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Mark Young ~ Five Poems

  • December 1, 2022
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The symptoms of chickenpox are descended from a long line of priests, can lie dormant in the

sensory nervous system for years

simply by beating their tails from side to side. By observing facts through pre-sight neural tissue that

originally came from Africa, they

have reconciled with the heritage of that fossil xylophone which gave the family its name. Gene Kelly

plays the Larry Parks role superbly.

—

Fata Morgana

We’re sorry, but Cape Tribulation’s weather report is unavailable right now. All of our staff are out shoveling snow in the federal government’s under- ground nuclear waste repository in south-

eastern New Mexico.

±

F. Engels has been studying bellydance since 1997. At this time he has on black form- fitting ankle-length leggings softened by silkscreened images of famous public buildings, but access- orized with fluoro hydro-thermal vent

areas on the sides.

±

To finish the week- end off, dinner with some old friends &, after, this amazing gelato made from an all natural Russian karaoke machine formerly owned by the KGB but now pensioned off & living a quiet

life east of Omsk.

—

Vermillion

The O of the

mouth

*

aromatic
candy

*

the aha-

erlebnus

*

abrasive play-

thing

*

six varities
of birds

*

qualify / quantify / classify / ossify

*

extrapolation

*

the night context- ualized as the exo- skeleton of

an eco-system

*

small- dinosaur

fossils

*

did Munch’s Scream scream when it was

stolen?

*

strident colour

*

vermillion

—

troubadour docent

Bob spoke of volunteer service
at the Performing Arts Center.

Some of the assembled peasantry were actually stationed there developing interpretive materials — | French chansons | popsongs | bossa

novas | — during the Cold War.

The scenic byway has been completed.
Welcome to the National Park Service.

(forensicinfo reblogged this from diabulus.)

He had to get settled for the night.

—

After his eventual return to England in 1688

Selfies are usually the worst, always more than a little egocentric, motives not always as altruistic as they seem. I’m quoting Aristotle here, from

his treatise on how

photographs, slightly altered to heighten the dramatic effect & produce more pleasing images, helped shape

a theory of evolution.

—
© Mark Young

Born in Hokitika, New Zealand, & now living in North Queensland in Australia, Mark Young has been publishing poetry for over fifty-five years. His work has been widely anthologized, & his essays & poetry translated into a number of languages. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, primarily poetry but also including speculative fiction & art history. His most recent books are a chapbook of visual poems, Arachnid Nebula, from Luna Bisonte Prods, HOTUS POTUS from Meritage Press in California, & the ebook A Small Compendium of Bats, from Swirl books in Sweden.

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