilter do erence ccoute f r e l u
m a dr

f f a o
com rates circum ered rad
e
c e g e a r t p a
d g bi in tio int

th t h u
for m q
ar

the
in e l en ixa po
orollary

th sc m re

only se fro e r i n g
ke
d u tu

n
e
at

a v
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rele s e c o
a d
at s l t
r i
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m

al g n

a
th co s ha ha in
a

gre
ix g iat e
at e k e s f a

fi
f
i
p th o

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ortug
e
in

r
a d
a

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i
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v

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asc

d rk g

a
e e
en

dant
-

-84-
the horticultural ascendant

looms
horizontal
beside the netting
of parallel entities

SWORN TO THE MAGNUM

of its eagle blessings

a or a calculated massage
of eagle blessings
low
summation

of cattle ca
rs BUCKING ON THE WIND
omitted
herding the
a chorus of innocuous
legislation:
away crystalline
tion
from the sta ambiguity
p ledge
where they chowder

a pellucid gift
pla en
at to
ure
sm
a ir of plastic anomie
rig
ati
on
tab
lets
conjoi ned
-85-
AMID TOWERS
no surrogate family patter
cornerstones its terror at
mid-juncture, with its havens
fresh as stale ambiguity that
v headliners
e mud wrestling for parity

surges through the ancient

muster, a recreational placebo r at
known only to the masters of
balance who tip the scales into
t charity events

OF
one flavor at the root of
a long-storied digression pill
i the
so
c clarity rings of

h
deridi ng ap
op
a baths
l
t
e for er
ro * to a
le a p
take
a c lo cleansing the drama
a pre s

AMBIGUITY
o ts from a
f t s
th agacaution o weary placebos,
te
e inst their tentacles worn
a x
p a n c i ny r
l l l a ry as dicey fabric ut
as re
tic on the straightaway
conav not where sh
ocat cu custard gear if
o ion rli shifts fashions t
mysf cu s
seetkics e amid tales g
ing told by aching ea
self- remnants r

LEGISLATION
SPECTRal
ARMADA

destructive registration storied as the modular

ABNEGATION
patterns corollary to long
strides in vacant
emblems or instamatic
views of strictures once
presence of translucence
when vehicles gather to
shred their lingering
vicissitudes on aching
liberated from them- hamlets in search of a
selves as from all others vacant populace thread

-86-
 th s e r a l g s a y d
th r d w p im e d
pa to th st to l he
fo l u e t h e r e - ere d e g r a y
by c h d a

r u a l a r p r c h ent
man
p ff e o tin

s, h a e d i c ed e r

re e e s e
ric n e p
ot d t e n o nt a d p

se o n g a g a s
st m i e e
on or i n d i th o r e e s
i

d t
p

te n
to
ien u
nc t cou
u
the
thrust l
a rie of new ti
a
ei s s s r rhetoric
ng
the shards of it
o fashioned
o
is t t lands slowly from
n
unth the rise of a
g

kne burro sniffing

a n
ow
pa deadlock paint
tr
across the edge
abth
of th ed
where the magus
ri
e ir sto
le dampens a ventral
ex ostinato bearing heat
ceto pampered ions who
shuttle radium facets as
THE pt t
blind leopards wink slyly
o realtors
STATE OF at past conundrum cycle
A MESSSAGE cadenzas refraining from it
RECEIVED AS STATUS QUO or any middling crooner who
tunes up the radio dials
RUMINATION VENTING, A SLIP OF THE GORDIAN KNOT to surface ventures
FROM THE HANGMAN’S GRIP, A SLIP INTO PASTIME FADS out west of the
ATROPHIED AS DUMPSTER GARDEN RATIOS SINGLING OUT old east
crucible
MULTIPLE UNITIES SEPARATING BEVERAGE CONTAINERS the
agent renewed
vested laundry FROM THEIR PLASTIC BOND OF RECIPROCITY WITHOUT
from the weight REGARD FOR ITS SURFEIT

of its powdered half-shell alliance

su
as maintained on the mountains
of past epochs las ites
bli er in of
citing the wieght of their reportage
as vantage fans
ste d e
enabling r th m n
the summer’s heat e s ity
urf
with the haste
of a low
eit
montuna

-87-
tilting the sensation a creation
peculiar (fu whose haunting graphics
lly
to taunting paragraphs or unveil
pa
rtly
under the ) (the dissonance of)

wilting parameters
hazing the rooftop igloo pageant
raises the sidelong parlance grip ne
a tongue din r where
its edges lashing e
l at the dance
ou blades a
to goes
ta
tt
n
across the quagmire the storm or
he
hurling hurricane force
cr and its contrary w
e
eclipses the sediment
ue ellipse c
lw rf
early notches bent as
a
i u ba
the lips carry forward nd s
a desire unhidden in s bla t he
ri
zing n
g
laven- the niceties of tabular th
der trian- razors blanking gems icon te e e
gles where from true visibility. th of a rabid le x
lessons seek The razors show a
their own new slow impedance as words
impediments its form shows a win- move the
coloring their ner grinning in the
blackened tent, lips forming a page
visions with story stuffed with its
tarnished
s invitations harbor conceal-
to folly ing replication
dy veil
ur

next
suites that breed
fac

cho to
sle reogr a further redun- in
g
rs
ev

p pe
e a ee ea
age pers phed dancy as craft
bsi

w r e
th
en

nt wa ic
n h
for d e f e g i n g or ge oug e
su
d

y o r r
the c t i o s el c cr p th co
cau n s ap olslaingsiu
n g der the
n se
e
ng
e
sal p ze
lo

-88-
 a paroxysm

ridi

a d is
of uncertain delight

ng
at smegma pageants

tract
per
ilo

ion k
s re u

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nown
tr

n e
ac

a r
tion

as
t t
t i
e c
a riot s a umbrage
t l
of post-natal e l of post-natal
umbrage d y
a riot
a retrogradient shaving
how to deal with
tw corpulent landcraft of
o
gr
ch

ad
ar

ie
se

nt
s
in

* teeing the margin

omitted essen- prophets guaran-
tials beckoning sanctity of select
at their rear gate infected with th

*
for all the ancient in seasons
prophecies con- hatred revealed
cealed spurious for the sheer
reasons cited by tential reckoning
protectors of the permitted exis-

*possible variant spelling of *

-89-
 from the cold indentations
ors barre
humid n

ex

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flashi

on
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no
a in the the

fac
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ma dd

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ea
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na ec r ed
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outs
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y’s t plo
slo re
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be y sh
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co

pilgr
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our c
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ex h o
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fat
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filial

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ca
kin the

drift

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pant

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a crossbow predilection

* narrowing its detergent

fear

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mult
its

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of

an
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the

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lifi
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margin
fascination extract

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nosta sulfate
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convergence as simile

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hidden points near

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making the

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of its own

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mount
a

tu oll si ge
ri ec gn
ty t s

-90-
GLYPH
p e
on destal
a
a M A RK
ts
of i own

inclusion
SS o

a las
the
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lp om
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D oc t n e g n i hw h t g d in
A R e
rtn r a n e a h p er u c e
a re
fere
t-minute vindication o
a nce
E G y c a m to e s r oh
r y r p
unatte
a
R oitomocnoituec kcits s fo no t itnar sted
n im c sre l b u ht g n quarreling
at la w mi t e a ta
stn nev n lli lani liar u dn eht ud multiplication
g o o e
n a e a t rem o f u d n n e l p eht n * l bed
e c wov n e c ssim o c e y r a lots g n * k
wild
card
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se s i t o m a k n om * f e
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aria
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of where through th
or
e
the arrow flies c
ov nant of
e
la
zy
conjectural ambassadors moves
embrace their consulting fi
shores, a penance due xt
ures
the past inequities for the
litigious corollary vacuum
sweeps one luminescent
haze before another can a nomin
at
illuminate its sultry vigil ive epellent t
r o

autonomic configuration pellets

ed e n i s , a m e
pr m r r i o n n f r a g
ica a l i n g a f e
st o u o a t a i d
lo n a m o l m s a

t e r a o e r-
at n r
s tio ve
th d c ed i h e i b u

conjuring resentments
la t o
n

where sentiments lay in

m

st
pa aks l o

sedentary pockets, pure

l e lura

t
s

as driven ankle bracelets

p

vi in

or lavender hostages
l

against the coup as went

e

before the prelude slow

as abeyance in keeping
le xc on ta pa nts
e v lud e d r g -
a
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ol ed c iffs
t h xt n a s i l i n g n s f p p l

cortical
d fro n -
f a su
r o ot e a t d a r

o
ne m
ag ants t tor

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nirvana
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legends
te i l e
e

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a ratio
for tumbling pyramids
lacking splenectomy in their faucets
another move
compel the odalisque
to risque cormorants shade of blue as
diminished former
tattooed s p l e n d o r, spells
its fainting while
on the bather’s lattice gratuities whip
lash out at the
lost memo- v
am
at ries, a lithe o
rw
te
gamble on a i
orth climbin long fortitude d
g with homilies as
old as those muttered
through gritty bands
of respirator envy
in keeping with
their

the
old foraging of empty
talents muskets welling their ludi-
crous sentiments in the face of
applied risk with no start to shoot at or
for except the vacant mirrors of romanian
legends bleeding a new diaspora for storied
configurations repellents lucid as a laundered

*
vagary pellet cursing a buried amethyst con-
jecture sweeting the pied herring fixture
applied to bonnet cultivation when excep-
ions c

tions prove the rule belongs to them

without possession or exception,
the flaccid redemptions of the
ur

past an acid burning

l in

g
am
on
g the
vents

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 the
sterile
br flow truth
in of a dares to

alon
habit become a

gs
intended gw risk of faith

de
in *s sealed
as recla- ad
it h
mation of air to inquiry inside a secret
room or vault or
sa
past pursuits
ra cavern of gloomy
finagled over cments hidden hosts giving body,
centuries past bread and redefined
memory’s last dead spirits, distilled to
fixation module a grape juice concentrate

pre s sion
sup and its
by
ction
sor
u fle
gen did tentac
le
e ve
s
r exte

s
m aker d them,
n
d e cisio d behin
ious y seale
nd
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re th aults th
i
f o alies eralded
ng their r

b e v m
the
and i o n s a
an o
ting eants u
nh
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deci
s t i g
cas ell pag
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fa r e w
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HA l e
tal a arr
m e n s i o n s b erfuge
up p ru bt
of s cket int tant su
ea

e s
od ng thi bla
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a ri
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MAT
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the f a
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configured
configured through
through hysterical
hysterical deltoid
deltoid libertines
libertines
consummating
consummating obsidian
obsidian alteration
alteration badinage
badinage garments
garments
through
through hazel
hazel reflux
reflux condemnations
condemnations

lateral as transfigured lust

repellent garbling trigger adages
lasan-tsop fo

where cowhorns bellow the bull refinery

its due share
th
egarbmu

of glucose somnolent quivers e

d
trembling ancient in the night
toir a

us
th
az
caterwauling insouciance across e
m

i
pe
the lattermost depth charge in the latest holy war ril
s
consuming its blatant trigonometry it
s
where sand dunes basin a hypothetical tide
def
lect
on i
effacing rumors of the due morgue
amid glistened beckonings

transfi
where transfer seeks
gu its ancient throttle image
ring
age
th new dist ov

s
e e ill en

pas
the of es
ity t r i ity
st ati to

sal s
pa c l a r a s
irr
na
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as i t a n za f t y
e n h o e x i s acit
on s

h a en t d c p
e
de r b i abl l u x c r ear e s r o
fe ha

of ad nge ed urie t s r i
at re

a n i n e d u the
ur

in its on r f by s pl i c g oc e
es

g s o fe o u a a p e e t i n p r du
ut w n ath n d
ur
e b ma r s
e m e r e ries
ra r k- w h ste
i ds my

rimless modality sockets

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modular rampage thicket encores ostensible trickery
vertebrae for the remaining senseless, a last prayer for its
a blood protrusion blocking inclusion
for natal types
planin
devoid of ulterior classification in strips
of cataleptic
g plane a past certainty beverage masonry
do
wn leveraging against uncertain tactics

deltoid as an omnibus fractal penchant

a ified atte their
vil sh

horticultural assassination tablets

pu rin

imbue the faint hostilities as true

rch g

as clandestine fracture nodules

as

with airs of G-string paraphernalia

e

lost at the bar seeking host tablets

for interior ratification before the next
invasion of plenitude rejections
glu to s refl

or modulars transfixed at boardwalk

co olv ecti

vessels contaminating irritant fluids

se righ t
se en on
a trans

cre ts

on stolen rampart schedules cautious

t

attendants blink a victory’s red eye

where factotum sentries pursue
lu rampant transit systems sitting out
ce
n t co
nfigu o
ration f la procity
bored reci
breeding
still life at the faucets the veil
that conjure
luminescent innuendo of sequestered lucidity
in tablet form

bleeds discharge pamphlets

among the nascent

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 PMI
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OPPRESSION
REPRESSION
DEPRESSION
IMPRESSION
NOISSERPON

NO SSERPER
NOISSERPON

NO SSERPPO
NOISSERPON

NO SSERPED
NOISSERON the

NO SSERPMI
remnants

REPRESS
OPPRESS
DEPRESS of a
IMPRESS
harrowing
discourse

culti
vated

a swer
a san

among sandy remnants

on a throttled oasis
d where bigamy contestants
cu

v
rve apply square footage in
gh
to matters of hand and

a
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sweeps across ventricular majesty’s late terrain s
n
o of pell i
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conjo

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alon
re th

c
nt wou

id

g r
y

inin sty
a
symm
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th
e plane wh
e g the a
t varicose m
omnibus pageant
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h
etr t i

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ya

ei h
m nju ts t
nctions last fabric
a
r g
the vestige sits witless prestige n
g facing outward races toward
i at the corollary o

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its newest mor-
n breathing its tuary breeding l
last injunction a past functions a
s particle sweep on a slow weep

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abrogating the constabulary
to seed buttons

afflicted with tremolo discourse incursions

where the last centurion h
a
sits r
m r
a on o
r w
r his
o
w custom lapel visor

watching

the newly attested

newly referenced

* at

play

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