Poems by Mark Young.

 

After Aristotle (2)

 

Accidents are. Substance
undergone. Modification.

: the size : the shape : the color :

Accidents exist / only when
there is / substance to which
an / accident can 

: occur :

: yesterday : the day before :

: location :

Accidental
         icebox 

substantial
         plums.

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A line from Zachary Taylor

People's perception of car
brands dictates resale 
values. The dictates of 
religion mean that no-

thing is remaindered, & 
if you're young & gay 
& Jewish then you won't be
staying long in Minnesota.

 

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a sometimes ithaca

A half-remembered story
or a myth? Ulysses—was
it?—being told to take
an—was it?—oar & go
inland until he came 
across a village where 
the implement was
unknown. Shutters go 

up inside the brain as the 
cold increases. He drove. 
Nowhere in particular, 
just trying to find a spot 
where he recognized 
none of the landmarks.

 

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Entropic sunset

                    The stones define themselves
          by doing cartwheels on the
edges of the lawn. They catch
          alight. Random numbers or
                   chaos theory asks the newsagent

                   when I go there for a haircut. An
          icecream van melts as it makes
its campanological way down
          the street. Birds cluster beneath
                   a carapace of broken grass.

 

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A line from Grover Cleveland (1)

Kale chips are no new 
thing, but continually 
discovering biologically 
active compounds in 

a collection of Chinese 
netizen humor is a form-
ula for career success. 
Many animals can store 

sperm for a long time with
a high probability of con-
tinued efficacy—& you 
can sell a digital version of

that in the Kindle Store if
you hold the rights. Making 
the sick walk all the way to 
the back of the store for milk

has  found a comfortable home 
in rural Ohio. Soda pallets fly
apart in the middle of no-
where. We miss the authentic.