I've seen the end of me push-pull
grope in the echo, stumble rear back
at the torsion draw of origin
or new beginning
sat up with it at night
churned it back to light
where it crawled as closed hole
under the weight of local hosts
because the machines spoke in a language
without mouth, tongue, or desire
because the language spoke in an economy
of parched signs
flags waved to the glory of death
in the windows of those who railed against it
your hands quiver on the wheel
at the wheel you wonder
as someone once said to me
if the insidious machine
will invite incite your demise
whether the push-pull of its throttle
will turn to the wall where there is no wall
where wall sits with its smile
as abstract ephemeral
as a language without the word for wall
at the wheel you wonder
as someone once said to me
if the insidious machine
will invite incite your demise
whether the push-pull of its throttle
will turn to the wall where there is a wall
where wall sits with its smile
as concrete real as any other wall
I've seen the end of me
speak in a language with the machines
without mouth, tongue, or desire
the flags which also spoke in semifore
driven by the wind or some utopian dream
railed against the economy of parched signs
in which their order of death had been inscribed
the invitations incitations of demise
sat up at night
groping in echo, stumble rhyme
to be churned back to light
or new beginning drawn into origin
the hole belongs to the body
the body belongs to mind
the hands sit tight
for there is a fear of machines
that impose their madness upon the eye
I've seen the end of me
impose its madness upon the push-pull of the wheel
where it sat tight in its fear
sat up at night
groping in echo, stumble rhyme
railing against the economy of parched signs
without mouth, tongue, or desire
where wall sat with its smile
where smile spoke of the body full of holes
hole spoke of the mind filled with demise
under the weight of local hosts
On Saturday, December 2, 2006, at 10:03 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote:
you've never seen the end of you
fast
makes sewn up men
faster
has something to do with the machine
i don't expect the machine to eat itself
makes the machine do contrary things
and the cams churn the body
your body is all greasy
sewn economies and transriparians
groped and comes around again
and holes are where the bodies drop
mumbly-pegged the lips and lips
becoming a speed-blur speed-bump
you're stretched on the wheel
incredible churning of the wheel
soaked constitutions of sewn economies
fast
makes sewn up women
makes sewn up men
faster
has something to do with the machine
bodies eat bodies seeped through cams
makes the machine fumble you
and the cams churn the body
your body is all greasy
groped and comes around again
mumbly-pegged the lips and lips
becoming a speed-blur speed-bump
you've never seen the end of you
you're stretched on the wheel
incredible churning of the wheel
greasy weaving through the spokes
speed the thing up
fast
makes sewn up men
faster
has something to do with the machine
cams and syzygies veered through sewn economies
makes the machine fumble you
and the cams churn the body
your body is all greasy
groped and comes around again
and holes are where the bodies drop
mumbly-pegged the lips and lips
you've never seen the end of you
you're stretched on the wheel
incredible churning of the wheel
greasy weaving through the spokes
floating in oil legs spread arms spread
some unknown liquid seeping
and machines stitched from machines
liquids stitched from liquids
fast
makes sewn up women
makes sewn up men
faster
has something to do with the machine
sewn and mumbled lips seized burst caves
your body is all greasy
sewn economies and transriparians
groped and comes around again
and holes are where the bodies drop
becoming a speed-blur speed-bump
you've never seen the end of you
you're stretched on the wheel
incredible churning of the wheel
greasy weaving through the spokes
floating in oil legs spread arms spread
some unknown liquid seeping
liquids stitched from liquids
fast
faster
has something to do with the machine
gears and teeth sewn women
makes the machine fumble you
and the cams churn the body
groped and comes around again
and holes are where the bodies drop
mumbly-pegged the lips and lips
you've never seen the end of you
you're stretched on the wheel
incredible churning of the wheel
some unknown liquid seeping
fast
faster
has something to do with the machine
teeth and geared sewn men
makes the machine fumble you
and the cams churn the body
groped and comes around again
and holes are where the bodies drop
you've never seen the end of you
you're stretched on the wheel
incredible churning of the wheel
some unknown liquid seeping
speed the thing up
fast
makes sewn up women
makes sewn up men
faster
has something to do with the machine
joined sutured and quick bodies collapsed
your body is all greasy
greasy body dirty body
skewed on your fumbled lever
sewn economies and