harry stammer
[honk goose]
t a sung “verb” hr th bro’j
[‘is on] e e’s f e co
p ya “o” seas “metonymy’s” x it
‘they pig d mumble “gray” rwk
[honk car]
a thing regarded as representative or symbolic
of something else, especially something abstract. “with a hammer.”
“the ant colony has been portrayed.” met·a·phor
thing regard [water running] g r symbolic
else sing “especially” ‘stract say “with a
hammer” ants colon y hs bn portr’
aid met a por s fy splashed
[water running] g r
symbolic
ants colon y hs
say “with a
hammer”
aid met a
‘stract thing regard
por s fy splash
bn portr’
else
sing “special”
[doors close]
The insect bite makes
Me scratch like a rabid dog
Itching ankle itch
The mosquitos go mad
When they see me coming home
Ranch style living it
Twelve bits grow too high
Draining worms to many grooves
Asphalt slowly drains steams up
[doors click open] s insect bite make’t
scratch a rabid dog lick s say
“t” itchy ankle mosquito sing [sqeee] they
as coming bbq bk yr m ts
grow high red s turf e r
‘aining slither bits say “pail”
to groove’t punch out [sticky sound] ride’t
s’phalt slow rain s steams s r
t bits r
row to high’s
‘raining rms two many reaching u hand
‘phalt fast r rains stream s down
drive out g x or lowest t
[clamoring voice] to high r raining rms
two singing “blows” or lowest t down
[music playing] fast not r driven m
x g say “hand” bitter s
[console beeping] to say “blow” drive left
low t raining res x g say
“hand” [grunts softly] low f downward over
fast not r bitter say “er” s
[ssssssh] sing “liver” higher t snow r
in g said “tray” b e t
drive left over bump t [sighhhh]’s h
h sweet slower g j each foot
[bbbbbg] said “just” timber b sleet b
high h saying “bran” o u s
weep felt’s b none inner d [gargle]’s p
o sour wedge f t wear d
harry k stammer is a writer, musician and painter who lives and works in Santa Barbara, CA USA. His books include every beyond’t nothing (persistencia), tents (Otoliths), grounds (Otoliths); and tocsin (Otoliths), sidewalkss (Concrete Mist Press), walls't's (Sandy Press), -48 (Sandy Press) and alleys’t’ (Concrete Mist Press). Recent noise/poetry pieces are available at http://harrykstammer.bandcamp.com