tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post116483485990811867..comments2023-06-27T16:51:05.805+02:00Comments on The Pangrammaticon: Men of Anger and LightThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-30065806673787620922012-12-13T10:30:25.301+01:002012-12-13T10:30:25.301+01:00Like I say, it's an imperfect example. I lande...Like I say, it's an imperfect example. I landed "Perhaps" somewhere between this Lichtenberg Figure:<br /><br />Possessing a weapon has made me bashful.<br />Tears appreciate in this economy of pleasure.<br />The ether of data engulfs the capitol.<br />Possessing a weapon has made me forgetful.<br />My oboe tars her cenotaph.<br />The surface is in process. <br />Corsucant skinks emerge in force.<br />The moon spits on a copse of spruce.<br />Plausible opposites stir in the brush.<br />Jupiter spins in its ruts.<br />The wind extends its every courtesy.<br />I have never been here.<br />Understand?<br />You have never seen me.<br /><br />And this one:<br /><br />I’m going to kill the president.<br />I promise. I surrender. I’m sorry.<br />I’m gay. I’m pregnant. I’m dying.<br />I’m not your father. You’re fired.<br />Fire. I forgot your birthday.<br />You will have to lose the leg.<br />She was asking for it.<br />It ran right under the car.<br />It looked like a gun. It’s contagious.<br />She’s with God now.<br />Help me. I don’t have a problem.<br />I’ve swallowed a bottle of aspirin.<br />I’m a doctor. I’m leaving you.<br />I love you. Fuck you. I’ll change.<br /><br />Yes, I've read Leaving the Atocha Station. Loved it.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-61891373281870885992012-12-13T10:11:42.941+01:002012-12-13T10:11:42.941+01:00"Perhaps It Is Time" doesn't sound l..."Perhaps It Is Time" doesn't sound like Lerner.<br /><br />I assume that you have by now (it is December 2012) read Lerner's novel. In fact, I recall you writing about it even?<br /><br />But you must read Mark Wallace's "The Quarry and the Lot."Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com