Giving life force to the algorithm

Journals by Michael Ashley, Jul 3, 2023.

  1. Giving life force to the algorithm
    this is my gift to the processer
    scrape away motherfucker

    take this tiny bit of nada
    suck it into that mechanical brain

    process it like the blades of grass
    in the Fresian's molars
    her vacant stare out to hills

    shit it out — hot stream of liquid
    rhyming and shining
    as all great poetry should






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  2. shiny horse hair
    light reflects in waves
    muscles flex
    with motion
    some beauty is hard
    to do justice----
    hot stream of breath
    pours from flared nostrils
    out into December






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  3. The boy

    stands beneath the looming artwork, head up and eyes wide

    his Parker jacket unzipped and lopsided on his slight frame

    the sharp snap of the fatigued mounting was the last thing he heard






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