"All he believes are his eyes, and his eyes, they just tell him lies." Bob Dylan, Licence to Kill
Interference
Author: Dallas Fender
Head Guru of The New Poetics
American Rose
“The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man.” William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell AFTER CUTTING THROUGH A SLICE OF KEY LIME PIE in some dime store diner last week, I turned… Continue reading American Rose
A Condensed History of the New Millennium
"Our history is an aggregate of last moments." Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow Record Player X The Archives of Terror Occupy The New Fundamentalism Pink Noise The Skull of Saint Magdalene at the Basilica in St. Maximin la Sainte-Baume Montmartre Necropolis at Night Red Rain in Kerala "Our history is an aggregate of last moments." Pools… Continue reading A Condensed History of the New Millennium
The Land of Rape and Honey
"One baby to another says, "I'm lucky to have met you"I don't care what you think unless it is about meIt is now my duty to completely drain youI travel through a tube and end up in your infection." Kurt Cobain, Drain You Dollhouse Cabaret Bleached Papillon The Correct Use of Soap Foot Fetish in… Continue reading The Land of Rape and Honey
The Eternally Collapsing Object of My Affection
"The wind kisses her breasts and unfolds in a wreathHer great veils rising and falling with the waters ;The shivering willows weep on her shoulder,The rushes lean over her wide, dreaming brow." Arthur Rimbaud, Ophelia To Ramona Untitled 4 Untitled 1 Untitled 5 Purple Raincoat Untitled 23 Untitled 19 Untitled 17 Pink Rabbits
Cheaters
“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter I UNDER THE SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE, they leaned into each other for warmth as the rain fell steadily around them. It was… Continue reading Cheaters
The Red Balloon
“I sit on a man's back choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am sorry for him and wish to lighten his load by all means possible....except by getting off his back.” Leo Tolstoy, What Then Must We Do I RANDOLPH ORNETTE COLEMAN AWOKE ONE NIGHT in… Continue reading The Red Balloon
Graceland
"The condition of man...is a condition of war of everyone against everyone." Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan I IT WAS ELECTION DAY IN GRACELAND. I had lined up to vote in the party room on the main floor of my condo. By the time I arrived, the queue had already hit double digits. The anticipation in the… Continue reading Graceland
The Pale Criminal
“An image made this pale man pale. He was equal to his deed when he did it; but he could not bear its image after it was done.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra I While Dennis Flamingo was working, something had been growing inside him — not tumor, not fever, not any of the flamboyant… Continue reading The Pale Criminal
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