I. MEWLINGS
“Dead skunk in the middle of the road, stinkin’ to high heaven.”
Dead Skunk
L. Wainwright III
| Apotheosis | Seize Mentality |
| Dictum | Urban Ambulation |
| Diswist | Vespers |
| Mawk-Heroic | Whoa! |
II. THE MUSE
“If she be black, and thereto have a wit, she’ll find a white that shall her blackness fit.”
Othello, I.ii
Shakespeare
| 10 O’Clock Muse | Insomnambiac |
| Canticle: The Rappellant | The Jakes |
| Crepuscular Diminuendo | Midnight Drear |
| Forging | P-Uoodle |
| Genus Rusticus | Splish-Splash |
| Ghostwriter | You Rang? |
III. BIBLE STORIES
“…and the dirt came out.”
Judges 3:22
| Camp Meetin’ | He That Diggeth a Pit… |
| Dearly Beloved; Paradox | Last Ride |
| Dwell Not Upon It | Good Friday, Paschal Eve |
IV. PHILOSOPHICAL EXECRATIONS
“A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.”
The Devil’s Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
V. ERRATICA
“‘Don’t pick it darling,’ she said unexpectedly at last, ‘you’ll make it worse’.”
More Pricks Than Kicks
Beckett, “Fingal”
| Atomic #53 | Magma |
| Cataract | Mausoleum |
| Cognitive Dissonnet | Out Damn Spot |
| Fey, Fey Upon Thee | The Slattern Lost |
| Grave Aside | Wild Ride |
| Lycanthropy |
VI. IPSO DIPSO
“[To] drink no more than a sponge.”
Rabelais
| At The Bar | Hobnailed |
| Codex Blocknoggin | Last Call |
| Figured; Eve All About | A Scot’s Lament |
VII. DRAMATICULAE
“In the vanities no one wears panities.”
Theatrical Reflection
Ogden Nash
| As Well As Gone | Lions: 1, Comics: Nil |
| A Clown Prepares | Soliloquy |
| Cogi-Tramic | The (Very Short) Ballad Of Dick Limply |
| Curtains Caul |
VIII. OFF BEATS & PERVERSES
“His thoughts pottered from verses to sex to God without punctuation.”
Marginalia
W.H. Auden
| Ablution | Idiotic Pentameter |
| Ambivalence | Is That Analog In Your Pants… |
| Beso, Beso | Limerician, Heel Thyself |
| Click | Podex Insipiens |
| Darwin’s Die Cast | Simplex |
| Deportment: F | Tomb To Let |
| Ding-Dong | Noxology |
Off Beats: Koan Pones, Lit Crit, Fragmentus Fragmentum
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