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from lingo 6

 
Tan Lin
 
The Imitation of the Imitation of History
 

1

It means an envelope of conversation appears
on a map,

and is stationary
like the whim between.

2

In a cartoon, a hat expands
When it is a pasture,

2 1/2 2 5/7 2 11/16

memory pries open the usual,
melodious vials of instruction, semi-acoustical
vowels, the anti-romanticism

3

accustomed to linger on porches. Ecouter et parler,

4

blowing doe-eyed lavender shoes in wind weighed like macaroni.

5

thus, you are my lips glued to the ocean.

6

Like a coupon facing a mirror,
the computer enters the moon's tendencies,

7

Figure is doubled. The arm is inside.

8

An indisputable grey pom-pom on the scale of years.

9


Dear motion -- faced desk

10

Here is a glove compartment for what you considered to be marriage
whosoever knots sensimilla on the scale of believability.

11

On high, the kidskin glove
is half naked, and dumb.

12

The audible hand touches.

13

You is also described. One is forced to be spontaneous.

14

If the hand stops to touch your mouth, it makes
an unnatural motion, and the parchment is destroyed.


 
  lingo 6
Books in print by Tan Lin



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