the frequency of portraits in post-mortem inventories
in the 17th to the 18th century grows from 18 to 28 percent
while the percentage of religious portraits falls from 29 to 12 percent
-George Vigarello
way too human too fast way too boring too quick
the wrong humans at that
humans that tick like clocks
the saints were in no hurry
nor the poor
every time a slum is being abolished
peoples’ right to get fucked up
is abridged
more immortality ground up like beef
display patties in square windows
no streets to perform on
no place to squat for a good shell game
OTB poetry parlor where are you?
poetry that good superstition
guessing where the third pea hides
anybody can play
you can’t be a bit superstitious
and a bit rational
a little in a book and a little outside
but you can keep betting
and never guessing
and when they explain everything on tv
Japanese woman arrested for killing virtual husband
on the crawl that used to be the street
you walk three frustrated miles
meeting no one you know no one who knows you
you could swear it’s the same place where you had
hundreds of friends and acquaintances
the buildings haven’t moved
you never find out where the party is
The gaze doesn’t reveal anything
it places us instantly in a different situation
(Victor Brauner)
no point in looking for it
it’s not the past or the wrong city
it’s your transparent body
sola la muerte es fuerte
