As Tears Go By

(Isidore Isou’s “larmes de jeune fille” rendered into Taneraic, after Marianne Faithfull)

Mede alalidi Terpsikora yu
yun stinlaratti pina aher Mede yu
vaqaindi scyoubri i iscyou! salayí
sleben i hus! giramai tayí
Leukote ou luh uma gihimada

vanoubidi avi nar i bada
Atena yer laguandi qanban goqaiba
qunqiyardi Danaë bigi bigi
«ni svai bujuqandiva?» hajesda
Leukote ou luh uma gihimada

Mede alalidi Terpsikora yu
yun stinlaratti pina aher Mede yu
nu ge asmaseuqiratti isdia …
jebo cyai cyai ajuda rahi
Leukote ou luh uma gihimada

The Language of Technicians

“To most mechanics a gear is a gear and, in fact, the gear is often a gear and nothing more, sometimes barely that.”
— GEORGE B. GRANT (A Treatise on Gear Wheels; Philadelphia, 1899)

“… she would carve on the tree Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose until it went all the way round.”
— GERTRUDE STEIN (The World Is Round; London, 1939)

Natural soda ash; flow in the vadose zone; the finite element method; precipitation scavenging; direct numerical simulations of a reacting turbulent mixing layer by a pseudospectral spectral element method; laminar flames; igneous, metamorphic and sedentary —

Natural syllabic schwa; flow in the palindromic zone; the germinal syntagmatic method; locution scavenging; direct alliterative simulations of a haplographic phonetic stuttering layer by a prosthetic prosthesis element method; acrostic syncope; acronymic, metamorphic and sedentary —

Unnatural soda ash; refrain in the vadose crasis; the finite element tautogram; precipitation shortening; reverse numerical spoonerisms of a reacting turbulent mixing alphabet by a pseudospectral spectral glossary elision; laminar flames; igneous, cryptographic and paragrammatic —

Unnatural syllabic schwa; refrain in the palindromic crasis; the germinal syntagmatic tautogram; locution shortening; reverse alliterative spoonerism of a haplographic phonetic stuttering alphabet by a prosthetic pros-thesis glossary elision; acrostic syncope; acronymic, cryptographic and paragrammatic .…

Sevent-seven Pseudonyms Used by Alfred Jarry for Private Wrestling Parties (the Original “Flight Club”) Chez Léon-Paul Fargue (in order of appearance)

“You’re born naked, and the rest is drag”
— RUPAUL

            Rhonda Lawy      Demi Monde      Lola Lubitsch      Mimi Generation
Miss Laid      Herculine Smïrdjelallova      Lydia Pflegmatik
“Dee Fai Ying” (Laura Gravity)      Taylor Maid      Azza Favor
      Marcia Majora      Minnie Minora      Lou-Ishmael-Andreas-Salomé Reed
      Rosetta Stone      Dulcie Duluthle      Miss Teak      Gina Moravia
Dana Night      Blondine      Chérie Orchard      Bambi Sessuale
      Polly Saint-Irene      Maria Callas (pron. cat-o’-nine-tails)
Miss Begotten-but-not-Forgotten      Tara Boumbiée      Petton Girl
      Kay Ypsilon      Stephanie Destiny      Miss U. Reddy-O’Nott
                  Miss Fortunean’menseyes (pron. Fortnum&Masons)
      Bianca-Ninfetta del Bosco-Inglese      Misty Missie      LosAnge
Pretty Vanilla      Sarah Dippity-Dooday      Candy Cotton      Cindy Simenon
                  Chris La Crosse      S. Tormée Wether      Ernestine Shagbolt          
Princesse Marie-Céleste de la Coque-Lourde      Taleura Studd      Mary Offen &
Mary Welle      Victoria de la Glori’ole      Eileen Thataway
      Courtenay Crabbes-Laightly      Miss Master      Mona Bona Jamón
            Yma Nockova      Prue De La Rue      Plantaysia de Nana-Na
Lady Fanny      Pattie Hose      Princess Seraphina      Dolly Drums
“Thin” Lizzie Nervosa      Faguette-mi-notte      Good “Golly” Miss Molly
Carmen Sutra      Ernestine Philpot      Miss T. Ya-Ya
Bettie Shagbolt      Liz Trailer      C. Shelley Scrimshaw      Bo Tockx
Hortense Van der Zee      Rose Du Camp      Gigi Ghighi
Lady Gradiva      Kiki Moto      Virginie Souclée
Mia Farrow      Esther Polyphloesboean
            Goudigoudi      Blue-Jean Dellacrotch      Emmanuelle d’Amour

Zurvan (from Virilities)

What would others have said of Z — had he been footnoted in their memoirs or diaries? He was a dreamer (perhaps). He was self-absorbed, an egoist (perhaps). He was eccentric (all he did was invent his own language). He was aloof (true, insofar as shyness is concerned). He was ambitious (not true). He was a failure (in the eyes of his son, true). He was a brilliant conversationalist (not true). He was literary (not literary enough). He talked too much (true). He drank too much (not true). He hated to lose (true). He was indiscreet (true). He was lazy (perhaps). He was incompetent (in worldly terms). He was gifted, creative (not true). He was untalented (true — at least, he aspired to be as untalented as Zeus). He was imitative (true). He was an experimenter (a “fiddler”). He “took the rough with the smooth” (Hafez). He had a beautiful singing voice (so he was told). He never achieved his full potential (do we ever?). He was intelligent (perhaps). He was clever (too clever for his own good). He was an intellectual (not true). He was superstitious (true). He was a fatalist (true). He was a true artist (perhaps). He was disciplined (as disciplined an artist ever is). He was courageous (not true). He was stubborn (true). He was easily misunderstood (true). He was beset by false starts (true). He never belonged (true). He was restless (true). He was a depressive (on the brink). He was slovenly (not true). He lacked confidence (true). He was a belcher (not true — he couldn’t even burp for a thousand years). He was a long-winded bore (perhaps). He was always the perfect gentleman (not true). He was dependable (true). He was a snob (true). He was high-principled (true). He was vain (not true — too many insecurities!). He was vulgar (occasionally). He was obscene (that, too). He was unforgiving (true). He was ruthless (not true). He was inconstant (perhaps). He easily turned against his friends (not true). He was a liar (aren’t we all deceivers of some sort?). He was a cheat (not true). He was embittered in the end (who knows?). He loved his son (true — though full of doubt over how good a father he was). He loved animals (true — especially cats). He had a heart of gold (only a mother could say that). He was always smiling, laughing (true).