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Wrapped Little Body - Cut-Up Poem

Other violence this world There human flames ceased Sick swan six With circles some melancholy Doctor failure some Different universe copy soul Wrapped little body respect About shoulders stopped arms Flash doubles wife Early patient Stopped her crown Simple modern Loop provided effect While hate challenge simple. [This was my first attempt at the "cut-up technique", a surrealist technique coined by many early surrealists, including William S. Burroughs, an obvious influence on my work.]

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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