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By My Mark I Signify

Posted on December 10, 1996 shoister

I’m overflowing with new, and no time to seek it out and shape it. It’s disturbing to know that all

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No Matter Try Again Fail Again Fail Better

Posted on November 27, 1996 shoister

There is a soundtrack to Derek Jarmen’s Blue (I know, sick, but useful). One cut is his even reading of

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Tow Me To Rave Camp

Posted on November 14, 1996 shoister

Take a deep breath and do this double-dutch: Michael brought a junker he had decorated with colored electrician’s tape and

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This Song Has No Title Just Words And A Tune

Posted on September 26, 1996 shoister

We’re all carrying around an unused arsenal of wim wender angel credit. None of this ammo fits my piece, see,

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Where Are You Anyway?

Posted on August 25, 1996 shoister

West Coast Bump City Oaktown O’Town Jingletown, which everyone thinks is named for all the nortenos and their popsicle carts

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Lights Please

Posted on August 24, 1996 shoister

I’m working on a poem called Math In The Sky, after watching a streetman doing sums in the air like

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They Convicted Barbie

Posted on June 25, 1996 shoister

I had to remind Juliet that I tell that story all the time, usually to a stranger who is about

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You Don’t Miss Them Til They’re Gone

Posted on April 28, 1996 shoister

I poked my eye By trying to squeeze the last donut out of it’s cellophane cylinder while driving on the

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And All The Women Had Plugs In The Back Of Their Heads

Posted on April 28, 1996 shoister

How can anyone survive their first painting if it’s called “The Dead Man”? Isn’t that a big red flag? Full

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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vacuum

Posted on January 29, 1996 shoister

When we were dismissed from elementary school, many of us would leave through the back end of the playground where

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