it’s our party:

the tales

of unfunctioning cogs

DADA’S LIST

chaos

didactic

fork

node

antimatter

plague

inauspiciously

satisfiability

could

nonwhite

omniscience

C H A O S

Criss-crossing anklesStepping heel toe over,Under one and the nextCorduroy, vel-vet, denim pantsP e r p l e x e d .

d i d a c t i c

The signal

Was not so clear

Shining, racing through

The system, the colors

Pacing

Traffic.

But one hand

Directed

Preaching boldly,

Folding

Fingers over knuckles—

Still lingering.

They stood three,

like adjacent prongs

shifting along

like a cluster.

F O R K

L i k e a twenty s ev -

en s i d e d

S e e saw ,

H i s hat as th e f u l -

c rum

Parts c rumb l e ,

A s hats on h ea d s

B e c ome d i s parate .

U n ba lanc e d

P u sh i n g , c r owd i n g ,

S h o u l d e r b ump i n g .

N O D E

It’s tight in here. Good thing,

That girl’s so skinny, Negative weight.

a n t i m a t t e r

P L A G U E

“Living in an ant hole

Wouldn’t be so bad”

“But you’d all be brothers

Incest....not so rad.”

i n -

a u s p i -

c i o u s -

ly

It’s rough out here

With no one dancing

Demeaning glances —

I got moves.

sat i s f i a b i l i ty

I .

W O N .

C H A R A D E S .

sat i s f i a b i l i ty

I .

W O N .

C H A R A D E S .

C OU L D

we should—

we would—

but it’s so far

and we’re already here.

we should—

we would—

but it’s so far

and we’re already here.

NONWHITE

My eyelet dress

just turned

Foxmoor-tinted.

H i s o n ly p i c k u p l i n e :

G i r l your a s s i s f i n e .

G e n i u s .

L et ’ s g o .

OMN I S C I E N C E

w i t h l o v e ,

A l i W o r t h i n g t o n