The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

February 11, 2015


for the martyrs / smudge / the messy concierge


panix.com has been down; below are three of my best pieces,
combined to avoid flooding your inbox - Apologies, Alan




for the martyrs

http://www.alansondheim.org/lenya.png
http://www.alansondheim.org/lenya.mp3

throat Anita Berber
skeleton Anita Berber
by the hairs of Droste and Berber
cut off from the bodies of Droste and Berber
the hairs of Droste and Berber were tangled sadly
among the reels where memories of Droste and Berber
throat Anita Berber
skeleton Anita Berber
by the hairs of Droste and Berber
cut off from the bodies of Droste and Berber
the hairs of Droste and Berber were tangled sadly
among them the  memories of Droste and Berber
by the hairs of Droste and Berber
cut off from the bodies of Droste and Berber
where Berber first sadly languished
the hairs of Droste and Berber were tangled sadly

of Weimar dance and cabaret
in Weimar dance and cabaret

the books of martyrs and tortures and torments closed
the books of martyrs and tortures and torments opened
o doom of memory o dead soldiers o stuck flesh o martyrologies

books of martyrs and tortures and torments closed
books of martyrs and tortures and torments opened
o doom of memory o dead soldiers o stuck flesh o martyrologies

tears of martyrs in the deserts and forests
tears of martyrs in the forests and deserts
cut off from the bodies
cut from the bodies of the martyrs
cut from the doom of memory doom of dead soldiers
cut from the doom of flesh from the book of martyrs
cut from the book of martyrs



smudge

http://www.alansondheim.org/smudge5.png
http://www.alansondheim.org/smudge.mp4
http://www.alansondheim.org/smudge1.png
http://www.alansondheim.org/smudge2.png
http://www.alansondheim.org/smudge3.png
http://www.alansondheim.org/smudge4.png

slipping another, duplication, smudge shadow someone** often
text into another, always already the duplication, the** smudge
it's dirt, scars, wounds, smears, smudges, scratches, abrasions,
smudged or stained across an inconceivable plate or receptor
made from its dirt, slum class clinical rumor scold scream
screech scuttlebutt smudge red smudged beneath the skin,
molecular pools carrying pollen brought back, alternative rock
against some black smudges that must smudged - the glass
distorts everything, there's nothing beyond it, things are
always smudged one way or another, said Nikuko and Jennifer. I
think we're smudges on the frames, said Alan. The smudge is a
residue which leaves a residue, said Azure. almost smudged
against circuit boards, sputtering out shamed, smudged, spoiled
- therein lies the boundary, cultural enrollments, listings,
scripts, data-basings, the building says, "smudged, enrollments,
listings, scripts, data-basings, smudge or shadow across the
real, the stain always already of someone thing, stain of past
and future memory." Beneath the rod smudge or shadow, it's dirt,
scars, wounds, smears, smudges, scratches, abrasions, feces,
wounds, smears, smudges, scratches, abrasions there; without
he's smudged she's smudged i'm gloomy. slum class clinical rumor
scold scream screech scuttlebutt smudge without entries under
erasure, digitally smudged, evaporated. Perhaps he said "stutter
draws perforations, drops consciousness smudged among diplomas,
heraldic travel city." All dissembles, mooring one text into
another, always the duplication, one** smudge slipping into
another, duplication, smudge shadow someone** under erasure,
digitally smudged, evaporated. Perhaps he said "a thing, a stain
of past and future memory." Beneath the red smudge or shadow
across the real, the stain's already of someone.



the messy concierge

http://www.alansondheim.org/geol31.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/concierge.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/geol46.jpg

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semen_detergents_ammonias_ureas_clays_ices_grains_substances_
conglomerates_waxes_piss_shit_scratches_scrapes_cuts_wounds_
tears_splits_breaks_diarrheas____@verb__splits_skews_churns_
comes_goes_passes_thrusts_regurgitates_flows_streams_spills_
pours_pisses_shits____@prep__in_on_under_to_towards_across_
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