Dear Alan,
What I like about the poem below is that speaks to what I'm doing right now
which is generating words--
So much of my life is generating words or tumbling in the words of others
-- and out of (or within) all these words
is another layer of meaning that seems to exist apart from the words --
but below are the words
the words that tumble and play with themselves, with my mind and with
myself.
Words that go nowhere, frame themselves and dance to their own music
seduce, amuse, lie, honor, create --and bore
treat, twist, steal -- and cavort the enemy
(well now I'm trying to create something and have decended to another level
of hell)
but what I wanted to say was below are the words -- just the words.
I like the words for the feel of them in my mouth
like marbles falling on tin
or rats feet over broken glass
clothes drying in the tumbler.
shit hitting the wall
ass over elbow
in a manner of speaking
don't get me wrong
over my dead fucking body
but below are the words
-- just the words
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Sondheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:25 AM
Subject: get attention, how are you getting on
get attention, how are you getting on
get attention, get a lot of attention
swing it, get into the swing of it, get into full swing
give a look, give a stare, give a cold stare
give a dreadful stare, get offended
wrong person, wrong place, don't get me wrong
give a hard look at, give a long hard look at
get what one has coming, get on one's feet, on one's feet
give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
someone has to give her mouth-to-mouth
would you scoot over, would you make a little room for me
would you squeeze me in, nail, nail someone, get nailed
why don't you give yourself a little sniff of this perfume
get a kick out of, get a thrill, gives me a thrill
pleasure, get pleasure out of something
get a laugh, get the big laughs, have the last laugh on it
get something out of it, get a lot out of it,
applause, give a hand, give a big and
give someone the run-around, get a run-around
give a stretch, give a stretch and a yawn, give a yawn
get nothing out of it, condense a sentence
a glare, give someone a glare, give someone a hostile glare
get something down to it, you're not quite yourself today
what's come over you, what's gotten into you
getting nervous and excited, how are you getting on
