Kyle Schlesinger

 from Such As

I.

Such as sundries on a pulpy pamphlet. Such as the tide rolls in
and out again. Such as milky reeds an auburn crest of light (just
right). Such as marzipan moss on an Ashville skyline. Such as
come in, cut a rug, cut a line, make yourselves at home. Such as I
can read the highlighting is on the wall. Such as this is between
you, me, and the lamp post. Such as tit-for-tat. Such as the
peacock of peacocks? Such as dead can dinsky. Such as
lunch hot quote. Such as caviar I used to eat as a kid from a
jar. Such as caveat caramel sutra. Such as every season has
its syntax. Such as pure recollection can take on a
psychological dimension. Such as mind bends darts. Such as I've
got the profile you're looking for. Such as only in the dreams of
Doris Wishman is the idea of form equidistant from formal
idealism. Such as wishbone swish, washboard swash, swastika
gnash. Such as as/is no exceptions. Such as on spins and
needles. Such as today's artists do not gain from imitation but
permissions afforded to them by previous generations. Such as
thinking with the poem thinking aloud. Such as my mind has a
mind of its clone. Such as cans of chameleons may appear
empty. Such as an assertion becomes subliminal (ass-
backwards). Such as freestyle swimming on an empty stomach.
Such as the simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth - 
it is the truth which conceals that there is none. Such as a line or
a hinge to gape, stare, hue or Lumière at the lumpish wax
shadow. Such as stop me if you've heard this one: two
somnambulists walk into a bed. Such as if word is to word as
meaning is to meaning then ideology is [blank] as blank is to [
 ]. Such as let reason take a leave of absence - show me a
something I can't inhale. Such as death is an ongoing process
and reality. Such as consumption turns the body inside out. Such
as shun a world culture of stunning sameness, but don't shun
where you shunt. Such as cohere over here. Such as primary
colour me pink. Such as green mescaline (horse tranquilizers) on
snowdays. Such as overheard silence in Tennessee. Such as a
peace of the pie. Such as there is an isle in the sea on which a
volcano always smokes through a variegated cloud. Such as the
angel of illumination wrestling with pale white inertia. Such as
inert but alert. Such as asymmetry in a convex mirror. Such as
short naps synapse. Such as make me a metaphor for the
paradox of coexistence. Such as use guise. Such as shelf life. Such
as the same will never be the same. Such as canned with pride.
Such as all employees are brainwashed. Such as Gandhian
pacifism was embodied by Fuck You: a Journal of the Arts. Such as
art smarts smart ass. Such as film theory is photogenic. Such as
crop that. Such as the class tried to find the voice of the poet.
Such as the body is 90% sound. Such as we come to consensus in
cubicles (curtains for certain). Such as pertain again? Such as we
are receptive we belong to the world. Such as even when I don't 
"get the O." Such as greater than, less than, or more or less. Such 
as I'd like to put you sous rature, professor. Such as they have
and therefore we must. Such as we must because they have. 
Such as just raw, adjust truce, adjoined and adjourned on a long 
journey into night. Such as what's the différance? Such as capacity
building and building capacity. Such as Involuntary Lyrics and
Involuntary Visions. Such as activity narrative. Such as I
daydream on mute. Such as tempeh agency (just hit 'pause').
Such as submissive missive. Such as expand on the expendable.
Such as bites the bullet. Such as enacts, abreacts, abjects. Such as
I can't read pink Pop!sm without thinking Bomb Culture. Such as 
responsibilities are not assigned but dealt one period at a time.
Such as half the people you know are below average. Such as
time is unreasonable. Such as my better half. Such as one tries to
advance and tires of advancing. Such as straight, no eraser - let
the letters lead the way. Such as the aim of political poetry is to
dethronize theory (in theory). Such as one cares. Such as ZZ Top
 Afterburner - your story here.

II.

Such as I like seeing people, on bicycles, with their radios on. Such
as ancient grease. Such as an old song (not quite audible) lifts your
eyes from the book and suddenly. Such as we don't wanna change
the world - we are the world. Such as untucked everlasting. Such
as dime store diving. Such as Stonewall Johnson. Such as the
zootsuits turn to turtlenecks and turtlenecks turn to red necks and
the leather necks are rubber necking - don't look now. Such as T
for time, time for tea, bell for below, love minus zero no limit. Such
as the pleasure of mortar and brick when the light is like this. Such
as I sometimes pen "scrawl" just to read it again. Such as jumping
ship in a parachute. Such as the couth of my slouch. Such as a clear
conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. Such as fiddler on
the roof of my mouth. Such as stuffed quahogs on Goat Island.
Such as every last detail in the last picture show. Such as cum si
come coleslaw and cola. Such as Formica Croatia. Such as a
voucher for this and a voucher for that. Such as to lichen mache to
e.coli. Such as Nate's dad, Mr. Ethier, always bought bootcut
Levi's jeans and black Hanes T shits once a year at a place called
Bob's on route 6 - I like that - just like that. Such as a common
denominator. Such as down on the boondocks with Wallace
Berman wearing identical wallabys and too much aftershave. Such
as kingdom come closer. Such as all the bad names for Chuck
Close retrospectives. Such as The The in every record store. Such
as go-go-bots. Such as I don't get it but I have it and who needs it
anyways - yes, you. Such as cassettes replaced vinyl then vinyl
replaced shingles. Such as I only doodle while I'm on the phone.
Such as I'm on Fire Island wearing a bandana and catsup mitt.
Such as p masta: Colin is the P masta; the p stands for poo! Such as
what mayflowers bring? Such as Rolodex, Rolex, Rolo is a whole
world of smiles. Such as how many licks does it take to get to the
center of the human universe? Such as one writes poetry and
creates a vision - life follows art (Spicer). Such as art is part of life
(Fourcade). Such as in the heat of conceit I lost my blond molly.
Such as a painter is a rectangle maker. Such as getting distance
from distance - show me a sign, a signifier, a lifeline, a hovercraft,
a crate of oranges. Such as incunabula or baby blanket. Such as
another Astrobrite chicken-free patty night. Such as happiness is a
loaded question. Such as you are what you insinuate. Such as
derives pleasure from pleasure, song from saying. Such as blue-
green disease. Such as North Korea's underground "test" today
(roughly the size of Hiroshima). Such as a place replaced by an
event. Such as tell me everything you know about crayons. Such as
all those who believe in psycho kinesis raise my hand. Such as
fructose in hives. Such as black eschatology and white
interpolation. Such as pepper and salt, roll and rock, spice and
sugar. Such as other conditions may apply. Such as everyone does
their work and work we must. Such as such hindrances. Such as I
can't remember the last time I had cinematic amnesia. Such as we
do not will to be what we are. Such as necessary by any means.
Such as manifests and communicates. Such as what is a concept
"in and of itself?" Such as a name reinhabited by a person. Such as
pair a phrase with a phrase, couple a couple more, cramp my style
one more time. Such as why do psychics have to ask for your
name? Such as already ready. Such as greasy wigs, a cookie jar
collection, women's shoes - name that icon. Such as altruism and
conditioner in one. Such as lazy fair. Such as domestic law permits.
Such as injured cryptic. Such as the nationality of legal entities is
concerned. Such as we're talking about human beings with. Such
as the concept. Such as I'm canary yellow and singing like a pigeon
with my head in the sand. Such as dissolves upon contact. Such as
silenced. Such as typewriter archetype. Such as humble yourself
my humdrum country bumpkin. Such as we are provided for.
Such as my headphones, my destination, my right of passage. Such
as the District of Columbia. Such as actions speak louder than
previous actions with a dollop of Procrustean icing. Such as
abstraction is escalating and the pallet is bare. Such as eggplant
skinpants. Such as electoral "reforms." Such as willy-nilly-namby-
pamby-hot-house. Such as if the alphabet was covered in snow,
which letter would you rescue first? Such as blacklight
(November's snowy tears). Such as ricochet in each and every
episode. Such as if life lands on a dime we'll have a good time
sunning ourselves on the shores of blue mahogany. Such as gone
for baroque. Such as fluttering. Such as you ask where I'm going
and I egg you on, and for once the traffic changes. Such as than
why not spell Mississippi with three humpbacks, not two? Such as
I shampoo with style, and all the glue in China won't singe a single
perm for a fair weather friend. Such as hankering. Such as my 
higgledy-piggledy minx for your gung-ho isosceles. Such as
squinting. Such as indescribable persnickety. Such as my
ultramaroon gobsmack. Such as a tattoo just for you, and did you
sleep well? No, I made a few mistakes.

 

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