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don van vliet SINGING INK
poetry and fine art - poem

THE TIRED PLAIN

from switzerland 1987 book DON VAN VLIET * SKELETON BREATH, SCORPION BLUSH

reprinted in, and recited on accompanying 'poetry reading sequence' ceedee:
germany 1993 book don van vliet * stand up to be discontinued
italy 1996 book luca ferrari * pearls before swine ice cream for crows

the bra was white and yellow elastic
and held to foam cones
the corners triangular shaped
pyramid
three edges made one point
starfish and embry boards
triple d cupped and poked to a point
the main character was composed into a bow
that broke first in the front
and equal on adjacent sides
 
american cowboy was approaching on a collision course
- his hands groped outstretched three digits triangular
to the front nail a line was drawn from the middle
finger to the knuckle of the index finger across
the middle finger onto the third -
creating a perfect arrow
with an imaginary point

don van vliet - before 1970

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you might be interested in the other poems from the book:
gil
odd jobs
seam crooked sam
a tin peened reindeer
three months in the mirror
infra-grams

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