Part of our Shostakovich call for submissions.
his moustache chastely excites
little children go running and hide
open distance talks to the head
shaken parallel perfect fifth scratching the surface
nothing remains tenor voices crossing higher and higher
raise the glass over the harmonica suspension
passing six-four chords a chorale
of so many things
retain the cold what is moderately slow a worm
cut in two
cockles said I love
doubled death said I do
the snow is heaped and fog
crowds the fifth dimension
swallows coming up for air like whales the raid is near
how long will it go on for ? and more importantly
what for?
fourth scale rotund by degrees
this and only this and then this imply this
subjectivity is god
the left and right hands invert the black and gray
slowly walking pace
take the lunar step into the day
the common tone of roots of stones
the same voice
overtake the others by step not by choice singing
the passion of a leaf—
oh deaf eyes and blind feet bare in the light
suffocated under the snow
a nude stick holding out
in the long famished winter road
imperfect equivalence beats and measures a sated load
on the bloody shoulders of workers
peasants the rich overthrown
the next division major joy eats into the minor grief
some deserter running in a hurry
it is simple in the night
the bats and bullets fly
dissonance in the white key the white night
Siberia the stage for comedies
octaves voyage silver hairs journey trucks full
to the ears
the augmented triads build from scratch a pyramid
no one knows how or when or why
nothing matters—
despite I loved you
discrete in the dark stack a staff repents
not to grant not to receive
toot toot
morphine and cocaine cook up the brains of a motorist
the lowest note signifies surrender?
can you excavate a white flag
fluttering in monotone
so tender?
I once was lost
now the progression mutilates soldiers
without faces
cuts and pastes
genitals of men and women
beautifully
on polka dots
cliffs of limestones
bears and peacocks
on public squares
a new party line march on
the general never cheats
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hairline recedes
eras end final pause
after so much
of what can't be heard ∎