Wednesday, November 14, 2012

RESIN, a slightly revised erasure poem from a wikipedia article about asphalt

bitumen or similar black
produced by the destructive distillation
gas, tar, the binder, the addition

macadam roads completely overtaken
Brea Tar Pit sand mistakenly trinidads The Dead sand
these dump trucks route the hot engine warm.
The back of tippers commonly used as a release

microscoping algae, once-living things, mud on the bottom of the ocean or lake
the heat and pressure of burial deep in the earth. The remains were transformed meteorites.

detailed studies have shown
waterproofing of the baskets in the ancient Middle East.
In the Book of Genesis, the name of the substance used to bind the bricks:
(This must be regarded as legendary)
moom.
mummy embalms mummies

Herotodus said it slowly boiled,
leaving a material of asscabbards.
Statuettes of household deities
indicated a naptha seeping,
the bottom occasionally to surface more than 99.99% pure

which doth shine like purple,
being of strong scent adulterated with Pitch
which they use for lamps instead of oyle for it is a kind of moyst.

The Greek fire contained, among other things, a pamphlet dated 1621, by a certain Monsieur.
Existence, by means of the arches, the courses in the city of Paris,
The intrusion of dirt and filth,

He expatiates this material for terraces
the notion of terraces in the streets
to cross the brain of a Parisian neglected
until the revolution, a surge

2 comments:

  1. does RESIN stand for anything, looks like a menacing acronym

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  2. Resisting
    Every
    Single
    Incorrect
    Name

    just made that up.

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