Thursday, December 19, 2013
Way Past Post-Whatever
You're no frond of mine.
When I deploy an avatar,
I am no friend of me,
and yet of course I will
be online-intimate with you.
If everything were all right
off-line, online would not
be such a place of refuge.
I am not a simple man.
For I have not evolved at least
that far.I am the make-shift product
of the what-before-me-came.
I have no name.
We're out here, there isn't
any map, and our compasses
have collapsed. This all to me
is good news. I understand
why you think otherwise.
I am no friend. I am no
fiend. That said I listen.
hans ostrom 2013
When I deploy an avatar,
I am no friend of me,
and yet of course I will
be online-intimate with you.
If everything were all right
off-line, online would not
be such a place of refuge.
I am not a simple man.
For I have not evolved at least
that far.I am the make-shift product
of the what-before-me-came.
I have no name.
We're out here, there isn't
any map, and our compasses
have collapsed. This all to me
is good news. I understand
why you think otherwise.
I am no friend. I am no
fiend. That said I listen.
hans ostrom 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
I Have Seen
I have seen the sun
and I fear the calamities.
I have seen the sun
and I seek no remedies.
I have seen the moon
and I've kissed the cool air.
I have seen the moon
in its jeweled lair.
I have seen the stars,
mostly in books, alas.
I have seen the stars:
the avant-garde of mass.
hans ostrom 2013
and I fear the calamities.
I have seen the sun
and I seek no remedies.
I have seen the moon
and I've kissed the cool air.
I have seen the moon
in its jeweled lair.
I have seen the stars,
mostly in books, alas.
I have seen the stars:
the avant-garde of mass.
hans ostrom 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Video: "Emily Dickinson and Elvis Presley In Heaven"
Re-posting the short film based on my poem of the same title.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Extra-Canonical
Some Harvard professor left a parking citation
on my bicycle. It said, "You are extra-canonical,
so get out of here." I saw a shard of
greisen (a rock of quartz and white mica)
on the ground and felt better. Just then
Donnie came buy, so I bought him a cup
of coffee and me one, too, and as we
sipped I said, "Donnie, a screen memory
is a memory a person can handle so the
person uses that to block a memory
that's too painful when called up."
Donnie said, "Hard to prove that
kind of thing, but that don't
mean it ain't real." People at
the next table were talking about
a new kind of crampon, and Donnie
said, "Where do you think they got
the name 'Tampon'?" I said I didn't
know, and then I imagined all of
reality spreading out from that
place, our conversation, and
the exact texture of the scene,
from murmur to odor to costumes
and movement, endless I say
endless physical, social, chemical,
economic, biological, and
extra-canonical transactions."It
really is all quite fascinating
in spite of its problems, isn't it?"
said Donnie. "Yes, it is," I replied.
hans ostrom 2013
on my bicycle. It said, "You are extra-canonical,
so get out of here." I saw a shard of
greisen (a rock of quartz and white mica)
on the ground and felt better. Just then
Donnie came buy, so I bought him a cup
of coffee and me one, too, and as we
sipped I said, "Donnie, a screen memory
is a memory a person can handle so the
person uses that to block a memory
that's too painful when called up."
Donnie said, "Hard to prove that
kind of thing, but that don't
mean it ain't real." People at
the next table were talking about
a new kind of crampon, and Donnie
said, "Where do you think they got
the name 'Tampon'?" I said I didn't
know, and then I imagined all of
reality spreading out from that
place, our conversation, and
the exact texture of the scene,
from murmur to odor to costumes
and movement, endless I say
endless physical, social, chemical,
economic, biological, and
extra-canonical transactions."It
really is all quite fascinating
in spite of its problems, isn't it?"
said Donnie. "Yes, it is," I replied.
hans ostrom 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013
"1970s Spasm"
Hey, man--hey, you net-box jumper
and rainbow-thumper. I'm seeing
albums raining down without their
covers. I mean thousands
of black albums coming on in
like swarthy, thin UFOs. ("It
just means it's unidentified,
okay? You need to fucking
lay back, man.") And I see now
the complex map of my life
is being etched by a diamond
needle, digging into undulant
vinyl, shined on by blue
lava-light. Hey, play the
other side, play the other
side, hey play--oh, okay,
cool. (It's getting cold.)
Nice tuner! I need a beer.
hans ostrom 2013
and rainbow-thumper. I'm seeing
albums raining down without their
covers. I mean thousands
of black albums coming on in
like swarthy, thin UFOs. ("It
just means it's unidentified,
okay? You need to fucking
lay back, man.") And I see now
the complex map of my life
is being etched by a diamond
needle, digging into undulant
vinyl, shined on by blue
lava-light. Hey, play the
other side, play the other
side, hey play--oh, okay,
cool. (It's getting cold.)
Nice tuner! I need a beer.
hans ostrom 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
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