Julian T. Brolaski

what ys my anatomie

the glyph in ceremonye
or takes 1 (hermbug)

þt one is metamorphosd
inna fever (fervently) ones companions

from afar
glyph across tha distant globe

& how! (hallo) my circumstance
myn yt is
& non other

ffrosen seming herrabouts
surroundsound bilove
galyph in my attitude (tha brine)

was choking
welwet amnesiac
in tha hue & cry

hallow umbrage! and hallooo
transmagnified body!

—what ys hidden—
I will moan my song
on wham that yt ys on ylong

what is hidden in a circle
thirrby pronomounced odd

xe is my enemigma
& shall endure all my privlege

sconced hilt orrod dilf
you may check me tomorrow

one may has
or may not
constabulize thir wytness

must thump
like a wave
to keep on cumming
to whuch ich have ben
disallowd y wake

agaynst the dobble bote
      one es
alyve

the yellow tiles represent
a safety zone

one travelong to thir
erstwhal milieu

haggon paradimmatic
wan capitule as cd they
none of it scared me rilly

cabs to and fro the burrito joint
el farolito        mija-hijo

friends sharing a headphone
when they goes under the bay

when the punchingbag was rocked
I made us all to huddle in the doorway

ones body will eat of
      the sutures

when one has no need
of a prosthesis

one ynvents a grammatical gender
      (& haf done)

tromp loy ramshacklry
callin xem evrything but the child of god

fiddleback
batterd but unbowd

up shit creek
w/o a shirpa

so to raise a stub aloft
to my computer made of meat

babyperson

I’ve a thing for entitled urchins.
-Kate Colby, Unbecoming Behavior

the offal of gold
—perpetuity anon
                  —embraced in parts
tech support in tatters

dont want the ppl who
dont want you
the actual potato
who on and off are not even listening
tied on
in “peace”
succumbing to subpar meat

effit on the avnue
to “keep it lo”
xe calls xemself a “singersongwriter”

allalong awful // by shades
          “mercy”
as uttered by orbison
cherry cola to rhyme w/ l-l-l-lola
melodious offal, the kind of content you flip thru backward
          one harumphs
                  uneasily along

who to hold doors for
who to allow to hold
          doors for you

the way to be
a fool with a tool
who admit to not even listening
to thir own babyperson

going around adding –ess to nouns
“lion-ess”
“poet-ess”

thats such a load
so that the daffydill yawns back
the one who taught me grk is dead
you want to put them in your lap

a measure of perversion

My boo remains non-Googleable.
-Jen Scappettone, From Dame Quickly

the sky was lousy with lightning
a plea for a measure of perversion
fairly grabbed one
who louche, lurking about
discoverd ones ordinary among fellawes

to triumvirate the workaday ~~icerink~~
    one was so impertinent as to produce a map
    without wearing a wig
    another was a wig emself

finally there were no more
gardens to repose in, and stories
was no longer louche in the french manner.

still they conduct themselves w/ resilient repose,
seeing how moribund a tack it were
to string stuff together like xmas necklaces
-but what wd emma do?

I never put much truck—on gesture—one reflects
on a declining lover most onerous
who signed the poison book and everything
where passionately one gazes
on the hops of VT
where grapes grow pommes among
and liberally the frown
dragonfly top dragonfly
n mumble their remains
teachers gossip, I’ve known worse
louses make beautiful deaths