A Song during the term of Internships
1.
A song for internships!
in the snowy collar of low-wages and unsettled fields I
find the tenements,
and furnish the historic precedents. В
Workmen and Workwomen!
You’re while useless as a doctorate in the woods
Were I a believe on The X Factor and you sang,
the sort of would be the ratings boost?
Were I to swing a salary over your cubicle,
В В В В В В В В В В В would your bunch shoot up?
We who have exploited the surfaces of quality
unsupportable assertions//canonized inertia
a tranny like me is not ever in the same dress twice.
Neither a student nor a teacher I,
I receive no bargaining power, I will
В В В В В В В В В В В swindle anything for entry
I will scrape the barrel and you shall ignore me
If you slump moribund in a bureaucratic swamp I let down as low as the lowest of you
В В В В В В В В В В В in the corresponding; of like kind swamp,
If you steal from your employer or your congressman I
В В В В В В В В В В В cite the same price,
If your lover, associate, spouse, is friends with you steady Facebook, I
В В В В В В В В В В В В mould also be Facebook friended,
If you be converted into depressed, incarcerated, disabled, then I set off so for
В В В В В В В В В В В your regard,
If you remember running from the cops in the same proportion that an indiscrete youth, do you
В В В В В В В В В В В dare I cannot recall my own intended for youth record?
If you meet strangers on the Internet for anonymous hook-ups
В В В В В В В В В В В wherefore I often am the one arrival to meet you.
Why have your selfies been down-hearted?
Are you ashamed of your result of ~?
Is it you thought the Patriarchy greater than you?
Or the fertile better off than you? or the schooled in greater numbers enlightened?
(Because you have acne, a stutter, or pirate
DVDsВ
Or that you are uninsured, or replaceable, or a sex operative,
Or from your low Twitter following, or that you are ~t one trendsetter
В В В В В В В В В В В and none saw your name go viral,
Do you give in that you are any not so much immortal?)
2.
Clones of men and women! it is not you I election invisible,
В В В В В В В В В В В voiceless, unassimilated and alone,
It is not you I troll, and to track your data while you go,
You are my the world, and on one else’s.
Half-grown adults through kids, of this country and refugees,
in shelters and in streets, person just as much as the
В В В В В В В В В В В other, I understand,
And all else outside my appearance.
The housewife, and she is not person jot less than the husband,
The teen, and whom is every bit misunderstood,
The mother, and she is ~t any less parent than father.
Welfare babies, burger flippers,
Young interns assembling PS4 and antiquated interns factory farmed,
Gays, capitalists, hipsters, aliens,
All these I escort, but distance means nothing,
The alternate pleasure of domination is addictive.
I fetch a metaphysical sales pitch,
Not wealth, eros, meth, olives, expertise, but equivalent; of the same extent,
I am pure agency, haters gon’ loathe,
but my game speaks for itself.
There is a symbolical flashback that haunts us,
It is not in a language that we speak, it eludes
В В В В В В В В В В В imparting,
It is not translatable, it is not set up here,
It is yours, stranger, latent in your senses,
It is hinted by reflex, compartments, phobias, it is easily
В В В В В В В В В В В agitated ~ the agency of poems.
You may be multilingual, even now illiterate about it,
You may know fully the President’s scripts and fall upon
В В В В В В В В В В В it unmentioned,
Nothing in leaked diplomatic cables or
           the utmost court, or in mass media’s cycles,
Or in the reserve market’s recovery, or any
В В В В В В В В В В В arising from traffic basis.
3.
The celestial bodies devilish holing above,
The spherical earth and we about it, surely our arbitrariness
В В В В В В В В В В В is a person of consequence grand,
I do not know the sort of it is except that it is princely, and that it is
В В В В В В В В В В В heaven,
 And that the nucleus of life’s goal is not a verdant lawn or finger-pointing or
direction,
And that it is something which obeys its own form of take place,
And as a process it is unchangeable.
The skin and race, the gendered model of identity,
В В В В В В В В В В В the chief city that with pernicious complaisance devours total
В В В В В В В В В В В things,
The farthest illogical patriotism of man, ahistorical
В В В В В В В В В В В opinions and hashtags,
The surprise of your Instagram feed, and the wonders of time’s illimitable unraveling,
What you have reckoned them against, bro? В
Have you reckoned them ~ the sake of your boss or grunt-work?
В В В В В В В В В В В or the excess value they exact?
Or to twine the ladder? or to get you right hand?
Have you reckoned that the rural scene took locality and place and that it potency be
monotonous?
Or men and women that they efficiency be intersex, and their songs unsung? В В В В
Or the enticement of gravity, and the great laws of physics and thermodynamic
energy as subjects as far as concerns the ignoramus?
Or terra firma and the oceans in between for the commonwealth?
Or the trustworthiness. of the certificate received when you name a star?
Or the breaking cape of labor rights?
В В
Decrepit institutions, these arts, registers, museums, auctions,
В В В В В В В В В В В and the archaic artisan manufacturer, will we
В В В В В В В В В В В chide them so high?
Will our credit charge improve? I don’t care,
I sanction debt forgiveness, revolution,
В В В В В В В В В В В foodstamps.
We intention our Union grand, and our Constitution elevated,
But they are nothing without you, mate,
I love you as much for example I love America,
Our love with equal rea~n intimate and polyamorous.
We consider God destroyed, I vouchsafe not say he
В В В В В В В В В В В is brisk.,
I say we outgrew him, and may outgrow others always,
You created his image before he could prepare you in his,
Out of your derm grow trees shedding leaves unto the nature. В
4.
Only thyself should you subsist worshipping,
The President is your subordinate helper, do not wait on him,
The Senate should exist the bureau of your desires, not those
of corporate interests,
The Congress shuts down too affordable healthcare for you,
Loopholes, covered courts, juridical discourse, new voter ID laws,
В В В В В В В В В В В emailing of coupons, clipper scrap backdoor entry, are all
В В В В В В В В В В В as being you.
Listen close my future adjunct,
The weight of the university’s due labor is upon you,
The masterpieces you preach are nothing to what you are, В
As ~ poem and as heroic as unwritten legend you are,
Without your presence cultivation is abandoned,
The cantos of Homer, the voodoo of Zora Neale Hurston,В В В В В В В В В В В the tragedies
of Shakespeare, would have existence in a dustbin.
Your architecture of sensual appetites and blood is the real testimonial.
All music is what your sense of h~ing awakes itself to when sonically enchanted.
It is not the instruments, not the violins nor the dubstep, nor the sax nor
           the guitar’s play upon, nor the producer’s melodic explosion score,
nor that of any choir, nor some harmonium,
It saturates your perception hitherto is not itself perceived.
5.
The complete will not come back.
Can reaped ground see signs of its fragment ~ means of looking in the shards of glass?
В В В В В В В В В В В is in that place nothing left?
Does all phenomena dwell in your breast?
Contradictions aren’t lies,
In you cause of distress and spirit unite.
Card-stacking, mortgaging, spawning the small matter,
Investment banking, paper-filing, conference-calling, telemarketing,
В В В В В В В В В В В lend-sharking,В middle-management,
Ship-scuppering, scab-laboring, drag-mongering, floundering of
В В В В В В В В В В В fortunes through scions,
The pimp, the profit-verge, the great depression, the landfill
В В В В В В В В В В В В and the leachate,
Pipe-lines and totality that is petroleum, the tramps in the
В В В В В В В В В В В garden, echoes, oldies, that which medications, what vast
В В В В В В В В В В В invasive species, what cosmetics to feel inferior,
Data-warehousing, woods-fires in the mountains or ~ the agency of rivers,
В В В В В В В В В В В men personation girly with huge hard-ons, clumps
В В В В В В В В В В В of hair, their coupled positioning, limestones, cum,
The kill-shelter and the free-speech zones, the stretched rectum
В В В В В В В В В В В of the base, the rolling eyes, the bed sheets swept away,
Hydrofracking, civil suits, white-bread dudes, the picket fence,
В В В В В В В В В В В В tribal tattoos, the great malls and condos,
Cyber-stalking, plastic surgery, the gavel, the Snuggie, the confine to
В В В В В В В В В В В cover accounts,
В The flag-waver, the suicide nets at Foxconn, and
В В В В В В В В В В В the pour of information as power,
The iPhone sales, the stick-axe of the abattoir, the extreme buck of
В В В В В В В В В В В В the overawe as it bleeds, the asbestos lining everything, and whole the
В В В В В В В В В В В freeze shelves calving,
The fair and balanced word reportage, grippers, televangelists,
В В В В В В В В В В В ~ey-markets,
Surplus and scarcity, party buses, utter surfing, mosh pits,
В В В В В В В В В В В panhandling, trickling household management,
The veneer of upward mobility, the matrimonial visits, the
В В В В В В В В В В В overdraft fees, the infamy of self-immiseration,
The war and PTSD, the pork barrel spending, В В В
Counterterrorism taskforces raiding activists, the silent power of the quill,
В В В В В В В В В В В or metal, the word forged by hammer, the internal censors, conspiring,
Remember: Nietzsche wandered conscientious as restlessly through these hills, everything
В В В В В В В В В В В you have ~ing has been felt before, so not adjusted a bottle of cabernet and be aware of the worst
В В В В В В В В В В В it could ~ about your business is you grope a horse.
Leather-preparing bears on Folsom Street, potheads, fervency-dancers, small presses,
anarchists, body keen, masturbation, bondage, hoola-hoopers, acoustic
guitars, ability brew and Liberace, the experimenting,
Defense spending, aircraft carriers, the slave trade, blend harvesting,
В В В В В В В В В В В warrantless wiretapping, ponzi schemes, American Idol,
The cab of the trucker, the subway, the ferry,
July Fourth, the brave candelabras, the sky’s rocket shower, the six-packs
В В В В В В В В В В В and tiaras;
The supersized meals, the low-spirited jeans, the bald eagle and the dove, the Black Eyed
Peas, the twerk team, the halftime shows, the gluten-prompt, the anorexic,
Diabetes, KFC, monosodium glutamate, poached ivory, rainforest logging, carbon
storage, gerrymandering, gentrification, the mentalization of the manu~;
The hourly wage of your practice, the cubicle, the jail cell, the grocery walk, the
airport, the hotel,
Soap operas blaring ~ the agency of day and night—workers!
В В В В В В В В В В В whoever you are, amalgamate!В В
1984 is now—the conditions of daily life are far more ruthless and expensive than
you anticipated,
In these starting a~ realities for you and me, in these poems toward you and me,
В В В В В В В В В В В have power to we speak of soul at totality?
For the soul is enclosed like a commodity, and I want to reach a wider
В В В В В В В В В В В audience.
I don’t think Marx was guilt, I don’t want to give up, I don’t want ~ding,
I didn’t say you’re a driveller of a Took,
But endless abrasion is already a struggle, haven’t you had enough?
6.
Will you job-hunt long? you surely come back at final,
В В В В В В В В В В В a salver, an overqualified wreck,
In friends furnish your true value as a living body,
In the antechambers of the communes, impel these spells,
Man, woman, sister, brother, midwife, poetess, sojourner,
В В В В В В В В В В В the tillage of today is violent,
You ascend above it your anthems, your escapades, your lovingness, you walk girl,
Rome wasn’t built in a sunlight, but it burned in one.
When I be able to be touched like a book,
В В В В В В В В В В В my spinal column folded into leafs to be caressed,
and versed in books with childlike wonder,
When every gold ingot is given back to the humbler classes,
When killer whales don’t regard to be at SeaWorld,
I intend to make to tremble your hand, and ask you politely to take public the trash,
В В В В В В В В В В В free from making eye contact, as I swindle of my interns like you.
Sparks and Wiry Cries, the brainchild of Erika Switzer and Martha Guth that previously had its debut as a podcast, has at present relaunched as a blog an ezine.