¿Where’d you get
that bright yellow scarf,
summer oak?
Die Schreibaufforderung
by Seventh Sanctum Writing Prompt Generator
Her life is essentially the story of Dante.
It will be Thursday, the day of wanderlust.
It will be July, the month of unemployment, everyone knew that.
Torture sanity as long as you are screaming.
It will be winter, the season of infamy and howling.
She is always a woman, which was really terrible.
You can kill an airline disaster.
It will be the day of education, the day of poverty.
There is a story about how drug addiction will be like crying.
If you don’t know about the tavern, then it is time.
Attitude
Attitude—
fir leans to the side
with limbs crossed
to mix coffee & booze & tea
makes me grease
up in the bucket I let spill trills ago.
I ran out o’ the greasy chemicals with which to fill this shit,
legit,
¿or is it just fabricated?
¡Say it!
¡It’s the law!
¡Say’s the law!
Money’s time,
& all time gets spent on ‘ventuallies.
¿What makes 1 ‘ventually better than the others?
¿What makes plum jellies ‘bove the worth o’ butter?
So many things to flow all around,
like bliss, & fat, & clams, & oven mits.
I’m an occult.
¿& what do you spend your ‘ventuallies on,
but tea & booze & coffee
or coffee & booze & tea
or booze & coffee & tea
or booze & tea & coffee
or tea & coffee & booze,
but ne’er tea & booze & coffee—
that’d be wacky.
…
It’s cold, though.
¿How’d you know there’s nothing new under the Afternoon Moon?
¿O, where did you get that from?
¿What friends have you made fool with?
Ah, I know where you read that…
So I try to stir harder
the lucky pot that holds every ingredient in the world,
to sift those that taste spiciest
& leave out those that are too ricy,
to do
Senior Estadounidense’s Delightful Stew.
¡What a funny-looking peasant!
I am a Socialist, Smurov.
(No, not the lowercase kind, ¡you filthy prole!)
const int NUM_O_LINES = 256;
for ( int i = 0; i < NUM_O_LINES; ++i )
{
std::cout << “There ain't no justice—(¡Justice!)” << std::endl;
}
& I’ve left ‘hind my keen Dr.
& my theory general
to be uselessly bombed in combat
to give into the philosophy o’ the sad-faced, shell-fleshed crabs,
o’ the caged rats—
«You’ve already played that DVD, Steve,
& it ne’er worked for all your 5 Zanzibari rupees.
Maybe the sauce would seep into every baggie
if you’d just leave.»
I’m an Anarchist, Smurnov.
const int NUM_O_LINES = 2560;
for ( int i = 0; i < NUM_O_LINES; ++i )
{
std::cout << “¡That's how greatful I am!” << std::endl;
}
I lived on my feet,
I sat on my feet,
I ate my chili without grated cheese,
but didn’t e’en sneak you a single speech bubble—
¡Too much trouble?
¿Too many double faces!
I lived on my face,
I sat on my face,
& didn’t e’en arrogantly show my gratefulness
when you praised my speedy Lorraine kitsch.
I’m a Nihilist, Smirnoff.
I was wrong,
& I was wrong since the beginning o’ the bong,
so said my mother in legend…
look closely @ the diagram to see the legend…
I’m a Magical Socialist, Blue Moon.
But we must return to the chemicals I want,
we must return to the bucket & not the box,
not the pot,
left ‘hind like a chalk outline’
left on the space-age street on which we all drive by,
where the strawberry pancakes are long gone
& left me without a throat to sing the rest o’ this song.
I’m a Post-Democratic-Republican-Liberal-Modernist-Progressive-Anarcho-Rasputinist-Socialian, Smurov
Go all the way
to KARAOKE NIGHT, ¿eh?
«(DUH, DUH, DUH)
You think you got us #’d…
(DUH, DUH, DUH)
but we will strike like thunder…
(DUH, DUH, DUH)
We’ll fucking strike like lightning…
(DUH, DUH, DUH)
& be exactly as exciting…
(DUH, DUH, DUH)
& now you say we’re grime…
(DUH, DUH, DUH)
say we’re a coconut without a lime…
(DUH, DUH, DUH)
Well, you need to realize…
(DUH, DUH, DUH)
that grease ne’er dies—
¡Fight!»
I’m a Schliferpus, Smurtov.
No, I’m solo fuckin wit yo, habanero.
morgen
I don’t want to go to work tomorrow.
I don’t want to not want to go to work tomorrow.
I ne’er want to not go to work tomorrow.
But tomorrow always threatens tonight
& frightens them ‘way,
leaving no one to protect the days,
till they, too, ‘scape from me.
¿Now where will I find the time to breathe?
many trees
many trees
pass my car without
saying hi
Die Unrichtigkeit (KARAOKE NIGHT X)
¡You were WROOONG!
¡since the beginning o’ the bomb!
¡You were WROOONG!
¡for far too long!
¡You were WROOONG!
¡since the beginning o’ all time!,
¡since the beginning o’ your worthless life!
even it dances
black spring tea—
even it dances
to the beat.
Das Geheimnis um die Zerschlagung des Kapitalismus (JODÉTE NO VOY A HACER LO QUE ME DICES)
Dicen que no puedo llevar a casa suministros de trabajo,
pero no pueden impedirme llevar a casa la luna.
They say I can’t take supplies home from work,
but they can’t stop me from taking home the moon.
hours after lunch
hours after lunch
stuck to my thumb
peanut butter