The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

December 16, 2002


song of the triumph of war


our terrorist violent country
of our flesh and blood

our killer homeland invasion
of worlds and fury

the dead and only world
the dead and only world

country violent terrorist our
they'd been hacked to pieces
her breasts hacked off
her hair shaved off
they were repeatedly raped
they were hacked in pieces
he'd lost half his jaw
i swear by god this is the truth
his skin burned from his body
someone had cut off his nose and ears
i swear there's nothing else to say
they were still alive when these things happened
their mouths and eyes kicked in
country violent terrorist our
blood and flesh our of
her hair shaved off
they were hacked in pieces
he'd lost half his jaw
i swear by god this is the truth
his skin burned from his body
someone had cut off his nose and ears
i swear there's never anything else to say
penises stuffed in their mouths
they were still alive when these things happened
it was impossible not to step through rotting flesh
every one had their hands and feet hacked off
the flesh fell from their bodies
blood and flesh our of

the dead and only world

invasion homeland killer our
her breasts hacked off
her hair shaved off
they were hacked in pieces
he'd lost half his jaw
i swear by god this is the truth
his skin burned from his body
blood poured from her mouth
someone had cut off his nose and ears
her stomach torn open, her baby torn out
i swear there's nothing else to say
i swear there's never anything else to say
they were still alive when these things happened
it was impossible not to step through rotting flesh
the flesh fell from their bodies
invasion homeland killer our
fury and worlds of
they'd been hacked to pieces
they were set on fire
her hair shaved off
they were hacked in pieces
he'd lost half his jaw
i swear by god this is the truth
his skin burned from his body
someone had cut off his nose and ears
penises stuffed in their mouths
it was impossible not to step through rotting flesh
the flesh fell from their bodies
fury and worlds of

the dead and only world
the dead and only world

our terrorist violent country
of our flesh and blood

our killer homeland invasion
of worlds and fury


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litany of war


a
the flesh fell from their bodies
a
b
every one had their hands and feet hacked off
b
cd
it was impossible not to step through rotting flesh
their mouths and eyes kicked in
cd
ef
penises stuffed in their mouths
they were still alive when these things happened
ef
g
we're born programmed with inconceivable madness
g
h
i swear there's never anything else to say
h
i
i swear there's nothing else to say
i
j
their tongues cut out, they screamed
j
kl
someone had cut off his nose and ears
her stomach torn open, her baby torn out
kl
mn
his skin burned from his body
blood poured from her mouth
mn
op
the children ripped in two
i swear by god this is the truth
op

the dead and only world

qr
he'd lost half his jaw
they were on fire
qr
st
they were repeatedly raped
they were hacked in pieces
st
uv
her breasts hacked off
her hair shaved off
uv
w
they were set on fire
w
x
their eyes gouged out
x
y
they'd been hacked to pieces
y
z
fell through the rotting corpses
z

the dead and only world

Gesture


Why can't you put tree-limbs on the tree-branch house?
Because it's against the law.

(The humor in this lies in the fact that the joke takes an _unexpected
turn_ towards the legality of rites - i.e. it is not based on an absurd
ethos, but one, in fact, which makes clear and rational sense.)


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broken protest


one 10cm square x patch 10 of cm brown . canvas, tired 10cm of x concept-
ual 10 one cm square . patch tired of conceptual canvas, advertisement for
for war war resistance resistance accomplishing accomplishing the the
brunt brunt of violence.  advertisement frayed . edges tired white 12-321
numbers . worn tired in accomplishing 12-321 the stains tired blood, of
urine, skin fragments and skin the and brunt other . tissues tired dna
individuals from . several tired individuals accomplishing a one crease
corner across . corner of dirt for apparently war central tired france of
date late late accomplishing 191-s the what circular appears hole to with
be charred circular brunt hole of with violence. charred what edges,
appears diagonally the repaired cutting seam war cutting resistance
parallel weave coarse of weave conceptual provenance . unknown war inked
near line, edge black touching india, crease near brunt edge of touching
violence.


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