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terça-feira, 8 de setembro de 2015

Things to do (Heart) - Jodie Albiston

a. Find heart, and place hand upon it. b. Time
to metronome beat. c. Empty above of all
things earthly. d. Fill with compassion. e. Sleep.  f.
Remove heart while comatose, and g. wrap
in secondary skin. h. Attend to uncontrolled  

weeping. i. Inject with childhood whims. j.
Apply usual pressures. k. Induce another few
beats. l. Install restraints against sudden death
flights of fancy and similar feats. m. Dream
the dream of green things rising through cracks  

in the heart’s veneer. n. Stir slightly. o. Open
one valve. p. Put back to sleep again. q. Attach
block and tackle for (possible) messy escape.
r. Invite intelligence in. s. Stitch up anything
that gapes. t. Arrange wordly affairs in good  

order, alphabetically and from one to ten. u.
Inform media of intentions. v. Alert next-of-kin.
w. Insert telegraph pole for long-distance out
- of-town friends. x. Put heart back in. y. Press
All Systems Go. z. Let your black ravens sing.

Jordie Albiston retirado daqui

segunda-feira, 11 de maio de 2015

Notes on the River 8

Voilà! Slums levelled, wharves, boat ramps,
central planning.
Whites, Koreans, Chinese
in cravats and big sombreros
sip their Caiperoskas
in the Foreign Correspondents Club,
the Nikon 1960 meets
Phnom Penh 2008.
The last His Majesty made Super Eight
for weekly banquets.

In the new arcade of palms
the slave-girl folds her fan
and turns on the air-conditioner.

Adam Aitken. Retirado daqui