SurVision Magazine / Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Changing Station

Agony—the inevitability of our demise.
We were spinning sugar when the giant
crutch fell short. The clocks running
for their lives. The city humming
like a freezer. A black caboose on ice.

You were making mushroom ragu.
I was admiring your industry, reading
the Metropolitan section. When
the denouement comes, look for me
in the cockpit handing out straws
to clutch at as we veer into a viral spiral.

The Empire State Building's opal spire
cuts into night. That's kinda how
I am now—a lightsaber, ready for hire.

Giant Sighs

August is a saucy scamp, a brazen hustler,
rustling in black silk and fishnet stockings.
In purple dahlia. Dianthus laced with Apollo.

August is a racehorse in a cave. A county fair.
Boiling-over light in the warehouse of desire.
Antlers on a heatwave. A wedding caked.

Shopping for memories, red trumpet vines
tumble over the fence top. Deep in a well
you find a word to quell the nerve-swell:

Troubadorable. Busier than a Byzantine.
The herald arrives early. Dire portents
gather up steam for the Monster Prom.

Truth shuttles through a stuttering loom.
And August swaggers, drunk on the moon.

Temporary Sanity

forever in the sweat of fire.
—Philip Lamantia

Winter's white heart steams.
Venus pins night to the sky.
A few stars are hung out to dry.

On call at the dream hospital,
my gang of bells rings.

Me and you in the pitch light,
throb like a pulsar.
Listen. Your canals can hear
my eyelids beating time
into wings of gold foil.

All of what I say to you comes
with a moneyback guarantee.

And snow only really talks
when it starts to melt.

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is a publisher, critic, eco-activist, impresario, puppeteer, and artist living in N.Y.C. He is author of nineteen books of verse, including Blue Lyre from Dos Madres Press, Party Everywhere from Xanadu, and Doppelgängster from MadHat Press. He is a recipient of the Kathy Acker Award for both writing and publishing. The former publisher of Cover Magazine, The Underground National, he now publishes Live Mag! His website is www.jeffreycypherswright.com.

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An international online magazine that publishes Surrealist poetry in English. Issue Thirteen JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT Changing Station Agony—the inevitability of our demise. We were spinning sugar when the giant crutch fell short. The clocks running for their lives. The city humming like a freezer. A black caboose on ice. You were making mushroom ragu. I was admiring your industry, reading the Metropolitan section. When the denouement comes, look for me in the cockpit handing out straws to clutch at as we veer into a viral spiral. The Empire State Building's opal spire cuts into night. That's kinda how I am now—a lightsaber, ready for hire. Giant Sighs August is a saucy scamp, a brazen hustler, rustling in black silk and fishnet stockings. In purple dahlia. Dianthus laced with Apollo. August is a racehorse in a cave. A county fair. Boiling-over light in the warehouse of desire. Antlers on a heatwave. A wedding caked. Shopping for memories, red trumpet vines tumble over the fence top. Deep in a well you find a word to quell the nerve-swell: Troubadorable. Busier than a Byzantine. The herald arrives early. Dire portents gather up steam for the Monster Prom. Truth shuttles through a stuttering loom. And August swaggers, drunk on the moon. Temporary Sanity forever in the sweat of fire. —Philip Lamantia Winter's white heart steams. Venus pins night to the sky. A few stars are hung out to dry. On call at the dream hospital, my gang of bells rings. Me and you in the pitch light, throb like a pulsar. Listen. Your canals can hear my eyelids beating time into wings of gold foil. All of what I say to you comes with a moneyback guarantee. And snow only really talks when it starts to melt. Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is a publisher, critic, eco-activist, impresario, puppeteer, and artist living in N.Y.C. He is author of nineteen books of verse, including Blue Lyre from Dos Madres Press, Party Everywhere from Xanadu, and Doppelgängster from MadHat Press. He is a recipient of the Kathy Acker Award for both writing and publishing. The former publisher of Cover Magazine, The Underground National, he now publishes Live Mag! His website is www.jeffreycypherswright.com.
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