Canto IX “I like the breathing spaces or rhythms that are kind of musical in the way that life is and not in the way that constructed narratives are—often condensed to just the dramatic moments.”—Jim Jarmusch “Brackets are exciting.”—Anne Carson Non sequitur Commodus
just when you think scholars will rate along comes Commodus to suture our mouths shut and jam hot pepper[ ] banner and sword shoved to the fore while any love was subsumed in cruelty and shame with the noblest blood spilt ]gladiator[ ]mixing ]dust ]cauldron but only until the worst of his influences could vent then when all[ ] ] ] “Peace of God,” shouted[ ]some lingered for hours others expired within the lions’ jaws ] ] ] ]simpering ]outside his palace and his concubines warned him of the uprising ]only in this way[ ]years of lust and license prolonged[ Non sequitur Neoptolemus
whose son will pry the bow from my fists not for nothing has Odysseus spent ten years worrying Trojan wives now his long years languishing away from Penelope has driven him to foist Achilles’ son upon me Neoptolemus took no oath to follow Menelaus to Troy so he is mildly acceptable in my sight in my sights ] ] ] by the god there will be no Greek left unhurried when I land on Trojan[ whether I will hit their backs Odysseus will indeed run fastest toward those walls battle hardened by my shafts nor will those walls stand long ] ] ] all of these years wasted with fish flayed for only one mouth olives for one hand to spread to harvest ] ] ] for what other dishonors could sons stoop than to memorize their father with lies and dissembling and false promises Non sequitur Joyce
he that ears hear hath them ]seeds won’t sow themselves[ then be at rest or be prepared[ ] ] ] Joyce was a player and toured England in order to spite his father who wanted him to be a doctor not a chamber musician ] ] ] the Lord’s Prayer as ancestor worship as work under the master for an apprentice as supernova as corona as nebula ] ] ] sing in me muse the anger of James Joyce who writes sentences into the next century and a half for women who cannot chance a ghost too we would want to tribute to the main chance try to advance our quality of life past[ what’s the verb the action the deal or what’s the bank who has it the dough [ [ ]the sores on my hands go on and on[ [ Yeats was always adorable with his penchant for the occult and mythic transformations yet despicable for reiterating dynasties Non sequitur C. Dundee
first time I had Stone Wheat Thins with ice cold crock and the troubles that came from that experience ] ] ] varnish goes a long way to make your new portrait look a sight older even ancient ]as your nose[ ]waiting ]please hold the[ ]we’ll[ now all of a sudden you’re going to eat ]finish that screenplay after you cough that last bit of shag ] this cashew tastes like Scarlett O’Hara this pinot noir tastes like Hobbit’s bottom who’s askin’ who’s prescribin’ whose poo who’s got the who for whom whom hath whose whos on treed cooter cooter can’t be treed unless the shell half has staying power[ ] put on your pinks and call the dogs saddle Old Hermione bring your tin whistle load your wheel gun piss your pants Non sequitur Odd Couple
that weird note in the Ninth what’s up that falling sound in the Canon of Taco Bell that Old Anger sign swinging from the pub ] ] sad consultants in partnerships with sportswriters those holes that HM uses in his sculpture are they for something like smart bullets where guns fire what targets know critique of pure reason poor reason ] ] even Leonardo places Gioconda among rocks as though he foresees the drowned Phoenician Sailor the Hanged Man the Quilting Bee you must answer the sweet music with music do not bring[ or your minds will atrophy ] ] ] Jim sd/ the beauty of cinema is entering a world that is unknown to you and will sweep you along ] poetry makes nothing happen religion makes even less happen except[ ] ]accept[ ]
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