Saturday, April 5, 2008

The Roman Nineteen Hundereds

As I Bleed to Death, After some time, These dead men occur to me

In my place where we collect the dead new

denizens emerge of note tonight these fair citizens are plebes all:

Firstly-Newly streaming Commoditus splayed his Brother-open-

Electrocutus made-of-Glass for Snapping at his wife-of-Wool

So much, shesaid, was made of Glass, there was too much to tell

Secondly As Born-in-cracks counted his tax this Coinagian whittled the sparks required

Therefore coins required Piled up The dole the common bun the gilded butter of dawn

a workers elegy of Song-counted coins was hummed, Until he died, one more into the breach

Thirdly-the-plot borne of Lascivious’ night-thievery amok will go unwell

Therefoe he will-be-stabbed in the |dark| steel will drip his |dark| blood

(will (drown the (alley the alley) cats will) drown)

In the Rag and Bone shop of the |night| damp pulpit collects in the reservoir of |night|

So much blank paper, porridge drips |night|ly from the edge of lips, manumission from the |night|

Tone accapelas of the poor wrung in the rag and bone shop of the mind:

The stockman’s scared lung might hack another verse

Therefore, Fat Porkbellis fatly warbles

the train counts-his-life away

While by the banks, an old man draws his knife

A Century God I say unto you, a Century of Life?

here my prayer Lord, | | I want back my Wife

now cut

Fourthly, Galvinius carefully/caliously boasts a golden leaf upon his receipts

Therefore, Galvinian appeases his father’s wishes and is

lost in the wash of the River

Finally, Anthropologus’ count is the remaining

congealer Therefore disrobing I just before bed His nakedness

is raw he counts one, a Last-sound catches his eye

My early morning meadowlark churns electricity from her lungs

never a bird song more sweetly said all the cities-silent-crawl

The dirge of useless envy for the dead is all, is all.

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