PERSONISM: A MANIFESTO

(from) THE LIFE OF SLEEPBECKETT SLEEPUnanswerable clamour.A question of audience.Everyday objects translateinto texture. A pebblein my mouth. Testicle &testify. Naughty parrot.The fiction of fictionis that I am writing this. Istruck — not hard —no, I pushed — no, notpushing. Describe objects,replace the dog, the body’slong madness, rubbish.ROUTINE SLEEPmonkey follows funkymonkey snarls, so cheekymonkey cannot master remote controlmonkey knows nothing of Tony Danzamonkey is bored by Tony Danzamonkey whistles, jumping on plushmonkey feels, perhaps, a martial arts flick?monkey describes precise backrubmonkey submits for inspectionmonkey retracts “having a bad day”Lowenthal 10