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| fig.34.2) to change your garden's name |
"Tonight, I'll read to you. I'll sing a song and lay down with you once we've danced. I'll make all of the cancer go away." Stepping up, pulling the sheet that's hanging among the flies that are still here as summer fades. "It starts slowly, not unlike a broken sandal where what you see is still very wet. But then nothing works so well as a shoe. Another thing that's made to be used." Quickly, she amends, "unless it's a hammer, a hammer for correcting what proud children have always done, like politics. This is just another day in the sand." Starting, she spells her name twice to get it right. Once for the thrill and then again with righteousness, as if her penis were aflame!
"I want somewhere to go, I want to live where it's warmer," more warm, she wonders? Opening her purse and putting it on the plastic shelf in front of her. "So much stuff, why do I bring so much to these things? Everything's in here, if it's not in my car than, it's here."
"You might think my apartment's immaculate, my purse being such a slut, right!" She pulls out a carefully folded piece of copy paper, "But I shouldn't talk like this, especially now." After unfolding it, she begins softly.
"The things that we keep to sleep with are an older form of poetry. They fall to our ears like poverty dusting a thumb. One subtle motion becoming the next, while breathing the beautiful stuffs that keep us as wild as Aaron Siskind, as Thomas Blackman, as Katherine Kuh, as Adrian Piper, as Al Pocius, as Amanda Ross-Ho, as Andrew Moore, as Anish Kapoor, as Carie Lassman, as Anne Wilson, as Meg Duguid, as Archibald Motley, as Art Loinz, as Barbara Crane, as Barbara deGenevieve, as Adam Scott, as Barbara Kasten, as Barbara Rossi, as Ben Stone, as Candida Alvarez, as Danielle Gustafson, as Carrie Gundersdorf, as Charlie Chaplin, as Chris Falvey, as Chris Ware, as Artemisia, as CARYATIDS, as Christina Ramberg, Goat Island, as Daniel Burnham, as Daniel Clowes, as Dawoud Bey, as Del Close, as Los Crudos, as Dennis Franz, as Dick Gregory, as Don Baum, as Dutes Miller, as Ed Paschke, as Edra Soto, as Eldzier Cortor, as Elijah Burgher, as Elizabeth Murray, as Ellen Gates Starr, as Ellen Lanyon, as Emory Douglas, as Evelyn Statsinger, as Jim Barry, as Frank Lloyd Wright, as Frank Piatek, as Frankie Knuckles, Scott Wolniak, as Gaylen Gerber, as George Lewis, as Georgia O'Keeffe, as Gertrude Abercrombie, as Gladys Nilsson, as Tim Fleming, as Gloria Swanson, as HAHA, as Harry Callahan, as HC Westermann, as Henry Darger, as Hugh Hefner, as Ida May Stout, as Cristal Sabbagh, as M.E.D.I.C.A.R.E., as Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, as Jack Sloss, as Jane Addams, as Jean Dubuffet, as Jeanne Gang, as Jennifer Reeder, as Lorraine Hansberry, as Jim Nutt, as Better Weimaraner, as Jno Cook, as Joan Livingston, as Joan of Arc, as John Hughes, as John Neff, as John Wanzel, as Joseph Yoakum, as Judith Geichman, as Julia Fish, as Chaka Khan, as Mini Dutch, as June Leaf, as Fred Camper, as Charles White, as Karl Wirsum, as Kathleen Blackshear, as Kay Rosen, as Kelly Kaczynski, as Barbie Army, as Ken Josephson, as Kerry James Marshall, as László Moholy-Nagy, as Law Office, as Lee Godie, as Leon Golub, as Lilli Carre, as Lin Hixson, as Lorado Taft, as Louis Sullivan, as Jeffreen Hayes, as Julia Marsh, as Lynne Warren, as Macena Alberta Barton, as Margaret Burroughs, as Woody Sullender, as Martin Puryear, as Canadian Thanksgiving, as Marx Brothers, Joan Mitchell, as Matthew Goulish, as Melvin King, as Bucket Rider, as Michael Bulka, as Michelle Grabner, as Mies van der Rohe, as Mike Pocius, as Miyoko Ito, as Muddy Waters, as Naked Raygun, as Nancy Spero, as Nelson Algren, as Nick Black, as Nick Cave, as Paul Chan, as Paul Nudd, as Pedro Bell, as Melissa Oresky, as Pedro Velez, as Philip von Zweck, as Phyllis Bramson, as Katherine Dunham, as Chance The Rapper, as Ralph Arnold, as Rashid Johnson, as Ray Metzker, as Ray Yoshida, as Richard Hunt, as Los Diablos Guapos, as Richard Rezac, as Robert Clarke-Davis, as Roger Brown, as Ronnie Woo Woo, as Sandra Cisneros, as Seymour Rosofsky, as Sharkula, as Stan Shellabarger, as Studs Terkel, as Sun Ra, as Suzie Giles, as Twista, as Vivian Maier, as Walt Disney, as Catie Olsen, as Wesley Willis, or Xianggang Delight going on to rattle plums and pawpaw alike. I'll vote for each of you today," she says. "I'll make all of you so pretty, you'll fart. I'll grease that pig and make its lips as big and red as I can. I'll stay all day. Just bring me the mop and I'll start right now."
"The things that we keep to sleep with are an older form of poetry. They fall to our ears like poverty dusting a thumb. One subtle motion becoming the next, while breathing the beautiful stuffs that keep us as wild as Aaron Siskind, as Thomas Blackman, as Katherine Kuh, as Adrian Piper, as Al Pocius, as Amanda Ross-Ho, as Andrew Moore, as Anish Kapoor, as Carie Lassman, as Anne Wilson, as Meg Duguid, as Archibald Motley, as Art Loinz, as Barbara Crane, as Barbara deGenevieve, as Adam Scott, as Barbara Kasten, as Barbara Rossi, as Ben Stone, as Candida Alvarez, as Danielle Gustafson, as Carrie Gundersdorf, as Charlie Chaplin, as Chris Falvey, as Chris Ware, as Artemisia, as CARYATIDS, as Christina Ramberg, Goat Island, as Daniel Burnham, as Daniel Clowes, as Dawoud Bey, as Del Close, as Los Crudos, as Dennis Franz, as Dick Gregory, as Don Baum, as Dutes Miller, as Ed Paschke, as Edra Soto, as Eldzier Cortor, as Elijah Burgher, as Elizabeth Murray, as Ellen Gates Starr, as Ellen Lanyon, as Emory Douglas, as Evelyn Statsinger, as Jim Barry, as Frank Lloyd Wright, as Frank Piatek, as Frankie Knuckles, Scott Wolniak, as Gaylen Gerber, as George Lewis, as Georgia O'Keeffe, as Gertrude Abercrombie, as Gladys Nilsson, as Tim Fleming, as Gloria Swanson, as HAHA, as Harry Callahan, as HC Westermann, as Henry Darger, as Hugh Hefner, as Ida May Stout, as Cristal Sabbagh, as M.E.D.I.C.A.R.E., as Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, as Jack Sloss, as Jane Addams, as Jean Dubuffet, as Jeanne Gang, as Jennifer Reeder, as Lorraine Hansberry, as Jim Nutt, as Better Weimaraner, as Jno Cook, as Joan Livingston, as Joan of Arc, as John Hughes, as John Neff, as John Wanzel, as Joseph Yoakum, as Judith Geichman, as Julia Fish, as Chaka Khan, as Mini Dutch, as June Leaf, as Fred Camper, as Charles White, as Karl Wirsum, as Kathleen Blackshear, as Kay Rosen, as Kelly Kaczynski, as Barbie Army, as Ken Josephson, as Kerry James Marshall, as László Moholy-Nagy, as Law Office, as Lee Godie, as Leon Golub, as Lilli Carre, as Lin Hixson, as Lorado Taft, as Louis Sullivan, as Jeffreen Hayes, as Julia Marsh, as Lynne Warren, as Macena Alberta Barton, as Margaret Burroughs, as Woody Sullender, as Martin Puryear, as Canadian Thanksgiving, as Marx Brothers, Joan Mitchell, as Matthew Goulish, as Melvin King, as Bucket Rider, as Michael Bulka, as Michelle Grabner, as Mies van der Rohe, as Mike Pocius, as Miyoko Ito, as Muddy Waters, as Naked Raygun, as Nancy Spero, as Nelson Algren, as Nick Black, as Nick Cave, as Paul Chan, as Paul Nudd, as Pedro Bell, as Melissa Oresky, as Pedro Velez, as Philip von Zweck, as Phyllis Bramson, as Katherine Dunham, as Chance The Rapper, as Ralph Arnold, as Rashid Johnson, as Ray Metzker, as Ray Yoshida, as Richard Hunt, as Los Diablos Guapos, as Richard Rezac, as Robert Clarke-Davis, as Roger Brown, as Ronnie Woo Woo, as Sandra Cisneros, as Seymour Rosofsky, as Sharkula, as Stan Shellabarger, as Studs Terkel, as Sun Ra, as Suzie Giles, as Twista, as Vivian Maier, as Walt Disney, as Catie Olsen, as Wesley Willis, or Xianggang Delight going on to rattle plums and pawpaw alike. I'll vote for each of you today," she says. "I'll make all of you so pretty, you'll fart. I'll grease that pig and make its lips as big and red as I can. I'll stay all day. Just bring me the mop and I'll start right now."
Finishing, she clicks her tongue like a fat Mayor. "I would have read more," she whispers from under the sheets, like she's something old and deadly. "I would have read all of it, but there are so many. Anyway, this song, it's a witch for a bucket that's growing a dream full of sleep. Now, it's time for bed. Goodnight."
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