Paul Siegell


*ARCHiVE SKYSCRAPE MiCROPHONE*

my guitar

                instantaneous eloquent archway

                                                             > guitars bring
is older than I am
                                                             > it on
it was on this earth

                                                             > like a bowl
before I was
                                                             > of weed would

                lend me your linguistic ninja

but whomever
                                                             > yeah, we need
had it first
                                                             > to keep some

                unrivet the steel morning supports

never used it,
                                                             > extra strings
just let the wood age

                yo, check out this ridiculous blow tube

                                                             > around
and mature

                haven’t used one a-these since college


*kaleidoscope for fishing pole*

                              i’ll be right back
                              wait for me

                              free Mahi Mahi

                              11
                              9
                              10 send 11 LPs—

                              send 11 LPs
                              courtesy of “Steve”

…(woo!)

                              i’ll be right back
                              wait for me

                              free Mahi Mahi

                              11
                              9
                              10 send 11 LPs—

                              send 11 LPs
                              guaranteed to please


*kaleidoscope for Styrofoam*
                —for Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer

“That's important
because

the Arctic acts
the Arcti acts
the Arct acts
the Arc acts
the Ar acts
the A acts
the    acts

as a refrigerator
for the globe.”

*NEMESIS NEEDS*

               “Az                     ri                              el,
               go tell

               Gar                     ga                             mel
               Papa

               Smurf                got                           hurt.
               We need

               a                          new                         spell—

We need him well again.”


               “As                     long                         as
               it’s for

               good                  not                            for
               evil,”

               Gar                     ga                              mel
               lent an

               out                     stretched                hand—

“I understand, Peter Pan.”


*the reggae hay(na)ku*

“out
to get
the message out”

Paul Siegell is the author of Poemergency Room (Otoliths Books, 2008) and the e-chap J∆M> (ungovernable press 2008), and the "parking lot attendant" over at ReVeLeR @ eYeLeVeL. He is a staff editor at Painted Bride Quarterly, and has contributed to The American Poetry Review, MiPO, BlazeVOX, Coconut and other fine journals. HEADS UP/COMING SPRING '09: his new book, jambandbootleg.

 
 
 
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