Texas Fontanella

self-inflicted


                                 targets
                    aim






              to impose articificial strain





        on



                                    every turn
                                                           cut


                 out
                         the

                                                                                class







                                                        error, when the state







                                      “triple lock”


                             austerity.





   
                                                                                             slip further

in





                                                             to
                                                                    the




                                            piano,
                                            the one
                        centre stage



          

                                      coughing audience members

                                                       


                                                                                out



               
                                                                    in both hands, criss-
                                         crossing
                                                                    light and dancing


                                                                fingers faster than

                                                                         the keys



                                                 rumbling, sour arpeggio

                                        his




                                         hum  

                                                
                                                     his






                                                                         burst about


                            musical ghosting                                 a major pre-

                             occupation
 

                                        of Debussy,     Bach, or Glass
                                                  the thread of what he

                       have
                 now,




    If you try too hard


                                     edging thoughts
                                                   too unpompous
                               to mention  
                                                                                the
                                   n                                     ever
                 

     


                                                 forward
           depends-how-you-look-at-it


                                   such a positive message!

                      searching for this empowerment





                                                      and the whole

     


                             anti-posturing       super-
              aware                                            of
                                                           dashes
                                           phone calls and

                                                                love.
                                             tac  how proud
                            our poses and masks (so
                    deified by           media


                                                                    out there

                                                             grow,
                      take control;


                                                         and,
                      from these two,



                                           doubt


                                     whether                  pen
         or typewriter





                             crank it up
save my eyes

on the desktop
no images”)









stimulants
                    his (related)




vicarious
                    breakdown of


                            the
                                texts
  the crucial detail) and
                                          the how-to


                                                       fail









dillettantism tha
undermines his claims to critical authority,


                      so   his arguments don’t quite land
                                                        books lack emo-

tion
up-close observation,


                                prose
                                           the meaning
             audible.
                                   is one of
             conception.



                     the necessary words



               plomyk, she
            

Seven Visuals by Texas Fontanella

 
 
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