giddiness makes an
ordinal arrogant!
vitriol is nothing
but copper and iron
subtly dissolved an
ens activum ordered
a bodily structure
and on top of that
secrets to mix polish,
glues, soaps, and tooth-
paste from white wine, broad-
winged ants, all kinds
of precious stones
I’m not sure who’s quite
wrong here but
when I commence to vomming
it’s not shows I vision
it isn’t shows
I don’t I haven’t don’t critique
I don’t have an opinion on it
my bile’s gone outside
I won’t watch the shows bro
my brain is scarcely mystical
but just confused about rhetoric
this project is predicated
on having no fun so
I instrumentalized silence
dour silence I cut
my friends off with potions
furthermore
fleeing from the sight
of intelligent people laughing
and dancing.
Foreclosed from any coherent
politics because caught
sealed up in walls
tearing at my face and
colloquy. That is,
a lapse into liberalized quietude
ergo I should be made dead
please use history to do it
immediately folks pleased
with their faculties
to have fun with the
judgment of god,
pop music,
a gun to hold onto
with a bit and strong white teeth.
I’ll no longer harbor opinions.
A poor man’s treasury
equals medicines of
the watery sort.
Which is also called the art
of separation.
its something to smile at
while biting.
wild animals at large?
wild animals at large.
one thousand more jokes
opaque and like whirlwinds
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Christopher Schaeffer is currently earning a PhD at Temple University. His recent work has appeared in The Volta, The Philadelphia Review of Books, A Literation, No Assholes, and elsewhere.