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OPAQUE COUCH :: PO​*​TAT​*​OE

by glenn weyant

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1.
the cat named mouse awoke in a bed of twilight her voice of clouds cloaked in coyotes 53:25
2.
the axiom of panthers she says is punctuated with the strangled cries of mental machine mutants 39:47
3.
one line etched into forever a tale of ghosts and the detritus of souls 19:29
4.
humiliated privacy interests and motion fees capable and necessary as papers 13:22
5.
this redundancy of being the cat named mouse says she respects in times of turbulant matters bearing vulgar oral witness 25:18
6.
it was once intended to explain all should a housefly attempt to jeopardize our race our sex and the formalities of our time 19:39
7.
then came charlottesville cryptic codified granular distortion skulls full of snakes rotting foundational strata self loathing illuminated by cheap torchlight and a single speeding car like a bullet all cards splayed upon the table in schematic where we are blind perhaps now we will see 10:38
8.
this thought amused her on a train below the river on a track into the city 18:20
9.
when the form is known there is no longer life in the form a new unknown form must be sought out pursued embraced soil tilled tide turned weather changed viz a viz a new form emerges one of ennui sound death no escape 19:13
10.
how many times around the sun not much fun growing old more so growing young behold the eclipse of rational thoughts begun 16:35
11.
perfect tone matched additive and subtractive together oscillations entwined and interactive 09:17
12.
and what orange beast its final hour at last slouches towards phoenix waiting to be scorned 24:54
13.
emotional ouroboros beauty lies behind the static of desire me rejecting you rejecting me rejecting you monkey minded feedback an infinite vortex of our own creation such is life so far 26:19
14.
correctly and distinctly ecstatic fatigue equilibrium processing the dream inverse frightening converse terrifying reverse listening momentum towards death existence the sound lights the womb reality in full attention and awe 26:59
15.
ice shiver still eternal poles driving currents sonorous desert sea blown between earthly clefts outrageous to mortal angels split keeled torn by uncertain winds of swift calmness poured into dawn a world steadfast for wild summers skull cracked innocent glass throbbing beast tainted glorious 11:19
16.
the geometry of electricity flows through her bones 38:23
17.
i have a headache from the magnitude of the differences you have discovered says the woman with high hair something that suggests noise like a pig in a trough a series of combinations loud confused pleasantries transmitted electrical signals publicly 30:56
18.
the quality of pandemonium babel informational hullabaloo is meaningful data about technical fluctuations dazed from heat obscured by gerunds presented in clamor racket uproar upon the shoulders of tumult in noise third person 19:26
19.
glow illuminated on days like these when the frequencies of wire unfurl in time nights of dark coffee black chocolate and unfiltered cigarettes the warmth of vacuum tubes illuminated glow 30:03
20.
reaching for something 42:03
21.
civilization and techniques unconsciousness spawned in blood and bones and nerves companions of your choosing these ghosts of daylight 20:49
22.
the unfurling path of meaningless mindful meandering 39:04
23.
the lights - pre remix for migration of xolotll 41:19
24.
solid and liquid 15:41
25.
i can no longer tell if the name she wrote upon the inside cover of that book with the story of a man who loved a drowned woman the one with coffee circle stains and bite marks and pinhole burns was yours or mine certainly not ours the ink has run and my eyes are blind 20:32
26.
after i fell asleep riding my bike late one night i decided it was time to become sober time to face all those demons sealed away time to become present again time to come full circle time to die time to be born 16:43
27.
said the cat named mouse to the mouse named cat on an extended horizon 21:25
28.
on a bathroom wall i read the following written in blood etymologies used in conversation survive the wheel-ruts of modern utopias 13:19
29.
this toast doesn't even require fancy jelly she exclaimed just take off the lid and enjoy the toast 14:27
30.
and this is why i speak dolphin now 28:20
31.
because of the coyotes at twilight 21:45
32.
in the shed where your father kept his skulls 18:25
33.
the piano is always there 27:37
34.
despite the tyranny of popularity 27:49
35.
in the moment paramount 27:19
36.
the dawn lies with the night 27:21
37.
upon infinite waves of woven sound 23:27
38.
tones intertwined 41:34
39.
begat that 41:47
40.
upon your knees in the church of abstracts 22:13
41.
agnostic visions of an acoustic view 14:50
42.
where the saguaro dreams of the tortoise dwell 22:37
43.
balanced upon a tightrope of one sound wavering free 25:28
44.
these thoughts through their confining membranes slip becoming something new however briefly 16:22
45.
never before had she seen such green in the sight of closed eyes by starlight 05:57
46.
the journey of the reluctant squid down water street in utero 08:09
47.
could anything be more exciting than this 04:06
48.
perhaps the song of the wind within a loading dock beer can riddled with pinholes and the remenants of a mostly chewed cigar is the lesser of two evils 12:20
49.
perhaps the ears of the world listen with indifference in the liquid sushine of desire 03:42
50.
perhaps said the cat named mouse to the mouse named cat on a roof beneath the basement 09:07
51.
these thoughts lend themselves to transition 06:05
52.
in the space where the only sound is that of ravens passing upon wing strokes of a southern breeze 05:41
53.
listen now or forever hold your peace 18:24

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A 12 month sound cycle which began on 7/23/17 and will conclude on 7/23/18. Roughly once a week a new stanza in word and sound is published. When completed full text and scores in the form of a digital chapbook will be included as bonus material along with all sound files. Option to get full access to the work as it is published or when completed.

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released July 23, 2017

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glenn weyant East Montpelier, Vermont

deconstructed harmonic contextual relationships explored and reassembled in the lag-time void of pre-neural and post-molecular perceptions

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