1712 c/o Jacob Steinberg


my eXiStenCe is a momentary
lapse of Reason.



[scored by spencer simone of EEEK]




how do i start

destroying

poetry ?


haʊ du    aɪ
           stɑrt

dɪˈstrɔɪŋ
mī-ˈself

welcome
the year
is
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sickening cadāvera
depleting oxygen
ceasing respiration
the
smoke
it billows.

ugh. what is this shiii that i’m reading
can’t anybody tell me
what happened to publishing?

| ost | rac | ize (me |

its grave
was laid with a
million bears
and too little care
for the ghosts
the guardians
of centuries past
and metaphor, destroyed
so much work thrown away
by you stupid fucking slaves
to minimalist misery

when
you
come
out

your shit is gone

you’ll suffer eternally
for the
sake
of good tweets

XXYYXXYYXXYYXXYYXX
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20 will burn, 20 will burn
XXYYXXYYXXYYXXYYXX
but who on the breaking wheel
                    will turn

buildings
upon buildings
have risen
in flames

and the new york i knew
now withers ablaze
and i’m trying
i’m trying
to understand

where
-o to where-
talent has gone.

they’re searching
and searching
for the responsible
parties

for the death of
beauty
and the rise of apathy.


XXYYXXYYXXYYXXYYXX
20 will burn, 20 will burn
XXYYXXYYXXYYXXYYXX
but who on the breaking wheel
          will turn

Here
, on this very day,
i watched a homeless man masturbate
on the subway platform

and felt a greater sense of alienation
than any of your works ever made me feel.

остранение
остранение
остранение
остранение
ask the formalists.
           (cause i know nothing)

אני לא יודע שום דבר
אתה לא יודע שום דבר
הוא לא יודע שום דבר

     douse the scarecrows in kerosene.

my eXiStenCe is a momentary
lapse of Reason.

how did i end up
in the midst.

we were simply trying to free the language.
and now look how far
we’ve fallen
from even a taste
of emancipation.

and they’ll blame ignorance.
and they’ll blame stupidity.
but both of these concepts are so far beyond me.

XXYY XXYYXXYYXXYYXX
20 will burn, 20 will burn
XXYYXXYYXXYY XXYYXX
but who on the breaking wheel
            will turn?


doʊnt
noʊ
ˈɛniθɪŋ

except
but
intuitively
.
silence
your mouths.
your souls
need some
peace.

(and mine too)

i’ve forgotten
how
to truly speak.

.
.

i feel my bones crack.
into ashes you’ll delve.
but eternally i spin about
here on maiden lane,
april 6, 1712.