The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

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Unit Mo


The continuity girl is nervous. She has dreamed of blood. The set has many
actors. She is sure about her dream. She says "You are deranged." She says
"This is a film not to be made." She says to the director "There are no
actors." She says to the director "I will be your actress." She says to
the director "Do with me what you will." She annotates all continuity. She
says "There is no director." She says "I am the director." She says "I am
sure of it.":The continuity girl wears her baggy sweater. She removes her
sweater. She removes her shirt. She removes her bra. She removes her
pants. She removes her panties. She removes her tampon. She removes her
stopwatch. She puts down her continuity pad. She puts down the script. She
picks up the script. "I will be the star of this and every other film."
The day is night. Her shaved hair is long. Her brown eyes are blue. Her
perfect teeth are crooked. Her heavy legs are thin. Her small breasts are
large. America harbors terrorists in many suburban tracts. They are set to
move against Afghanistan their mortal enemy. Afghanistan is crossroads of
empire. Fundamentalists stream across oceans. Afghanistan is mortally
wounded. The script is soaked in blood. The continuity girl climbs a
tree. The continuity girl wraps up. She has observed the continuity girl.
Against her will she has participated in the film. There are broken
costume changes. The sky is another weather. Her mood is broken. She did
give herself to herself. She did wound herself from the convenient tree.
She did pick up the script from the ground. She did put it inside of
herself. She did read of it through her period the blood. She did note the
crevice of blood across the page. She did note the word "supple""ment" cut
between one stroke and another. :odin-theme:script boy

The continuity girl wraps up. She has observed the continuity girl.
Against her will she has participated in the film. There are broken
costume changes. The sky is another weather. Her mood is broken. She did
give herself to herself. She did wound herself from the convenient tree.
She did pick up the script from the ground. She did put it inside of
herself. She did read of it through her period the blood. She did note the
crevice of blood across the page. She did note the word "supple""ment" cut
between one stroke and another. Replace the continuity girl is nervous.
She has dreamed of blood. The set has many actors. She is sure about her
dream. She says "You are deranged." She says "This is a film not to be
made." She says to the director "There are no actors." She says to the
director "I will be your actress." She says to the director "Do with me
what you will." She annotates all continuity. She says "There is no
director." She says "I am the director." She says "I am sure of it."
She is naked-woman. The film is War-Time Fuck. The film is The Truth About
Angels. The film is Apocalypse Now. The film is Biograph Continuity Girl.
The film is Mistake of the Century. The film is Miss Take.


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I.


+ 2.
1.
2 is of base three.
2 is outside base 1.
[ this film skims on image and sound. ]

according to which base?
but 2 is an abbreviation.
but of which this 1?
how so.
if to the base 1 then + 2 already is nonsense.
of the calculation or accumulation.
of the integer 1? the natural number 1?
of the operation or procedure.

she uses her polaroid to photograph: 1 + 2.

the continuity girl notes + 2 to what?
the continuity girl notes 1.
the continuity girl wears a baggy sweater.
the continuity girl writes "+ of the accumulation."
the continuity girl writes "1 + 2 = the grave."
the continuity girl writes "photograph number 3."
the continuity girl writes down "> base 3."
the continuity girl writes down "in addition nothing needs to happen."
the continuity girl writes down "in addition."
the continuity girl writes down "trinity."

the director says "there is no equal."
the director says "there is no equality."
the director says "there is no sign of equals."

the image is blank.
then of the plus? asks the continuity girl.
this is already of the depth or debris, of the grave.
to 1.


II.


+ 2.
1.
2 is of base three.
2 is outside base 1.
[ this film skims on image and sound. ]

abdomen
according to which base?
anus
arch arch
arm arm
ball ball
ball ball
but 2 is an abbreviation.
but of which this 1?
breast breast
cheek cheek
chin
ear ear
elbow elbow
eye eye
eyebrow eyebrow
eyelid eyelid
finger finger finger finger finger finger finger
finger finger finger

foot foot
hair
hand
hand
head
how so.
if to the base 1 then + 2 already is nonsense.
knee knee
knuckle knuckle knuckle
knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle
knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle
knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle

leg leg
lip
lip
mouth
nail nail nail nail nail
nail nail nail nail nail
nail nail nail nail nail
nail nail nail nail nail

nape
neck
nipple nipple
nose
nostril
nostril
of the calculation or accumulation.
of the integer 1? the natural number 1?
of the operation or procedure.

palm
palm
penis
she uses her polaroid to photograph: 1 + 2.
shoulder shoulder
stomach
the continuity girl notes + 2 to what?
the continuity girl notes 1.
the continuity girl wears a baggy sweater.
the continuity girl writes "+ of the accumulation."
the continuity girl writes "1 + 2 = the grave."
the continuity girl writes "photograph number 3."
the continuity girl writes down "> base 3."
the continuity girl writes down "in addition nothing needs to happen."
the continuity girl writes down "in addition."
the continuity girl writes down "trinity."
the director says "there is no equal."
the director says "there is no equality."
the director says "there is no sign of equals."
the image is blank.
then of the plus? asks the continuity girl.
this is already of the depth or debris, of the grave.
thumb thumb
to 1.
toe toe toe toe toe toe toe toe toe toe
tongue

underarm underarm
vagina
waist
wrist wrist


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