Eustachian Tube in Staccato

--------------------- for Eugen Braeunig

The right of admission

put into a trance

eulogy of me the eunuch

augmenting the auburn hair´s breadth

which severs our bridge

& yes auburn means reddish-brown

so burn me and redeploy

my reduced circumstances

to a brand new reductio ad absurdum

which in gaelic stands for

ablution at retention

like a deluge deluxe

one long

extended exhale,

force applied at one

point transmitted to another point

the use of incompressible fluids

as one master cylinder

can drive more than one slave

cylinder when desired

if you have read

How a Block & Tackle

Works or How Gears Work,

then you know of

trading forces for distance;

so much depends

on clicking the red

arrow to see the animation,

a spool from a spool of thread:

you want to

use as much

air as you

are able -

improper coupling

of asylees refugees aliens

granted condition entry

victims of a severe form of trafficking

you ineligible:

lie, sit or stand. Standing

is best, sitting next. If you

stand, then bend

your knees

very slightly.

While sitting or prone,

follow your breathing

while trying your best

not to influence it: just

let it

be what

it is.

A complete

breast is 1

inhale & 1

exhale

plus any pause at the end

of the exile. Some

may not have paws,

at the end or bottom

of a natural exalt:

resist breathing

even when

disconfort arrives.

Do not

do it

so long

that you pass

out. Time

it in

seconds, the ribs flaring outwards

the issue and redemption

of securities, barometer

of the economy, I the sole

shareholder

of this profitable

enterprise

crash recession crisis index

a force acting on a small area

creating a much larger force

by acting on a larger area

by virtue of hysteresis

solvent solute

across the membrane

you of the House of Turgor

desalinate my hobbies affected

by breathing, gasping

breach and heave,

labored, jerky:

erratic and irregular and

tentative and hesitant

! mouthrill of snout

hyperventilating over breathing

easily audible

I sigh you yawn

often often

catch myself

not breathing I

snore suddenly

wake up

not breathing I

am frequently concerned

about my breathing I

am none of the above

exchange of gases,

among us four-legged

animals the perspiratory

system is to supply

flood to the chest cavity

so may the 3 mewing muses

inspire & transpire

for me as my misuse

oh Pharynx oh Larynx oh Trachea

won´t he the holder

of my voicebox

through glottis & alveoli

lead me rollercoasterly

to my very own

shaken baby syndrome?

Auto-retrato para agência de acasalamento

A-

pós

a noite

em claro com

Antonioni / Plath / Radiohead

você pergunta-me

pela vida humorosa?

(cf. O. de A.)

auto-devastar-se

a única

art we master,

só nos entendendo

via subtração,

nossos encontros

fantásticos!, cavalheiros,

como anseio

por ele

que piora tudo;

horas

para arrumar-se

e no fim

este trapo?

ornam,

combinam,

caem

tão bem;

aguardo o dia

em que tudo

o que disser-me

o ventríloquo

seja a citação

de alguém algures,

como desaparecer

completamente;

nosso amor durou

quinze hematomas e

a incubação

da escabiose,

minha herança!;

quando acordei,

cada coisa em seu

lugar onde

eu, eu, eu

deixara;

ah! amar é

inter-

ferir,

salvar

se de si

Linear

De boca em boca

o mundo mostra

os dentes e a garganta

infecciona-se em resposta.

Atento ao ambiente como

o ambiente ignora a

minha vontade.

Mesmo equivalências

geram colisões e o eixo

do sal denuncia

o doce na boca.

"."

O herói contra

a corrente, o herói

à vela.

Não há gran-finales

suficientes para todos,

a chuva muitas vezes

cai antes

da hora,

quer-se os créditos

e eles não sobem.

Beethoven

ludibriou-nos.

É claro que em Who´s

Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Richard Burton, não,

George, recorre ao

útero vazio

de Elizabeth Taylor,

não,

Martha, para a

ofensa última.

A escala da

nutrição não

recomeça a cada

meia-noite, segue

a continuidade

do esôfago, do

termômetro, da

maré, da

infecção, da

ascensão e queda

dos efeitos

da cocaína, da cafeína.

Filiação da fome e

as ilusões da higiene.

WHEN THEY SPOKE I / CONFUSED CORTEX

/ FOR CONTEXT

§

 
when they spoke I

confused cortex

for context

& herewith a new train

of thoughts commands

my attention

& mingles

with the native

image seen

like a bridge

adjusted to the water

rather than the distance

it spans

& in & out

elicit

the ellipse of allusions

or perhaps alluvials

I

draw since you

delude

me to hide

your care elision 

§

what a shock

to acknowledge

that even silence

could be

misunderstood

as no yes does

like

hunt & run

undistinguished

or the way

we may name

the dissipation of heat

coldness spreading

& is it a matter

of syntax or coccyx

to measure

reality & probability & expectation

as he said

decompose me

but I understood

reykjavik

& insisted chance

is not

simply a proclivity

gone askew

although all

persist on calling

my purple sweater

brown

§
                    

call it attention

or the snuggling

of facts & a boy

from texas

said: I

live in texas

as the sky

remains blue

on behalf of

coherence

so one

feels tragic

enough to place

signs

prohibiting accidents

& a snake drags

itself upon its shadow

like one returns to bed

after coffee & bath

since pain ignores

the choice

of acknowledgement

through the obligation

of perception

then call it

attention or the snuggling

off acts

§

you talk of

systems

as you talk in