Caster Quits In Protest

Facing political persecution, &
concerned that a war of words
on the subject of replacement
hormone therapy was being waged
against her by Saint Augustine, the

Bishop of Hippo, via a series of mis-
spelled tweets, she signaled to the
camera operator to cut away from
her & focus on the small window set
high up in the otherwise blank back

wall. Then, in a voice-over, she calmly
said: "When the Bishop asks — & he
will — what is the highest meaning of
the sacred truth, just answer vast
emptiness, nothing holy & walk away."

wednesday newstrip

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A part

Sphincter

The surface of the Earth is made from Bunsen burners, bench mats, matches, tongs, & wooden icy-pole sticks. As part of this premix, animals that died millions of years ago have been preserved & revolve — travel in an orbit — around the planet. Although confusing, these brightest stars are given the lowest magnitude.

The Vulture's Park

A powerpoint presentation of
images related to the royal
Christmas visit to Penshurst
takes great liberty with the
meanings usually associated
with emojis. My communications
degree has lost all relevance, so
have parked it away in a small
box from where it talks to me
all night of the pain it feels
when a leaf falls. Outside,
Mother has turned the Palace
grounds into a croquet green
& now I'm waiting for some-
one to hit a ball though that
final hoop & knock down the
bonsai which takes the place
of the central peg. Maybe then
I'll be able to get some sleep.


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Potato chips

Nothing proceeds as
intended. Idolatry

prevails, some sort of
distraught calculus

in which the trumpets
go on strike the mo-

ment that the camels
enter the courtyard.

geographies: Womblebank

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In the hills, all around

She folded the sentence
under itself. Glassed-in
patios crinkled as the
mountains subsided with
her tenuous words, & the
young Japanese lesbian who
was riding along with us
vanished among the bracken

& tussock. A bird stands in
the center of a stream folding
designated scientific reserves
in upon themselves. Wolves
howl piteously. We count the
lambs, remember the Alamo.

Rodeo Drive

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geographies: Rai Valley

geographies: Cheviot

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geographies: Hokitika

sometimes we fly

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Hey, Ma, I just bought Greenland

geographies: Picton

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recital

geographies: Cullen Bullen

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The Quandary of Painting

You have blank walls. I have
four baby turtles with painted
backs that arrived at Dulles
International Airport earlier
this month. So, let's start with
room use. As in: "What do you want
to use the space for?" &: "What
do you want it to say about you?"

(from Series Magritte)

geographies: Haast Pass

intrinsic

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