huh wha?

(with nothing but your squirrel impression)
so into that stink water with young hands
or one clutching the outside of the tank for balance
and laid each on the kitchen counter
far enough toward the middle that they couldn't
wriggle stupidly off of the edge
so they could die in the middle of the counter
instead of on the floor
it was a good way to get your mom
to come home

***

he would sneak off while you were talking
leaving you with nothing but your squirrel impression
(shoot the gun)

***

we have "sex on a rocky outcropping overlooking the reservoir"

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it was a phase where i would wear band-aids on
imaginary cuts, under my clothes
you couldn't even call it "attention-seeking"
he lined us up in the hall to see who had left
that paper wrapper that you pull apart
i remember him pulling our pants down to check
but that may be inaccurate
either way running down the hall and then stopping
so as not to kill him by accident

***

we have economic stimulus dinners where everything is red

steak
rhubarb
cranberry
beer
candle thing
tuna
shirt
shirt
feeling of doubt mistaken for
thoughts of doubt

thanatological tidbit

http://forums.remorial.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=6327399b1676cf29c9d9f29a30b6cc3f&topic=2.0

wow. you can get $10 for every dead person you write about. consider yourself warned.

retractable

statute of limitations upon
treaded stone (left serifs;
kids kick over and kids
walk to like dunkin' donuts and)

giant quiet
shining at night

tumor dog run between teeth
want to do things to you
very softly but don't
even know who you are

BEHOLD

this is from when we watched part 3 of the power of nightmares, and then happened upon a show about mummies. awesome cinematic transitions; lens flare. guess who made the collage. ps does anyone have a digital projector i can borrow for sunday's DCAC performance kthxbye?



Couches have caught us up
(time couched in caches of fabric;
his presumptuous self-invitations,
her multitasking conversations)

In a country where nothing is feared
Everything can be our religion
Behold what the man said to us
Behold our everlasting pets

gypsies and gluttons

yay. thanks to thereweretentigers.blogspot.com


this year's transmodern was the best ever, and i'm saying that because i was in two nights of it. jay kay!

no really. it was a carnival. my screen saver ("cosmos" motif; could have been worse) came on in the middle of my video projection and i just kept eating. that's how happy i was.

perchance i will re-enact the corporeo video/mime piece 4/20 at the DCAC for my reading, since there is text in it and i want to dress as a mime for the rest of my life. jgp and js now have mime fetishes because of me. jgp's is so significant that he brought me a corsage and asked me to the prom after my performance.

TLA is a three letter acronym for "three letter acronym"

<3

bender's gone wild

we went to buffalo for spring break (small press fair).

highlights:

meeting all the men i've only dreamed of over listservs; implicit gender politics (open-ended) coupled with amazing curries as food for thought
the homemade elf shoes of the man in the band the golden calves (i think?)
new book with kevin (www.producepress.com)
abe lincoln print by the enthusiast (www.enthusiastprint.com)
a three-person baltimore nap that lasted from 530p to 730a post-TGIFriday's fried mac-n-cheese

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now, upcoming (i'll be con twin friday night for crystallomancy fortune-telling with a three-headed turban, and sans physical twin but con third metatwin playing a rough match of oreo slap-head):

The 5th Annual Transmodern Festival (Live.Art.Action) will be held at Load of Fun Galleries and the surrounding Station North Arts District from Thursday, April 3rd to Sunday, April 6th. The festival expands this year to over 70 critically acclaimed local and international artists presenting experimental performance, sound, film, and installation.

This year, we're also including a special Sunday event! The "Pedestrian Services Exquisite," is a guided walking tour of North Avenue and beyond with over 30 site-specific, roaming, uncanny, planned/unplanned, and esoteric events and actions along the way, including the LOVE PARADE from Baltimore's own Fluid Movement. You do not want to miss this extraordinary outdoor event!

Dates: Thursday 4/3 - Sunday 4/6
Times: Thurs - Sat - Doors open at 8pm, show at approx. 9pm. Sunday outdoor performances from approx. 12pm - 3pm.
Cost: $10 for Thurs - Sat. Sunday Pedestrian Service Exquisite is free.
Info: www.transmodernage.com for details, schedules, tickets

Just a few of the featured artists include:

Adrienne Anemone
Lauren Bender
Blevin Blectum / Kevin Blechdom
Jai Brooks
GOBOLUX
Dynasty Handbag
Katastrophe
Dina Kelberman
Frankie Martin
Kim Miller
Anna Oxygen
Carly Ptak
Spoon Popkin
Snacks
Erin Womack
.... and many many many more!