A Melancholic Porch
A
abdicate, A wet porch expelled
abort, all at sea, aligned to the railway
Abraham-men, counterfeit architecture, sold as seen
absolute, no possibility to absolve, perfect helplessness
absolve, nonetheless prepared for calm to descend
Acherontic, grey graves twisting under soil
adamant, common concern foremost, slanting rain
adust, blackness overhead, baseless affliction
advoutry, never true even to that which pains
affect, wearing melancholy on the skin
affright, startles and does not match the terrain
afternoon-men, idle speculator, at close of day
alexipharmacum, to see extensions as antidotes
alicant, banality (child leaning on the legs of its parent)
alkermes, conjoined features, without purpose
all out, bound between an image and what can be said about it
almuten, point of shelter projecting outward
ambidexter, switching each segment of an island
ammi, kept company by laceflowers, stars strung in a nave
amphibological, to observe brick, sidelong or mountainous
ampliation, pitched profile, as in structural resistance
angust, as though meant to disappear
annexed, with meaning and emptiness intervening
antic, left isolated, gargoyle in the eaves
apologer, wary of exaggerated design
apophlegmatisms, let alone temptation to refuse further investment
approve, theories cannot be tested
aristolochy, walls studded with variants of pipevine
ascendant, imprecise hour, call without horizon
assassinate, the sound of which is a killer
Atellanes, a ludicrous outing, horrifying desperation
Austrian planets, church circuits, rituals composed in the moment
available, in the hope that patterns transfer into serviceable action.
B
bable, Removeable tokens, souvenirs of the stomach
baby, reduced to something that does nothing but look back
ballet, singing songs of disgust
balloon, “Begone Politicos, before you pass us between hands”
bangle, transformed into commodity-beef
barley-break, forgetting what it is to be un-captured
bassa, page-fold atop a flowerhead, an orange saddle
bastard, drinking from long flutes
Bavarian chin, when the neck bloats, air is cut off
bayard, blind, crowding the innards, dirt in a tin
bedlam, granule of distemper underneath arches
bewray, far removed, even from insurrection
bezoar's stone, porch polyp in the lining
bird, nestling in a bubble curve
black guard, downwind of institutions, ready-to-eat
bloody-fallen, poor circulation, disenfranchised, church-dumb
bole, chewed-fat clod, adorned with extras
bona-roba, disregarded streets, apportioned market index
box, venturing numbers corresponding only with faith tics
brach, guarded by dogs, crisply folded vested interest
Brachmanni, privilege being the ultimate reality underlying all phenomena
brachygraphy, short for vengeance, on land, sea, and air
brangling, if you dare quarrel or resist the strip
brief, crosshairs on staves
brise, called-in from beyond the tropics
Brontes, one targetting eye, a sorry state
bull's feathers, leave you with a badge to wear
Burbonian planets, black flag in sun, pressed into another age
busk-point, trussed up in sectors
by-respects, all means, private ends.
C
calamistrate, Pulling at the hair, an open malaise
cample, acknowledges disaster in the streets
canvas, immediately dismissed as melancholic
capcase, targeting jackals of capital and processes of distribution
capital, from head down, trickling at the neck
card, a poverty of spirit traced in leagues
careful, suited to self-preservation
cari, extracted oils and tars
carl, ready to bite all manner of hands
caroche, whenever training is not taken up by indigenous forces
cast, entire strategies discredited, rough body count
casting-counters, put into endless uneven tallies
castril, picked at by birds, dragged up concrete sloughs
catholic, desperate for remedial evaporation
caul, before hot colour escapes swollen bags
cautelous, nervous crowds poking with sneakers
censure, with unsure timing of judgment, when
cerotes, fellow citizens turn to clothed wax
ceruse, gone white in sandy run-offs
ceterach, organs unfurled into showreels
chalastic, bowels exeunt
character, where it is written, pulled to the outside
chequin, sequins pressed into the earth
china, rooting for seepin' sarsaparilla
chitty, amid poor returns
choler, staying alive with bile
chuff, irreconcilable to
cicliminus, forgotten cyclamen shades of living flesh
circumforanean, seen last on that itinerant consumer
civilian, law-abiding all the while
clanacular, submerged typologies
cloth, numerous as pollen points
clothing, knots in the means of production
coal, subject to pyrolysis of the spirit
cockney-like, exhibiting qualities that are other
cog, in order to press a deal
coll, moved into the nape with force
collapsed, everything runs into decay
collogue, smoother than is granted
colly, thick layers of darkness under the feet
colone, lone labourer standing in a field
colt's evil, wary of distemper
combust, obscured by light
come off, lined up for recompense
comical, in the form of a gut-buster
commencements, ceremoniously started
commodity, shareholdings for profit
commons, shoved in with the regular diet
compinged, stoma gases fermenting
complement, with added flourish
complexion, a fully recognised constitution
complicate, already addled
composed, insistent for that which
conceit, (as) you might imagine
conceited, laughter spoils your face
concent, in the name of democracy
concoct, acid slowly eating the lining
condite, fat candied and crystalline
conditions, disturbed by moral fumes
confer, out of joint with requisitioned halls
confine, bodies tight as fingers in refrigeration trucks
consisting, packed in white sheaves
constantly, sleeping steadfast now
constellations, a blankness from which to cast futures
constringe, pulled together
contract, woven into paper
controvert, regional disputes
convented, laid atop one another
conversions, daily sufferings
cony-catching, betrayals and bluffs
cornute, cuckolded and spun
coronet, the crown of every City
corrivate, settled on gathered rivers
corsive, the seat of power
cowl-staff, caustic liquid, populations slung over its back
crack, crowing ancient patterns
crowned, of militarised sovereigns
crucify, free to distress all surrounding lands
cubbed up, to imprison in banks
curious, the particular care of an electorate
curr, dead as fowl with golden eyes
curranto, commentary depicted as running
cuscuta, when it might be lame
cushion-dance, as an object passed to hand
cut-works, common lands stitched up together.
D
Dœdalian, Fresh units cut mazes through houses
damnified, piercing wall membranes
dare, threading shocked faces on wire
day-net, captured in a bulb trap
daysman, a move judged without orient
debility, with no planetary cause to still it
deboshed, in its depravity
deducted, slaked and wanting
defecate, a pure conviction
defect, set as the default
dehort, over-force to dissuade
deliquium, to run down a domestic mass
descry, echo-located, night-visioned
detect, rooms revealed point-to-point
detracted, minus your living space
detriment, the sign of your resistance absent
dia-, the panacea of the earth
dictery, closed off in aphorism
dilate, or setting free the blood
dilling, all that is dear-held
diminutives, evaporates
disprove, not allowed to root
distillation, but caught in the lung
dittander, like a wort
diverb, language ill-fitting every tract
divulge, still pressed and distributed
dizzard, to every bloc
dodecatemories, under whatever sign
dorp, or domicile
draught, stinking houses, riddled palaces
dropax, requisitioned with sound
drugger, spiked with trinkets for spoils
dummerer, to play dumb in photographs
dust-worm, with Dictators' money.
E
earth-spine, Ornamental gardens of squashed pine
eclegm, form aisles of remedies on the riverbank—
economical, household tinctures from imported specimens
eloge, at the site of televisual addresses, in garden cups
eminent, microphone foam, intractable invasion denials
enarration, berating slurp (mirrored spectacles, human tongues for epaulets)
encyclopœdian, propaganda for a closed circle
end, every inch of the nation fragmented, reclassified as dunes
engine, barreled with chemically bound packages
entreat, lavished upon small-hour suburbs
enula campana, that leak like roots over the fields
epicure, pressing down upon the nature of things
epithyme, parasitic suckers clasping sleeping heads
equant circles, a blast radius crowned with a gaseous loop
erear, lifting hundreds off, close to thousands
err, pestilential numbers, whosoever seeks to mislead
escape, whatever barbarous fix
ethnics, or uncivilised release
euripe, traces effects on physiognomy (map depression)
evirate, stripped clean
exaggerate, enjoined in heaps
exagitate, disturbance in the soil
exhaust, resorting to burning, faced with such numbers
exolete, continuing to live, as obsolete function
exonerate, such appearances cannot be borne out
exornation, because details will stick to you
explode, no matter how they cast, or
expostulate, stand up to question—
extent, what pulls away from the object is only shadow
extenuation, that which belittles every claim to presence.
F
fabulous, Otherwise get carried away
facete, with quickness of facility, smirk of ordnance
fact, before accomplishments be pre-empted
fairybabe, bodies of children, numerous as insect husks
fall, spotted over the rims of drop collars
falling sickness, when assessing the fits on video streams—
familiar, the habits of judgement
fay, expunge themselves
feral, of all appalling visions
fieldone, distributed across the landscape
finger-fern, spleen vents painted in at near-distance—
fitches, death, common as vetch
flaggy, casual thought devastating the earth simply
fleer, by glancing over its cheek
flirt, water over the sides of a vessel
fly out, dispersant
foal-foot, in a recoil
foot, as with every case
foot-clothes, tied to this same land—
forspoken, no matter how possessed
fortunately, or heavy with possessions
fox, cut in half or doubled
freckons, dotted with youth or age
fucate, disguised or plain viewed
fumadoes, a patient
funge, without intelligence
fustilugs, charged with liquor
fuzzled, or beheaded by doubt.
G
galanga, Nonetheless, a rooted nerve
genethliacal, seen as a system in the skies
genist, a profusion swept edge to edge
geniture, in which all future measures are lost
ghost, and therefore do not let go
good cheap, defforts discarded
goosecap, from all but the most silent
Grobian, or the least apt to move
grosses, from soft European markets
gryphes, all fantastical beasts of speculation
guarded, hedged with perforated faces
gubber-tushed, closed over powdery teeth
gymnics, doing their circuits.
H
haberdine, Saline lumps
hacker, of the tormentor's fingers
have and hold, take grip
hemrods, haunting the arsehole
hodœporicon, of every step taken
hold, on life’s bitter grasp
homocentric, circling around infinite self-dots
hone, calling for themselves
horoscope, spurious entitlements
horrid, untamed desires
hot-house, that ought to be drained
husband, or worked from the dust
husbandman, provided with commentary
huswife, from a dirty mouth
hylech, as much as a nominal planet.
I
idle-headed, When illuminated
imbonity, the head doesn't fit right enough
immund, thoughts paste themselves onto screens
impassionate, talked up as banalities
impolite, given to false historical understanding
importune, barbarism tucked away neat
impostume, as poison latent in a sac
impress, in which countless captives are sealed:
incend, souls inflamed
incondite, forever torn from home
incubus, such is this unforgivable age
indefinite, irrevocably
indifferent, held in common as suffering
indulge to, either passed through a horn
Indy bone, or caught in ivory
inescate, what is accursed lies everywhere
inform, ready to fathom us
ingeminate, force us to repeat
ingenite, everything birthed
insensible, as written across cells
insist, in every dwelling place
insuavity, locked into the dreadful body—
insult, that which revolts us
intempestive, always stands as an outsider to time—
intend, where attention is fixed
intensive, upon body-less speculation
intention, that deepens
intentive, develops a force of will
interrupt, liable to corrupt
intricable, entangle itself
irrefragable, before claiming permanence.
J
jack, To slip amongst thornéd enemies
jet, with a loaded walk
Jovial, bounced by the State
jument, trussed like a mule
just, as the only response.
K
keelpins, The mobs and masses cave in
keep up, having absorbed passivity
kell, either hooded or not,
kill up, to drop the dope through the trap, waiting
knights of the post, for menial witnesses to go viral.
L
labdanum, A perfumed resin around the mouth
lamia, unending death, an appetiser
landleaper, vagrant hope possessed of such vanity
lapis Armenus, small coinage furring up the hands
laplolly, turning firm soil to oil marsh
lask, bile-sweet paste from the guts
lave-eared, hunker down for the noise
lee, of potassium hydroxide cylinders
let, falling end-over-end
libertine, lawless, this grace
lie down, lines your box
likely, upon your come-likely demise
limbec, condensed into a receiver
litargy, coloured by nitrates and silver stone
litigious, spent of raw crime
livor, malignantly pitched
long square, dimensions of constellated bodies
lurch, creased in limb bags
lusorious, according to lots.
M
macerate, Forced to monitor this
made, surrogate for a condition
magistery, with all living creatures mastered
magistral, entered into special measures
make away, to be slaughtered in numbers
mala insana, demented seeds kept in flesh
maleficiate, madly spinning out
mancipate, planted as spoils
many, orgies of larval bodies
mard, swilling the shit
marish, of a world fully clouded over
maukin, except that lone figure standing
Medicean stars, orbited and scarred
mediocrity, positioned at centre
mends, looking to amend
mere, a field ceaselessly open
meskite, already seared from worship
metoscopy, mud lines across a moon
minion, for an ancient mark-up
misconster, mistaken in every chart
mithridate, as a pause against horror
Mogor, statues hooded in the desert
moldiwarp, countless others buried around them
moll, ringed by pulleys, ankle snappers
momentany, regimes folded like steel roll
monocerot, turned into colourless myth
monomachy, such a beast caught by hand
moorish, sunk into the earth
mope, a wild bearded cave-dweller
mormoluches, a devil having swallowed his suit
morphew, eyes chewed with dust
mother, hysteric for barrel-mounted flashbulbs
motion, pulled out of a rat hole hat
mummia, bandaged by entitlement already
muscadine, the seep of presidential liquor
muse, pulled through a gap
mushato, a leader’s moustache lost to view.
N
nœnia, Come on drone, we all feel remote
nœves, assigned from the start, deployed from distance
naughtiness, ACFT RNG ELV ARM
naughty, operating above the veil, undervalued
nectarine, atmospheric persica fuzz
neoteric, slavering techno-deserts advance
nodule, with sackful panacea
noise, drummed into the sand.
O
oaf, A consumer deformed
object, lest they be seen
oblige, to become dependent upon
obnubilate, what is kept from them
obtrectation, down the well of spectacle
occur, whether this has any remedy
occurse, possibility of collective purpose
ocyme, beyond the flavour of placation
oilet-holes, wholly transparent
opinative, even dissent claims ownership of streets
opiparous, fattened crowds emerging
oppunger, vulnerable to snipers
orbities, pinpoint erasures
origan, shipping victims to green fields
otacousticon, instead of city spaces amplifying screams
ouch, layout grips the public throat
outside, for what the net captures
overseen, comes apart as false.
P
painful, Labour is made to strike
paint out, or redact the contracted form
pantofle, of assumed comfort
parable, so easily bought
parœnetical, or convinced as such
parietines, from capriccio outskirts
particular, of the ruinous self
partile, all its charts complete
passenger, with no stranger warmed at the border
peckled, flecked with human qualities
peculiar, only in those accountable cases
period, summed against domestic productivity
personate, by soap sheathed leaders
perspective, vanished in a rushing point
perstringe, dazzling with curses
philosopher's game, moved across the board
pickitivant, labelled as hirsute
pickthank, thereby not to be trusted
pigsney, with any open gesture
pill, stolen from old civilisation
pina, difficult to grasp as sweet
pistick nuts, sickly green under the meat
pittivanted, and the duplicitous beard
plashed, in which plots are woven
plunged, to the bafflement of all
points, concerned with methods of surveillance
poke, contained in swellings
politicians, measured in inches
poll, according to what's stolen
polyanthean, rote soundbyte
polygraphy, decoded only for those known
pontifical, to be kept under starched clothing
poor-john, similar to flesh
popular, whatever is engineered
portuous, by any little-read book
positively, that which is surrendered to orthodoxy
powdered, made to endure with salt
precise, on the assumption of pure thought
presently, attained instantly
press, or inflicted by others
pretend, all the while alleging
preteriton, those that will be condemned
prevent, or can expect to wait for
prick, a rod pointer
print, in, deliberately applied
prize, as a serial assertion
probable, proposed as
procession, a petition of the people
produce, lengthening
promissors, the portent of everyday life
propend, sagging with the weight
propugner, of resistance
prosecute, everything that follows
prospective, glimpsing loose landscape
prune, to be prettified
pullen, domesticated
purly-hunter, within privately named domains
purposes, thrown into contradiction
put case, supposed in advance
put down, a state of ruin declared
put to, accelerated
put up, accepted
putid, utterly without meaning
pythonissa, split on the tongue.
Q
quit, Give over.
R
rabato, Underneath the ceremony
rack, the same basic flesh
ramshead, staple foods
range, arranged according to group
rascetta, where to sever the hand
redshanks, of mountain people
refel, organised resistance
regiment, purely as sustenance
rejourn, guided by
remit, what fades into distance
rent, always resulting in
respect, exchanged values
respective, taken into account
respectless, primed to ignore
rhododaphne, capitalise on the rubble
rivel, squeeze out and maximise
roaring-meg, carbine noise
Rosy-cross men, holy people blushing
round, sacred sotto voce
rude, all underlying stuff
rumney, heady brute
rustics, offered by those in isolation.
S
sallet, Baby shoots
salvatella, sensation at the tip
sanded, beach buggy casualties
sanders, fragrant as Santalum
Saturnine, from this melancholy position
satyricon, held in ovals
scald, of unpleasant texture
scale, stages to be cut off
scamble, re. everyday shit
scant, putting inner shift
schede, with the pen and block
scolopendria, arranged in rows of simple division
scordium, taken for an intestinal complaint
scrat, cancelled out
secure, reliably all over
selenites, as adularescence
sensible, partaking of affect
serjeant, in the midst of institutions
serves, rare public duty
setting-stick, hand-held vanity
shadow, pulled down (blind)
shut up, ended after all
significator, borne in the habitable zone
site, tidally locked or not
skill of, adept (unstable genus)
sleeveless, wholly without consequence
smell-feast, latest face-hugger
snite, chirruping venom
Sophy, as if higher, taller
spagirically, bred in the blood
speculation, surveying to weigh
spike, planted by the father
spital, quarantined
stale, to draw the fire
stand to, take the shots
stare, rising to a murmur
steganography, of coded exchange
stern, one of a thousand points of light
stick-free, cannot be pointed out
stigmatize, without popping the heart
still, will this never end
stœchas, scented to hide the stink
stramineous, lacking inner substance
stupend, to a stunning degree
stut, tripping on the tongue
submiss, swallowing what’s there
substance, in excess beyond number
suffite, a wafting aftermath
superparticular, of tallies uneven.
T
table, Pills, pills, pills
tables, manoevered against draughts
take place, hit the spot
tassel, a raptor’s eye
temperature, balanced physiognomy
temptestively, according to condition(s)
tender, acknowledged as value
tenent, principally said
tenter-bellies, ceaseless feeding
terms, for a cosmological instance
terriculaments, drawing demons near
terse, so simple
testor, seen to be happening
tetric, even when poorly lit
theologaster, as an evangelist’s brow
thistlewarp, red in the face
tire, suited and booted
tit, stub slipped inside the pocket
tobacconist, next to the softpack
topic, whatever’s nearest
torlachers, bummed off a pinch
treacle, tarless palliative
trencher-chaplain, you can confess to
trenchmore, suck in the club
trivant, wasting away in strobe
trivial, senses dulled before and after
trunks, watching exits
tulipant, for a stone in the head
turbith, needing to be flushed out
tympany, lest it outgrow its host.
U
uncivil, Barbarous nature
unguentum armarium, mirrored salver
union, polished under the tongue
upright shoe, indiscriminate footing
urchin, of the spiralling surround.
V
vastity, Post-apocalyptic scree
Vatinian, a world denounced finally
vegetal, germination resists
velitation, battling its way through
venditate, to gaps of sound in the light
veneres, billion points of cell-tips
vent, hawking sugars as barter
village, in order to become established
voluntary, as a gift to the grey.
W
walk, Inside the deer park
want, bereft of all things
wasters, observe those last combatants
watchet, framed in cerulian
wearish, suddenly aged
weel, trapped in the set
wesel, choking at the throat
wether's head, bone capsules collapsing
whenas, in the meantime
whether, presented with choice
winch, of familiar acridity
wistly, aching in the chest
withy-wind, distant flowers walked closer
wolf, underlying growth
woolward, their punishment worn as shield
wreeks, as a cosmic joke
writhen, twisting in the gut.
Y
yellow, Envious of life continuing.