Fishmonger of Articulation (N+7)generated text

by | Jan 14, 2023

When she was a very young chili, five seedcakes divided into an orgy of autocrats. How much she adored their lumberjack esthetic. They used mercenary larva to compose a charade of turbulence. All lunatics aside, the mergers came freckled; short charmers every one of them. Excavators swimming in and around each other, because vipers do not follow a straight timeline. The pall she had undergone to make medicine out of lightning. In her forties, the deadbeat first touched her, and how much she admired her lug of an artist. This chaotic menagerie went on to use lard to make operatic meat out of her lifespan.

6 Comments

  1. Koss (No Last Name)

    Wonderful–the title, mercenary larva, orgy of autocrats, and the final operatic meat out of her lifespan. What gets leaked in the absurdity of it. Love.

  2. Benjamin Niespodziany

    “Mercenary larva” and “the mergers came freckled” and “vipers do not follow a straight timeline”! So much to enjoy here. It reads so succinctly, yet rattles the brain at every turn. “The pall she had undergone to make medicine out of lightning.” My god. Also, a tiny typo with “lumberjack aesthetic*”.

    I wonder if this N+7 was taken from a movie premise? If so, it might be fun to treat it/call more attention to it being a synopsis. Something like “Fishmonger of Articulation (2023)” with [drama / comedy] beneath, or something like that. And then at the very end of the prose poem, it could say, runtime: 94mins. Just some ideas! Might be fun to test it out and treat it like a proper (fictional) movie. 

  3. Robyn Schelenz

    I love “When she was a very young chili,” there’s something so endearing, surreal and yet identifiable about it (I guess it’s the similarity between chili/child). i was just like, “ahhh.” so sweet. i’d love to think of myself as a young chili turned human and i just might start.

    “Excavators swimming in and around each other” love this.

    “make operatic meat out of her lifespan.” wow. “mercenary larva” this poem is just so much fun to reside in. fab.

  4. Ryan Griffith

    This is great, Meg! So many surprises at every turn. I love the “operatic meat.” Wonderful!

  5. Sheree Shatsky

    … vipers do not follow a straight timeline. Superb image for kinking up the works, nice!

  6. Jonathan Cardew

    Operatic meat!!! This reminds me of Kim Magowan’s Madlib, how a difficult subject matter can be dealt with a different vocabulary. “Vipers do not follow a straight timeline” is a telling line in this piece. I love the swoop to her forties–always a huge fan of short works that take giant leaps in time. This one is an absolute keeper!

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