IV.
vowel sonatas
the late tale
then several (like five) venture there
(site: transparent teal blue plane)
maybe meet several (like nine) more
then several (more like ten)
gather their flesh outside
(nerve directions: encase)
erect spines near several others
then several (imagine eleven)
see several others being erect (maybe noble)
then five (maybe seven) chatter
opposite downtrodden eight (maybe less)
then maybe less help maybe more
duel several others (maybe even more)
then the then dwindles beside the the
leaving even less gathered
none erect
then the superbly sculpted supine figures
(imagine neat pile)
are raised
open-mouthed because haunted
then the several open-mouthed
but haunted figures venture
near quiet abodes
(they penetrate cement castles, insect domiciles)
then several armed (some men)
dangle celery before children
dressed like donkeys (possible sacrifice?)
then the donkeys (maybe they are children)
shed their purple capes
before fleeing their haunted parents
then more meet less even then the less faces more
then the darkness divides itself
releasing molten red cascades
fiery tongues descend
demanding more donkeys
then the donkeys aren’t children anymore
because different celestial effects
infect their heads
then the dreamers
(imagine one maybe three)
tell their tale near the fire
then the tale (maybe more)
explodes above the telling
then the donkeys
(are they haunted children?)
slide like stale bubbled cream
inside the children
their red smiles
then the disguised children descend
demanding larger purple capes
then several more stories are told beside the fire
then these stories
unable to extinguish the stories preceding them
(note: noises [notes]
begin breaking
ice-clogged lake,
teal green plane)
because each tries extinguishing the others
their frozen syllables dissolve
more tales
(are they holes?
are they moles?)
emerge
then several marriages break
leaving the children to wander
then the wandering comets
(imagine children) return
their blue stones exciting
the cimmerian darkness
then several figures
(some are comets,
others are children)
converge inside the wooden abode
(termite-eaten table?
rotted cellar beams?
master’s teak-lined bedroom?)
where the dreamer
leaves the dream
others seek
believing therein lies the answer
forgetting they have the lake
the ice
the comet
the red stone
then the answer becomes the little haunted question
(imagine comet)
suspended above the lacustrine drinker
(green marble statue)
then once more the then
begins breaking factories
little sweatshops crammed together
under the fiery planets
the children swear opposite the donkeys
the donkeys are secretly infidels
disguised hermits
large drudge machines
they (donkeys perhaps children) become heroes
when they reduce their drivel quotient
then the children hidden inside the donkeys
begin exhausting their parents
several disinherit their progeny
others take downhearted hikes
then the ice age begins once more
(maybe twice)
then the children are cooled inside the frozen lake machine
the parents become delirious
(huge venomous parties)
the donkeys are freed
everyone rejoices
then the donkeys make their mistake
they dance beside the fire
then several (maybe more) meet several others
(some venture where there
they once gathered erect)
then the celestial delivery systems begin their bombardment
then the here (imagine infinite more) empties itself
before the darkness becomes the emblazoned shield
whose foretelling occurred
(inside the faded flame once called time)
when the tale began loosening the blackened tiles
lodged inside the infinitely broken sea
another late tale
hommage: utopia parkway collagist
innovative dream ophthalmologist
(imagine: reincarnated alchemist)
ballet repairman advises alpine dancers
repairs astronomical charts
accumulates glass baubles
paints and repaints favorite
abbreviated accommodations
installs miniature vaults
saves jars and glasses
repeats adolescent’s portrait
another backdrop: tall scalloped ocean waves
(imagine: reddish-orange traces
infiltrating gray foam)
an alternative: fairy tale china
(carp beneath garden
and pagoda above
man and woman nearby and separate)
imagine: an aging walrus
(stark black moustache
large corporeal assertion
placed against magenta shadows)
backdrop addendum: a rotating
leopard flame lamp
(imagine illuminated operating table
inhabiting a non-terrestrial plane)
a pale playground postcard,
a metallic and gasoline mountain
and a heavily carpeted
branching dream
an incurable hashish tale
sang a sartorially afflicted parrot
inhabiting a certain airy
lawn-locked fame
alternating elegant and ragged attire
black tail feathers and tan scarf
headline stars: an anxious man
and an infantile polar bear
a tall handsome kleptomaniac
a handcuffed calico cat
and a deranged cockatoo
a shaman, a magician, and a charlatan
many attended (imagine several thousands)
(final bean tally: subtract
tetragons and triangles,
add fatted squares)
because dapper soprano parrots
are (make noticeable hand and head signals)
a laughing matter (applauding atoms)
an operatic tragedy (spontaneous tears)
a fanciful goal amidst
a year’s harsh entertainment
(avoid piranha tank at breakfast)
migrating audiences gather
around abandoned maypoles
and scream: what about
dapper parrot’s fortunate master
(fortunate parrot’s unfortunate master?)
imagine: a lanky cinematic shadow
walking at dawn
alone
gray rain
along dangerous promenade
black marble balustrades
carved oak bannisters
fake minarets
(nadar’s paris?)
(duchamp’s manhattan?)
stygian stables
warehouses
and garages
(artaud’s marseilles?)
cloaked beneath a beaver hat
that was masterfully snagged
at a pirate’s mall
(ball?)
snappy angle
lean jaw
(hamburg at last)
sable cape draped around
aristocratic calcium expanse
(anchorage, alaska)
(gasp)
maybe a paper umbrella
(scarlet poinsettias)
(hokusai’s osaka)
maybe a garrulous fake
can infiltrate
(large hashish flake)
a thousand banished sonatas
accompaniment: backup clappers
hamming along
elaborate papaya plaster
(lunar hawaii)
imagine: a large stage and a carefree parrot
imagine: a small vertical sarcophagus
an abdominous parrot
transmits hashish messages
via subatomic dreams
a small gnarled traveller
carrying chalk
saunters casually
toward a mountain village
collapsed against
corrugated east
(switzerland)
clasping a beautifully carved cane
eagle handle (emerald feathers)
hairy black plague has invaded villages
many heaps (farmers, blacksmiths, and cabaret stars)
shadows drained
remnants and lava lamps
falling dead
a curvaceous diva
waltzes across parquet
around a tasselled ballroom
baroque fireplace (vienna)
squat shadows patrol painted walls
a tall bald slave, massive pectorals, grasps
an undecodable message
charred paper
waxed moustache
scarred hands
a painter, a tailor, and a criminal make a deal
what about a portrait
a woman (maybe a man)
wearing rattlesnake pants
and plastic antlers
sneaking across a lake
what about an oracle
a taxi and a newspaper stand
(gangster-era chicago)
a rickshaw slams into a bank
(shanghai shenanigans)
(opera name)
plastic-coated curtains part
imagine cast
a thousand aardvarks
shaking armor and eating
ancient ritual
imagine: octane addicts quaffing alcohol
imagine: hammy hands and claws
grasping and clawing at candied spam
imagine: egyptian salad boats
carrying salami and baloney sandwiches
polenta salad avec radishes eggplants and carrots
imagine: large molars and small maws
tearing mashing and gnashing
imagine: a large hag flapping above a gnawed oar
sang a mercenary parakeet and a vagrant walrus
motivation: graft and vindication
goal: manipulate a pariah,
qualify as a game character
achieve championship
obtain refrigerator magnets
gather manhattan maps
tyrolean hats
mayonnaise jars
dead card players
adrift among
infrangible moolah scads
storied fibs piled high
omigosh
tiny smidgin
containing pidgin
strained english
stir fry
mistakenly
interred in
chicken pie
while sixteen
artificial lions
(hairy pride)
vanish into noise
gathering snipers
hanging outside
video empire’s
inaccurate (miraculous)
celestial dormitory
in which “i” writes
in purloined silver
filaments
running
against mirror’s
unlicensed
electronic aim
sufficient ink
slivers
remain in
tantric
potential
while writing
machine
unfamiliar
with grammatical fire
with olive infected
diction generating
emotional swindles
with linear direction
temporarily subsides
allowing uncertifiable
possibly ivory
curtain hoisting
wire bird rises
raises
magnetic icon
quickly inserted
into skyline’s
unsuspecting
brain
sleeping
citizens
receive nippled
light projection
five forbidden
movie stills
multiple spirit guides
prisoner with paint
stained tenacity
crimson chemical thief
wife disguised archivist
failed diamond splitter
inebriated airline pilot
disgusted captive
skinny phoenician scientist
knife-wielding sacrifice
catatonic president
abrasive liquid dispenser
stopping little protrusions
melodic strings
dangling carrion
centrifugal hair piece
violinist holding dinner
(rabbit
squirrel
scottish terrier)
maligned bird limbs
drained lips
mixing milk
into pinkish emetic
whispering outside
fortified porcelain niche:
“idiot is going outside,
wind isn’t coming inside”
invented “i” invents
multiple resistance
machine oiled
identities against
prophetic insects
singing in original
brick spire
outside foreign tire station
while refurbished child’s
trained lizard
ingests tiny
pink pills
immersed
in single river drips
did this leaving
denim ignominy
lightning strikes
thrice thinking
angelic alchemist
did this alchemist
imitate reincarnated
night skies
did this lingering wind
tilt metallic chair
against invention
did this luminous inventor
pile dirt into wind’s
dissipating boundaries
did this curtain’s boundaries
dissipating inside
mirrored pavilion
signal beginning
rain soaking kisses
into weighted limbs
invert premonitions
“i” identical with ink
fish swimming
in
partially
emptied circles
in gelatinous aquarium
instant fin mill
wheatfield coin
bird flying into mist
descending windows
interrupted linen
divisible spies
spreading
mineral glitter
inside machine
hurrying
tranquility’s arrival
until idiots
in seville
begin singing
in idiolect
while dieticians
in nile city
idaho
memorize
their river’s
cosmetic dialect
oval of oxidized potatoes
ode to ovoid portrait of oneself
one of millions
okay don’t knock yourself out
on kingdom of broken keynotes
or count progress of kudos
for jolly donkey choir
who kowtows
before mobile laboratory or overbooked god whose
loiterers surround newsmonger
fanfaron braggadocio blowhard
offer policeman no reason
for flowery polemic
opaque outburst
confession of foibles
robed oracle composes goad or omen
rosy-snouted hero (or porpoise heroine)
drops waterlogged radio through porthole
ousted otters reconnoiter
problem of developing situation
pillow movie: sound of storm
(swollen vapors, collapsing moorings)
overtakes four broken words (outlined bodies)
slowly dissolving above two shadows (oily clouds)
row of coin-like drops of blood (cold horrified mouth)
yellow bottle of poison (potent extraction)
mound of fossils (pocked bones) outside oubliette
surrounding forest of hickory, sycamore, cottonwood
melodic accompaniment: loud accordion, soft violin
second exposure: reflection of mirrored door
oracle tosses stolen book into soiled police station
no mention of embroidered or wooden clouds
choose one: lion memoir or despondent confession
long cloth snow or short torn trousers
no reason for extinction of prisoner’s clock to occur
another form of interruption (or continuation)
interlocutor announces
convoluted plot
now unfolding
over airport
on long journey
from aurora borealis to north pole
one infamous convict
two objects or boxes
four condensed polka dots
minor intoxicants
convivial cartoonist
creator of bungalow bob
hideous mayor
idolatrous onanist
lagoon swallows
former falsetto
ex-director of octagonal school
for pseudonym predictors
gossip gorgers
gory gourmands
orators of obesity removal
proclaim no posterior option
too infelicitous to consider
dour movie mogul
dotes momentarily
on mocha
before ordering
cold orange pekoe
for two orbicular orangutans
one scabious soprano
some goldbricking hobgoblins
accompanying
goggle-eyed procrastinators
chooses dragon cloud infusion
however
for prodigious terrorists
long flowery invoice follows
proper spectators
monitor encounter
no ovations forthcoming
famous monkey impersonator
reconciled to poor dowager mom
before comforting hermaphrodite
record producer combusts
allowing comedian to recover
from fourth neurotic passion
second pillow movie
world-famous pornographer
opens outpost
deco hotel
for incredulous nonconformists
who favor common bond of anonymity
festooned bodies lasso
couch tomato counterpoints
obey flowing narrator
absorb overall lesson:
consolidate eloquent claustrophobias
into chivalrous encounter
of marvelously decorated splotches
derogatory initiations
no longer sole nostril option
for bloated bigoted
roadside bottom troglodytes
muddy putti under impecunious sun
enginous uncle
squamous
cuts
burning
radius
under
brusk aunt
querulous flautist
unhinges
lunging thumb
sucking ubu
tabula hocus
ducking cephalocaudal
centurion mugger
horus pocus
mutters aflutter
thundering testicular
cumulus surrogate
putty upheaval
occurs
plundering your
blunder numero uno
sagebrush thumping
suzerain judges
rumor insufficient
pernicious ouster interrupts
sunny interlude contiguous
houses peruse solarium
umber soutane
squander souvenirs
smut ruler’s
parsimonious suspension
causes suddenly
flushed tuba thumper
unexpected difficulty
prudent instrumentalists curtail
suggestive tunes
sousaphone quashes
further quarrels
unexpected result:
sexual outbreak
unstrapped underwear
truly peculiar nuzzling
circulates through
brunonian audience
fourth interlude
sauve qui peut
aqua quaffing
rejuvenates thumb
suckers
scabrous furriers
multiple injury voyeurs
slumgullion bucket
pellucid blue ducks
under purple clouds
mucilaginous fury
multiplies curse
conjures putrescent
pustule disguise
ninety-nine yaupon rosary cycle
many eyes
eye story
by
lovely
decayed sky
proverbially they
always they
study
(hardly
solemnly)
omnifariously yellow
steady gray
synthetic syrinxes
currying folly
speedy one-way
asymmetrical deoxyribonucleic
genealogy syncopation
toy buoy
boy toy
rowdy yacht
plug-ugly nobility
epicyclical party
displays giddy
byzantine typhoon
tyrant sly epiphany
wacky wily
coyote dummy
defamatory hymnist
bloody study
crony slayer
conveys dewy
crypt misanthropy
euroclydon dexterity
hydroponic presidency
only immensity
breezy cavity
empty skullduggery
heavenly flim-flammery
sunny pyre
rosy deity’s
unruly joy
apocryphal chimney
ymer’s unsightly
earthly holiday
crystal stairway
yesterday’s fiery
fairy gargoyle
gyrating devilry
argyle ferry
skyward journey
windy electricity
robbery fly
style by
tyrannical tapestry’s
cloudy hallucinatory
laundry already
buttery yak
city butterfly
puppy artillery:
archery ox-eye
daisy bull’s-eye
accompanying you
euryprognathous dynasty
yosemite yorick
cynthia sagacity
yolanda yelp
vinyl dylan
cherry mylar
hypatia harry
anonymous humpty
myopic dumpty
androgynous cowboys
stinky alleyway
nearby chicory
heathberry willowy
chokeberry assembly
watery penitentiary
slabby sky
zygote testimony
yumpin droshky
yiminy instantly
thirty yeoman
beyond penology
yummy apothecary
delicacy sprays
furry hyena’s
fancy foray
nobody yearning
story reply
drearily maybe
canary heavy
chicanery memory
system symbolizes
myriad silky
physical proximity
honey’s money
uneasy mimicry
you differently
barely lying
happy family
always destroy
lucky donkey
my sphery
monkey infidelity
cylinder toy
mislays quickly
lying barely
only liberty
poky poesy
diary dairy
balmy palmyra
yes you
belly nelly
inventory dryer
why you naughty putty
persnickety missionary
okays dyed
gummy abyssinian
railway glossary
try onyx
decoys overly
imaginary plywood
worthy etymology
you dumpy
hollywood opportunity