—
the details escape notice

momentarily

that all is in motion
this incessant motion thing is real

lawn boy proceeds without written approval
to formulate a theory of that

while motion seeks itself

unnaturally
in an order of words

73 (count
them) for instance

then drained of poetry
as correct word counting is

urgent

lawn boy
turf master purchases

shellac
crafts grassy memo

such that we know immediately that
we have a number

of problems

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lawn boy knows
damn well

taxation

the absolute failure
of representation

the sickness inside
the reflection of and upon

distant
horrors

someone keeps coming home
dismembered or dead

but
it is not only that

that distance finds a place
in the digestive

tract
lawn boy knows

within it

gut strung and attuned
to the death and displacement of million plus

this distance of words
for which no simile can ever suffice

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—
limit and confine
an activity if

to say that he does this
lawn boy might be asked

to (place) that this into a description
and then he’d be correct to refuse

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bush paraguay land
eyelid tattoos
tattoo pubis

pubic tattoo
pubic mound
mowing lawn tattoo

two cycle anus
ample bosom and
ex president dreck lawn

boy triple x

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carbon and water cycles on
the average lawn—burning
methane surfeit —mowers
to hoes—gulp—self-described

sexy m.i.l.f puckers—gasp—coughs
cognitive mower similitude lawn boy—sucking
fumes—gets—dizzy—yet when
has intercourse w/sub—”cutanean”

gusto—lawn boy used for—lawn
balling till—with flatulence—he’s
stricken—flame throwing
indubitably—whence—his anus

welters breezy heats [his] nether
end and—supposed then—incurs
a tepid peck—he’s left to—eat
alone—another splat—of pesto

—

—
trapped

by a narrow idea of what
it means to be in the world

boom

lawn boy fails to nourish a robust suspicion
regarding persistence of history’s isn’ts

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Regarding Bush’s 2006 land grab in Paraguay , David Lindorff examines downside potentials.

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—
lawn boy ponders the irony
of pavement

repining below an SUV
chassis bent on impact with pole

export boom and strewn debris
shrapnel

and a marketing ploy epithet
generation x y or z via

pathfinder

punctured by sequential explosions
whenever that means petty information collected

and oddly recollects
the peppery fever about a drowning dog’s neck

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—
lawn boy and the peppering fever which
wraps

a drowning dog’s neck
not willing memory

something he might have seen
and his resistance to speech

punctured by sequential explosions
whenever that means petty information

collected

lawn boy spends money on watches or
something

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I would like to brag today about receiving
the Least Commercial Potential Award for
stunt cipher mayhem during the recent
WPVM Spring 2008 Listener Supported
fund drive.

For those who don’t know, stunt cipher
mayhem is a radio show which airs every
Sunday from 7-9 PM on WPVM. As it is
obliquely described in the WPVM archival
list, stunt cipher mayhem seeks to dodge
habitual terms through an exploration of
“Sound poiesis, phonemes, feedback,
electronic or acoustic, broken speaker, bad
ear, static plus, garbage theoretical and,
[...], un sound invert as negative force” and
(ahem) so on.

I should add that stunt cipher mayhem has also featured divers interviews with none other than Charlie Louvin and CA Conrad, among others.

In any case, this is a notable award considering the number of superb shows on WPVM which likewise exhibit scant commercial possibilities; thus, I am especially proud of this trophy.

Many thanks are due to all discerning WPVM volunteers who voted, while particular thanks also go out to Meegan Kelly and Gillian Coats for actually organizing this vote and then making all the splendid trophies.

Thanks as well to Rachel Mitchell for providing this photograph of my cherished trophy.

And last but never least, of course, huge thanks to all of those less visible supporters who contributed to WPVM during our onair fund drive. Without you, none of this would be possible.

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