Canto 1

Firenz sat in the lap

of Mars while he stroked its high

domes with his sword—

before sunrise,

before sunset,

a river issues from Eden

like a spring whose waters do not fail—

where armies have been stationed

briars and brambles will grow—

but Spaziani asks,

Tutto è già stato scritto?

Celucci found himself

surrounded by his own

and they prospered—

true, and the god gave him a beauty mark

halfway up his thigh so that any girl

or boy who eyed it even in the dark

would fall haplessly into his world

Ihr Flugzeug brennt!

: about 1978

Tommy sd/ while Interarms

feasted the Condors

“I warmed their wine—

they sat with their backs

to the windows and Angelo, a spook,

occupied himself with earplug and lavaliere …”

Bobby sd/ “My only wish is that I could find

a 10 µF film cap that would fit.”

the notion that something

transpired

there, to serve you as thrall, the lover will

commit any crime, seize any object

in order to force your will to power

through the coming age the god projects—

Cao Cao says, “An army is like fire—

if you don’t put it out, it will burn

itself out.”

six years before

they had exploded

Bunny, then Edward S.

and W. Mark rifled drawers

or that ten years prior

Billy Thruston went to it

lost his head

piloting a HUEY

Illinois sd/ “It’s almost as if these private

military contractors are involved

in a secret war”—

while pleasure

was swastika schnapps for the Walkers

Billy Keiter went to it on his knees

down Omaha Beach

so that Capa could snap

then himself went to it fifteen or so years

on from a Claymore—

Ignoti nulla cupido:

Feb HBR article, “Getting It Right”: send to It

managers and tell them, ‘We are ahead

of the game’—

but Tony sd/ “I am Curious about the Nature

of my own Loathing”: wasn’t Cohn the one

who wd/ bury us if we told?

Cupid can’t be bribed—

And Robert Burns went to it,

“This was the first time that I was caught

in a real firefight. It was scary.”

: pack your bags: you could win a dream

vacation

: connect with qualified

candidates!

practice downsizing

as political jujitsu!

libretto

In what circle of Hades will he pray for pardon?

In what burning grave will he end his days?

Pity him his long fall.

When a fiery asteroid blazes across the sky

does it awaken fear in his reptile brain?

Pity him his long fall.

Or does it remind this schismatic of the curse

to be torn top to butt as the prophet deep in Dis?

Pity him his long fall.

Tommy sd/ his grandfather worked for Brown

& Root—

Burn and Loot—

“Smoke ‘em if you spot ‘em”

: say it with fiber because roses wilt

: or as Wang Xi says, “… long military campaigns

are a plague to a nation.”

Celucci brought his brothers and sisters,

cousins and nephews, barbers, sailors,

shepherds, all for prosperity—

a family circle that first,

last, always must

enlist and having served, join VFW

or Am Vets

: send back the breadbasket,

then stir paella gently—

too late to make an aquarium,

so stir it gently,

doucement

: Be sure to include testing techniques

Oct 15 Race at Campus Martius—

get a head or get behind—

Mar 14 Mamurius Veturius—

get ahead or get beaten—

Enion replies, “O poor forsaken one! O land

of briars & thorns where once the olive

flourish’d & the Cedar spread his wings!

Once I wail’d desolate like thee”—

Old Rough and Ready—

Old Fuss and Feathers—

That the corn might grow,

that the green vines drop grapes,

that clouds of bees foster honey,

dogs shepherd flocks, men steer the plow,

and girls churn butter: Lord hear us,

for your mercy is great.

That cows might spew milk,

buffalo rustle calves, partridges flit

from brush to bush: Lord hear us.

That soldiers avoid our fields,

tanks veer from our groves,

and Warthogs stop drilling our barns:

Lord hear us,

for your mercy is great.

MAKE the bonefire hot,

STRIKE with the agnus castus,

and BRING Dasius before ME.

BARREL MAGIC

Canto 1

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