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An argument for hyperrealist lit.
from Red-eared Slider:
Elvis is dead.
Somebody found him in his bathroom,
his head by the toilet bowl probably,
said Grandma.
Mamma's in Hawaii with her bowling league.
We're sitting on the couch with Grandma,
watching the news.
Toby must have climbed my dresser drawers.
Lucky the whole thing didn't topple.
Now he sits on the couch,
his hands an incubator, a lean-to, a tomb:
Grandma's roots shine
like Christmas tinsel,
Toby's petting
my fish.
Elvis's big, pale face
wobbles in the footage,
singing Blue Hawaii.
from "Red-eared Slider", from mixed states, 2004
Wigestrand Publishers
reprinted with permission at Fiera Lingua
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 11:38AM I saw a website called fiverr. People will do/make things for 5 bucks. Nathan is making play doh stop motion animations with his kids: 15 seconds for 5.
The result is something of an exquisite corpse... with kids.
It Wasn't the Flu (From Mercy Island. Phoenicia Publishing, 2011).
Reader Comments (2)
Loved it!
Me, too. Sometimes it really pays off to trust randomness (and the talents of some guy named Nathan who pulls it together).