12.28.2012

to enact (20 situational poems with props)


FOR CONDUCTING RODS
standing stretch out each to make the circuit speak [any poem that meant something to you]

FOR A WHEEL MADE OF GLASS
grit there and hiss here (points)

FOR A BUCKET, A NOOSE AND HANDFUL OF SAND
connect the pulse and turn signal lift the calendar page to last time

FOR 4 OBJECTS UNDER 10 LBS
ask me about this tomorrow it's no ask me about this tomorrow it's late  no  put some newspaper down

FOR A NAKED MAN, DEAF, COVERED IN ASHES
you, to be my ice cream cone sprinkles and smoke

FOR THREE LEFT HANDS
1. "O.K." 
2. "asshole" 
3. "is there any orange ? this is flat"

FOR A PAPER BAG OF SPIDERS 
the woman lifts her long auburn hair and lets it fall in slow cascades snow on the screen

FOR DELIVERY VAN NEEDING TO TURN AROUND IN MEDIUM TRAFFIC 
chalk, shoes, ribbon

FOR HOT WATER BOTTLE 
in the belly of the beast
shriveled lust

FOR TWO CANS AND A STRING BETWEEN THEM 
things have been difficult lately
you know I know you know it too 

FOR A HAMMER
Cb{blink} 

FOR ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN ANY GOD TO LISTEN TO
a puzzle so difficult that... (?)

FOR A PIECE OF PAPER AND A KNIFE 
this is the last meal that can be shared with the anyone by anyone
RSVP

FOR A PAIR OF MISMATCHED SHOES (NARROW, SIZE 8)
sound of an owl they look to be soft and friendly birds to nestle at one's cheek and throat

FOR A GHOST OR A POLITICIAN AND BUTTER KNIFE
(sexist) wrists with we can mingle

FOR A PUDDLE OF WATER THAT WAS ICE OR A PUDDLE OF ICE THAT WAS PISS 
foglights (whisper)

FOR THE EYES OF ANYONE IN THE 4TH DIMENSION 
the back of my hand

FOR A LENGTH OF ROPE INSUFFICIENT TO HANG ANYONE 
who's on yr side now ?

FOR A WOMAN WHO CAN'T STOP LAUGHING
3.3333333333333333... drafty interiors etc.

FOR THE SPACE IN FRONT OF THE CURTAIN 
everyone's face at yr funeral

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