Aught, no. 14 (2005)


Mark Kanak

square bond

environment during the change
      published
               1876 and 1878
       state of aggregation
oligoc / ene
       whiskey, fruit, sugar
         suffixed element                            dein ist mein herz
khz freq high streeted duck
               molecular weight                                     d-moll
  
  four corners floating
              setting to her
   glue

      grooved timber
  into which her something slides                  es rutscht ohne
                                                             mal zu rutschen


so:
 lie in the same plane                                                      schwerpunkt oder
           connect-switch to me                        schwe / rgewicht
     wicker basket near the door

frock on the hook
          error in measured energy
system, made small

 

moment

plate silver atom
                                    er schließt die augen
         vacuum chamber
  eyes closed
                                                        es winkt
                     magnet shaped pole
  waving
                      pieces
picture bowed in sun
                                 magnetic field


                                                      fleck auf dem meer  ←  →  agenten
        on the surface
hole defining beam
                     one eye opened
      onshore breeze
  assa / ult rea+sonin / g
                    oven molten silver silver vapor
flat, sure surface                                                            planum

thin
        faceted      

   impact of soft body
      water squeezed free

 

that is the day


as of
        path of
 moving body, particle                                 umschifft das kap
                                                            der guten hoffnung
 
            around drapes of
    good slope  
she tells us myths                                      sie will mythen erzählen
          shaft of a barrow
                   with verve
       rapidity
[calipers busted]
             drives around                                 will fakten vermitteln

        blockades
  urges rowboats to wharves
        whensoe / ver she
 chooses

      facts statesmen
    gravesen / d willow oak                                    enthauptung des tages
 ruin escape wheel spindle
          

but then:
     cut short
      head gone
  
drawn
done

 

argument


foaming pills
      of derision

      critical notes
 burning metals

          masters at wheel

moth-eaten

oilskin
         acting in office
 on office
     restricting to locale

saltlick 
 dance and volksfest
       
repetition of sound
       [intuito or intueri]

       wheel broke down
    behind a pole
          or near a sign[al]

scroll saw
 mired in night

         yawning,
water gap

rusty gate
    runabout once more

 


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