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Michael Main

Objec(tox)City 
 

 ∞ on the road to infallen road ∞ 


::-10%: if stopping by duplicitous (b)icycle seat 
 
one re*@*magines the pressures to abscond :+20%:: 
 
 
:| frequency man digs it ://: he picks it up |: 
 
 
::-30%: if mighty theo logo guilds him(serf)ing wor(l)ds 
 
out st(itch)holed pocket, (patri)connect(i)cut rights 
 
binding rave dance(o)city mobile(nation) :+40%:: 
 
 
:| heroist man digs it ://: he picks it up |: 
 
 
::-50%: if stopping by a carriage subway senator 
 
w(hit)e cream trades up native currency f(old)s 
 
evergliding (h'ya)tt regency visa re(serv)ist 
 
vision (b)order barter : pi(pest)one crack swirl :+60%:: 
 
 
:| hypnotist man digs it ://: he picks it up |: 
 
 
::-70%: if (b)last rim cylinders : w(heat)grass rod fires 
 
pistol shot object(ifi)cator, (forni)tuate somnolent 
 
(s)light theo lego, left(of)self, one (t)urns :+80%:: 
 
 
:| intel layman digs it ://: he picks it up |: 
 
 
::-90%: if stopping by a levit(n)ation forest (s)lash 
 
sedated blanch (ho)rse pe(e)aks, all blinders akimbo :+100%:: 
 
 
! flick two (e)ye (e)yes at za(zen)ash p(ark)way ! 
 
 
∞ on the road to infallible road ∞ 

 

 

the road to rainfallen road  
 
  
      
given 
 
  water,   ...  luminance 
 
sacredness          circuitry  
 
blue barreled star wheels 
 
rain troughs : circuitous dings 
 
cloud leave(n)ation, dousing  
 
rod basin  ://:  bathing sluice, 
 
a swish, a winnow, a sinew singing  
 
in tides, in tongues, bare bar glass 
 
shrieking tremolos, ssh cracked ice 
 
to spill :: 
 
into the envelope of holy, beat 
 
beat(it)u(dish) drum drop, tit 
 
leaf : hallowed tree rot, flaking 
 
open, whisper washout, trans(luc)id 
 
bomber beads, earth-stinger lancet 
 
sidewiser beer hall bust: sun-aged 
 
in jazz :: 
 
got a bell weather bit jar lopping 
 
up town, wet hymn-knots, lubricious 
 
intu(nation), salivary rhythm slide 
 
rock beater, beadescence: bleedout 
 
blessings attaining the road to 
 
rainfallen road
 

 

 

 

 

 

in the mu(sing)s of miles 

 

thumb (pi)ano :| 
 
t(hum)b belina blue in green 
 
thrumming all blues sonistic 
 
bellow black beckoning telos 
 
(sub)architec(tronic) rosewired 
 
bass plucks, Bb(maj)sa(pi)en (mu)cat 
 
halting at a string, moda(l)creep 
 
no beat: | 
 
in dustoff sandstorm scales, d(art) 
 
deat(tit)udinal ordnance(eye) drops 
 
he ras(sing) torpedoed horn nozzle 
 
diving time: | 
 
timeless thr(eat)knots, wily skate 
 
tapesplice, tonalpistol westy, bell 
 
tuck, egress mademoiselle mabry, lube 
 
the chordal loam 
 
n`mud (pi)ano :|  

 

 

in the temperature of felled trees 
 
(hinge in three movements) 
 
(for Francesca Filia Aestas) 
 
 
 
... theaters of disappearance ... 
 
life~ho~uses 
 
Astride nude deforestations of slack vertical momentum :| 
 
ornamental black standoff ://: barometer's needle nose pliers 
 
death and dying, witch's teat mouse, grimm brothers stakeout 
 
evil(ution) roles, de(love)ment's heatcycle, starry exit ramp 
 
revisio :: 
 
Hear the feath(ervescent) force of a beetle's legs to unmoor :| 
 
in the temple, in a tent of leaves, squamous lives 
 
sputtering intensity wrangle, star orphaning light  
 
blasting caps, lethal par(tic)le push, lust ennobled 
 
be(e) :: 
 
Hesitate at the portals of radi(us)ity :| 
 
holy twinflower, francesca rubeola, rose hip cradle 
 
soil bed requisition, love tappings, char(act)erology 
 
bequests, bowings, a (tempt)at(ion)ing to be more, not 
 
segmented glory (who)les, but seeing through birches 
 
loving joists, keyless entries, earthen en(act)ment 
 
lobes :: 


Hinge where the legs of blind effort are gingerly nestled apart, a ground where senescence is nudged, returning to begin :| 

 

 

Root Sepulchre 
 

 . . . in the fastenings of wing . . . 
 
 
(en)twining I :: gold ajanta snakejar :: mythslant ruin cob 
 
:| smoke bob's'a rumin(ant) thrush |: 
 
 
(ere)winter arm :: acc(edin)g river skein :: ink stipple lumen 
 
:| cavern sc(rip)t gl(id)e less 1 |: 
 
 
(eye)over knee :: crossing s(oil)cast :: in t(end)rils agone 
 
:| evolutating may s'swift |: 
 
 
(oar)battened U :: lu(nav)eiling seedploy :: ten(a)city's grivet  
 
:| c(lawn)ail e(scrap)e plan |: 
 
:| planing sheaves, leafstole ratel, tap x 3 |:  
 
 
(inter)tidal fan :: pattern parabola :: re(comb)inant stopgash 
 
:| mi(nut)e toes maria, naval gourd (plan)tain |:  
 
 
grow ://: no grow
 

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A·jan·ta : A village of west-central India southwest of Amravati. Nearby caves dating from c. 200 B.C. to A.D. 650 contain remarkable examples of Buddhist art. 
 
cob : n. 1. A male swan.  
 
griv·et : n. A long-tailed African monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) having a greenish-gray coat and tufts of white hair on the face. [French.] 
 
lu·men : n. 1. Anatomy. The inner open space or cavity of a tubular organ, as of a blood vessel or an intestine. 2. Abbr. lm Physics. The unit of luminous flux in the International System, equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle by a source of one candela intensity radiating equally in all directions. 3. Botany. The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall. [Latin, an opening, light.]  
 
ra·tel : n. A carnivorous mammal (Mellivora capensis) of Africa and Asia, having short legs and a thick coat that is dark below and whitish above. Also called honey badger. [Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch, rattle, honeycomb (either from its cry or its taste for honey).] 
 
[ Key from: American Heritage Dictionary : Third Edition : Copyright 1992/93 ] 

 

 

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