alan halsey

austerity stuffing

Austerity Stuffing

they may have beenthe aerodynamic modelfor stealth bombersbut what buzz & clattershieldbugs makeon target practiceat midnight

or

The first person who looked upTetra methyl diamino benzehydryl phosphinousfound it hadn’t yet been tagged.

‘My aim of writing is not to know youas I have no interest of knowing youand would not like to know youunless if needs be.’

or

That once in concealment –that nip in omnipresence –farewell free will – why ittook so long you’ll findend up in a preface –but while the dictionary’sopen – you’re safe –

or

Dark arts desecrated Descartes!Socrates secretes dead certs!Fortress vortices cavort!Thoughtless votaries default!

(Don’t tell latterday economists.They’re all working men. When they’renot frontloading they’re backfilling.)

or

Apuleius glossedin the passageof a godless page –

You – I –

romantic-aromaticcaught-out castawayin Melville’s wake

or

acorns & atoms &Tom’s a-torn

they sing & itdoes so happen that

worlds & trees &trickster-fixers

collide & collude

or

Heritage heartache –folded gold ofNeothomist nomads –

NEMO ROOD DOOR OMEN

– what pensive-perversepower-powder of a new-yearnightmare’s this?

or

one Manichaean candidate’s lament repaid in the latent thee’s & thou’s of a baffled tho’ rapid ballad

(opinion’s opponentabased – abated – beckoned or not – betokened – or so-so)

or

as if money were subject to the laws of physics whileallowing for bankers’ remorse

some carrion creationof molecule-molehills

vagueness at the edgesvengeance at the core

or

what to do with bendynotions of Being or modes of survival in thisdeignage as we say –

there you have me –

stunned by numbers plain as a pin

or

logogriffins stand guardagainst boredom-prospectorswriting reading reading writing

Messrs I & Ihybridised as house-plants

such books could be writtenif anyone had patience

or

themeless anthemrolling news on the Lockjaw channelwhen absence wants alibisharsher than hush ever was

or so Obvious the Pilgrimlabile as a lullabytold Oblivious his brother

or

Such a no-man-clatter –a newfound Gehenna to tame time in –the deipnosophistsare setting things aright.

What goes for the above will apply with slight variants below.

One more symposium should do it.

or

‘so long as there’spizza & soccer-circenses’ –

BESPOKE SPECIES ALERT

SHAM CHAOS BECALMED –

you there shush –

you – cynic crystal –

shush shush