04 March 2024

Four Poems by Mark Young

A line from Queen Latifah

 

I have a selection of vintage

clothes that I want to keep safe

on my journey from Vienna to

Bratislava. It's a location I keep

 

returning to. I'm carrying no

extra clothing or overnight

equipment, only a jar to rehyd-

rate foods, & a checklist that

 

I've vacuum packed with added

oxygen absorbers. I believe in

seeing the world & exploring its

variety, but doing it as a day trip.

 

 

A line from J. P. Morgan the Elder

 

The slope of the graph cor-

responds to a spectacular

routine in stunning feather

costumes executed by some

 

cases of partially-working

proteins leaning against a

Dodge Stratus or queuing

for intricate yet smudgy taxis

 

as a book by Gabriel Garcia

Marquez cleaves the white mist,

tempest-driven, to leave the

world fundamentally changed.

 

 

A line from Thomas de Quincy

 

An ordinary family, with some

backing percussion from metal

brushes, are voicing ever increa-

sing socially conscious views on

 

the state of current times. Then

they add final finishing touches

by installing mirrors all around.

Now they are as silent as light.

 

 

A line from Giorgio de Chirico

 

From one perspective, it's a

masterpiece: time objectified in

plastic, Aristotelian dynamics

the original impetus. The world

 

as an enigma. Parts of the modern

human cortex have evolved over

time, but so, too, have sexually ob-

jectified portrayals of women in

 

mainstream media increased. The

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has

ruled that French translations in

the national audit of dementia can

 

result in distortions & should only

be included if they are of ordinary

village & peasant scenes or made

from incorporated organic fibers. No

 

negative thought patterns are allowed.

'Om Tat Sat' must be the only eternal

sound-pranava along with those si-

lent mannequins that are ubiquitous.