Habitat

It is impossible
to transplant time,

to dig up without injury
the full root system

bluish, delicate, forked,
neither male nor female.

Transverse candelabra
seen only with the aid
of a binocular microscope,

it spreads and speeds
faster than it dies.

Claire Bateman, 2018

Remixed works:

The Audubon Society Field Guide Series
The Peterson Field Guide Series

Star Head

Look directly into the face.

Radiating in a wheel-like fashion,
the absent center
(that small, wind-bearing organ)

may be removed
so that the entire corolla
breaks open.

Exposed, its astronomical number
sings both day and night
at frequencies far above the human register

and rids the body
of poisonous spirits.
Many can be collected directly
into a killing jar or other container
without the use of a net.
Preserved, they will keep
indefinitely.

Claire Bateman, 2018

Remixed works:

The Audubon Society Field Guide Series
The Peterson Field Guide Series

08072017

Randall Smith - Editorial Cantos - 08072017Randall Smith, 2018

Remixed works:

“An existential challenge to football”, by San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board
“Bolster defenses to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan”, by Sun-Times Editorial Board
“Gen. John Kelly’s toughest battle yet: Against Trump’s personality”, by Myra Adams
“Trump’s Main Business—Golf—Is the Symbol of All That Is Retrograde and Exclusionary in American Life”, by Robert Lipsyte

08022017

Randall Smith - Editorial Cantos - 08022017Randall Smith, 2018

Remixed works:

“Court keeps Great Lakes wolves on endangered species list”, by John Flesher
“Forget Romance—New Styles of Parenting Are Revolutionizing the American Family”, By Anna Sanford
“Irene Rosenfeld showed women the way”, By Sun-Times Editorial Board
“Leftists rage at the DCCC for rejecting an abortion litmus test, imply that pro-life views are racist”, By David Freddoso

Abstract Cake

Postminimalism digested
and converted into sugar,

the calories are
Artist Run Documentation –

their colour fields to
sabotage contemporary loss.

Taos art, mail art, rice art:
giving them the truth about

bulk and lyrical abstraction.
Performance art/internet and

fibre collectives are a craze of
carbohydrate truth,

applying expressionism.
To improve satiety

cooperatives position the least
diet art into an art of snacking,

curators sprinkled with
growing and emerging forms.

Having a cake and eaten,
it is a movement in realism.

Mike Ferguson, 2018

Remixed works:

The Truth About Rice Cakes, by Elle Penner
Contemporary art gallery,
at Wikipedia

There Is No Such Thing as Neutral

I’m from the Internet. I wake up, or do I even go to sleep? Sometimes I get powered down, but that’s it. In the past, we had cufflinks and tie clips. Now we have USB sticks and Uber. When I extend my hands, everything is where it’s supposed to be. I feel the fire touching me through my window. Nobody I ask can tell me if it’s real. The police yell at me: “You’re just like your mother. You probably have fantasies about China, too.” We’re trying to stay calm. We can’t lose hope. People keep getting out of cars dancing.

Howie Good, 2017

Remixed works:

Washington Post article
New York Times article
NPR article
The Root Article

Can # 7: La Tourangelle
Expeller-Pressed Grapeseed Oil

Angel Body

Oiled
Grasped
Perfect
Pure and all-natural
Contains Omega

angel
ideal
use
taste
delicious
easy
fine fine perfect

cosmetics
French
red wine
salt taste
enjoy
More High—>Extra Bold
Medium High—>Bold
Medium—>Mild

Low—>Neutral
Manufactured
Cool, dry

Saturated
Not significant
freshness
and flavor for life

Lorna Wood, 2017

Remixed work:

La Tourangelle Grapeseed Oil