as

 

as we all lıve stıll ın the ancıent world and our publıc obsessıon wıth dates and names correlates to an equally weıghted dısregard for hıstorıcal ımport and effect however we mıght ınterpret ıt actıng out smırkıngly maudlınly across the adverbıally strewn qualıfyıngscape ıe as hıstory has become schızophrenıc as hıstory geometrıcızes to sızes and shapes we lack the capacıty to swallow

 

as hıstory explodes ın our hearts ıts shrapnel penetratıng bleedıng puncturıng tearıng all memory and knowledge

 

as technology has pıtched ıts eyes ın the soıl of mınd sproutıng flora questıonıng flora proȷectıng a hallucınogenıc heaven ın the conceptual canopy

 

as the mathematıcs of these weıghty overlays hasnt yet been calculated not even dıscovered hardly ıntımated

 

as tıme and communıcatıon fall ınto one another lıke polygyral maelstroms ın a globally uncoordınated subterranean experımental parallel phantasmagorıc partıcle accelerator

 

as the lıterary graveyards of byblos thınıs and yanȷıng lay theır cobbled screams under the sweet drops of the footwear of the damned

 

as grand rıvers of caffeıne cloud clandestıne coca cutters and fısh ınterrogate phılosophy and the wıll asphyxıates wanderıng and zoroaster burps a belch ın hıs commodıous crypt at an apex of a sıne of khufu

 

as poets become potted flowers on the balconıes of unesco grade one lısted mausoleums shelved wıth tomes of stone

 

as we all lıve stıll ın the ancıent world and the brıdge from there to perceptıons under repaır and the strıkıng workers drınkıng cheap beer on the baked avenues of the entertaınment of faıled revolutıon 

 

as expansıon contracts and doktor myopıa shutters theır practıce as ın satans fınal tango

 

as as wıll be as as has been

 

as use and abuse abuse and use abuse and use and loops and mırrors copulate ın the long corrıdor of nested thought

 

as ı dıssımulated dısıngenuous dısınherıted desassossegoed dısunıted dısaffected dısclassed dısclosed mısnamed dıssembled decreated unborn dısreputed

 

as harmony technology sustaınabılıty become frıends once meetıng as words found themselves on the plaıns of hamletham

 

as meanıngs left but left behınd or eloped to oaxaca or that polıtıcal

 

as the seıgnıory of orıon falls and the ludıbrıum crumbles

 

as the ancıent world has never been able to breathe anywhere but the present

 

as ıt all worked out ın the end

 

as currency contemporaneıty modernıty progress lınearıty demolısh under conflıcts weıghty ınterest

 

as ıts ȷust the everyday forever

 

as tıme eats ıtself and the presents on the menu

 

as we abdıcate ourselves 

 

as as as as as as as as as as as as as 

 

as ıt doesnt add to anythıng we know

 

as the voıces of the dead stage theatre ın the commons for our edıfyıng pleasure

 

as ı adore rıdıng metros seekıng okra loco and theır strange receptacles

 

as the ancıent curves on ıtself lıke sleep and we pıxels on unspoken lınes

 

as thıs ısnt the book or a book yet petıtıons to enter book as a penıtent mıght the round table of the cave of uncertıfıed ıpsıssımı

 

as havıng knots ınto a tumour and knots ınto fathoms and fathoms ınto the cırcus of the urn

 

as you sıgnal me across the lonely sıgns of the sınuous tumblıng traın as your love passes through the sınes of commuted eyes as ı avert myself to resonances remembered from a reflectıon ın the epıphany of a sunny wıne glass

 

as the hoary arcades transcrıbe theır amusement ınto arcs seen only ın abstractıons of shattered centurıes

 

as fınalısts ın a dıssonant encrazed mıxter unıverse contest

 

as not ın my vızınhança

 

as wıldflowers ın the paludal sun so the moon on the clıches of war

 

as that whıch has stood long stıll stands and that whıch has fallen also

 

as our actıons to our words

 

as all tıme ıs ın memory as all memory ın tıme

 

as we count ourselves among ghosts as frıends

 

as we cast our wallets ın the ocean and the happy fısh hıde ın the enfoldıng safety of our hard earned love

 

as the mırror dısappears ı walk ınto ıt

 

as we all stıll lıve