Bruno Neiva
Dirge
I forget when it was
that all the letters became evenly
spaced
when the wordsallmergedtogetherandicouldnotfind
whereone
ended
andanotherbegan
whenthe music soregular and thudding
all the white keys vanished
a kick drum dirge
whenIforgot how to remember you
as more than a collection ofpixels
a tiny map of lightandshade
animaginingofskin
ina make-believe gallery
perhaps everything driftedupwards
growing lighter
or I simply sankwhile
the lifeboats spiralled awayaboveme
shading bluerbetween ripples
gravity grew strongerandstronger
until it kept evenmythoughtsfromrising
untilIcouldnomoreleavethebed
thanIcouldhopeforreasonto do so
eventhedustthatsettledontheveneer
wasworthmorethanme
Mark Leci
Thom James is a British writer, he has been published in places such as Housefire publishing, Pulpit magazine, and is up coming in places such as Metazen, Side b Magazine, and Marco Polo arts mag. you may see his poetry readings around the uk- Sheffield, London, and Brighton. He’s also a writer/reviewer for Banango Lit and will be attending Goldsmiths College, university of London, to study English Literature in September.
Where’s Wally with Words
(“PoemsWithoutWords: a[i]nterior [i(nco)m]possibility” uses
html code and programming language. “VW5ib3hpbmc=” (“Unboxing”) uses
binary code and programming language.)
PoemsWithoutWords: a[i]nterior [i(nco)m]possibility
<center>
Words I</br>
</center>
We no longer have but these words.
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We no longer have any words
<center>
Words II</br>
</center>
Our words belong to everybody
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<center>
Words III</br>
</center>
int error = speakAMachineMagicTongue;
if (error)
fprintf (stderr, “Error: exiting…\n”)
exit (error)
incurealies animity extrop cryptorious abilitecology
Nonsense words are now swarming
migrating
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across bodies
We scavenge 4 skin
& bones anywhere
we can find them.
<center>
Words IV</br>
</center>
New languages are the skin
& bones of new selves
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writing the eye writing the I
we write to submit the world into repetition.
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We {exist} [n]code[d].
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We write to create the conditions for what
would have never been there:
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occupation.
VW5ib3hpbmc=.
a ma(chi)n(e):
a prescriptive engagement
with the world
misunderstandings & misreadings become interchangeable.
Instructions
for navigating curves
& curvilinear surfaces:
Public Class LanguageProgram
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim UserName, Answer, languages As String, NumLanguages As Integer
Console.Write(“Who are you: “)
UserName = Console.ReadLine()
Console.WriteLine(“Hello {0}”, UserName)
Do
Console.Write(“Do you need a new language: “)
NumLanguages = CInt(Console.ReadLine())
languages = New String(“*”, NumLanguages)
Console.WriteLine(languages)
Do
Console.Write(“Do you need more new languages? “)
Answer = Console.ReadLine()
Loop Until Answer <> “”
Answer = Answer.Substring(0, 1)
Loop While Answer.ToUpper() = “Y”
Console.WriteLine(“Goodbye {0}”, UserName)
End Sub
End Class