new poetry and poetics edited by brian kim stefans - Arras.net

A woman eating an apple walks past. Three children follow w/ bananas. The
playground’s almost empty now. A queue of children & grownups at the
Americano van. Large flake £1.20, medium 80p, small 50. Hotdogs 70. Lollipop
lady wears fluorescent yellow jacket w/ silver trim & black hat w/ hard brim &
chin strap. On the other side of the street a boy in a blue tracksuit kicks a ball
against the newsagent wall. On the door a sign says PLEASE ONE CHILD AT
A TIME. To the left of the door, about four feet from the ground, a wooden cabinet
w/ glass front & padlock, cork noticeboard inside. A polaroid of a bureau w/
note pinned underneath, For Sale £500 See Within. New members are welcome
at the Shitoryu Karate Club, an exciting traditional style from Japan. Fitness
training, good rates & a qualified instructor. Exchange your three or four bedroom
garden flat for a three bedroom, three storey house. The Elliott Art Group
invites you to share its enjoyment of painting at its exhibition of walercolours,
The Art of Creation. Admission is free, paintings are for sale. Two-bar electric
fire, coal effect w/ cherry wood surround, ideal for bedsit, £30. 6X3 snooker
table w/ fold-away legs, £90.
Sichuan green beans. Urethane. Slip. Dog on the bell. Rails. Throat of the pass.
The cold cinema door closed on the man. The hot tunnel pierced the town.
Our souls were yards behind us. The little wall was exactly as described. His reach
was leisure. He managed a word with her.
I feel affinities. Pins tend to smart. Grinned wryly seems most potent when referring
to a picture. Surfacing. A position of believing out from whatever is perceived.
The scale on the street is an ingenious device. My very own commercial,
a life. Correlating jars and lids. Sun plus sky enjoys the trust of all who come
inside its radius. Hands and hair begin to protrude as the initials go down. Art
is a kind of reduced object. Neat and solid, like the self. Plasticity is a natural
matter. I leave on the arms of the svelte distributor.
The noise was loud yet strangely fair, as all noises are.
In other words, that’s their opiate.
Waltzing binaries, the first fictional inch.