…oblivious to the commence here there or barren ashen sunk white knee-deep in shit-reek there was something what was it named after the fallen sun lapse there here or hereafter as throughout what spoken what was spoken never once through there till breach abandon colour it whispers as if it were a trace through empty cavern placement semblance of spit it out collect of bone wither silence no guide as of it all what specious laughter turns into gutter’s refuse the fingers that trace the surface indent of what never throughout given that one could there or if to clogged an artery a fissure claim break null of void of dim recollect in a distancia of obsolete never yet known etch upon what spoken as if to detrace strays from pathway one two or other through pathway cleared by bone implements nothing of it the papyrus of the tidal of all clog out in forage forage it-sense rock paper scissors a bitten snare of black a caress once more through utter dark a hand appears draws back the surface where from it recedes indent no the surface regains winds a mock tongue rhythm close the door it cannot nothing ever there cannot in a vice of some tomorrow laughter’s trace breakage what light a crack where though weeps through to scald the mockery of the once was known the once will ever the once to be until/ as of it along what traceless haven Ave repeat after me Ave parts the traces with rupture fingers cold abandon spits it out a deduce meat none broken stone tablets a trace of excise as all what fathom no it closure around the throat a bind a syllabus a noose a scorpionic falter dense as a congeal of the blood’s relapse fallen unto waste whereof skinning the eyes to bitter sting of obsolete (echo) oblivious to that final cleft below the rib oozing bile a taste of iron or shit in the mouth through prayer it once none done nothing cannot fully ascertain undone…
…of in that of which what of in that cannot as through a glass shadowy reflect an etch into of where meat is silent there hung in suspend neither smeared yet vibrate glisten of dead blood wind asway tear bled alongside as bask in none where through non having ever have as was before sunk of eye where to hollow gouge whereof some flourish null where being is borne down upon by rat & broken of in body vocal absence catastrophe where sickness to dredge collapse it is break nothing ever as before pulsate in night denuded reek of cold zero reflect in none where shit is beneath skin’s travail a carousel laughter bread broken fallen to precipice as crack whip density of rind a deathly silence marked only by extract by blood an expulsion of weight’s collect in tyrant membrane an echo of desire for some noose’s pageantry throughout where night is furnace nullity sees eye to eye with cold chamber zero cracks apart nothing ever as before a subtle as never was bleeds slowly walls astringent traipse footstep taken one before another circular as is/ matter of which taken as before as light genuflects & finds no solace in from glisten stead a shattered vase a bouquet of frozen orchids & stone winds breath as was once until neither in as of what from said when piss for blood is mark a stone final upon cascade of night’s embalm as on & into ever floweth null stop collision rat surfaces to forage breathe of cannot expel it is choke upon at silhouette’s silent edge draped across bodily where form has long abandoned it never of in exile subtle deaths to taste where absenteeism stitch close breath in useless penitence where broken traces & lapse in or of throughout thereof desiring of as in what till a trace of meat a mockery of flesh a passing remnant what hilt through zero cold reflect as rat breaks bones & takes from taste till ever of it what & never of some placement ever in through which lack stance breakage colourless appeal where nothing has never of has ever of through fallen lapse kisses with fragrant meat the collective shat lapse of it is a lie almost even in throughout or of another of in terse of closes it behind as outstep into nothing ventured fallen unto wayside cold shadow reflect a forgotten birth as if where collision nullity is by mark & precipice merely of another hour another bone flung upon where pyre obstruct silently devoured by as it were to ever of…
…silver beech reflect of blood soundless echoing vibrate of surface carrion kiss if atrophic scar alongside never as of once of the before reckless seed of collision abandon detrimental nothing all what once till dreamless speech absurdly unto mock of harvest a wastage of bone step one less than haven echo dim in trace seamless caress of hilt dredge body oculate ever as of which whereby what forage mark smooth calm a breath(e) devour of meat dense skull riddle it this neither of remark upon cold tidal blood reflect of subtle as of never bitter the pips spat out the teeth to follow cold dredge in laughter lung lengthy as of foreign closure solace nocturnal forage nothing of the decimation stretch till pageant Ave nothing of stares down reflection of a fresh cut razor blade reduct stillness broke stone barricade unhinged cold density desire for the one thing ocular fade/ erasure foreign forward trace collision nothing of to trace ever to expose where henchman no/ till utter dark…
Michael Mc Aloran was born in Belfast in 1976. He is the author of over 30 collections of poetry, experimental prose & aphorisms. His blog can be found here & his artwork can be found here.
Emile Bojesen writes philosophy about educational experience and makes electronic music.
Erratum Press publishes books that confront the dead end of educated, literary culture, and deploys that culture against itself. https://www.erratumpress.com
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