tekeli-li
tekeli-li the
beset ice
nine world
lining of my eye · gloire
shards
fowl-focused · anschaulichkeit
raucoys skinflint
eye's mind cleansed
starry messenger
i would be ashamed to have imagined
much less believed in such a thing
te lijda se'a

should i have cared to contend
for the voice trace's sake
such fardels befriend

should i have cared to contend
the veil's slight rents amend
in my slashing wake

should i have cared to contend
for the voice trace's sake


"On can feel no surprise that The Trial of Man [of Wyndham Lewis] was never written. One can only feel awe before the indomitable honesty that proposed, in those last years, to undertake it." --Hugh Kenner, postscript to the Jupiter Books edition of Malign Fiesta


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A Poem for Neda... (via Silliman)