Gunslinger by Edward Dorn

Author:Edward Dorn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry, American, General, Epic
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2018-08-23T00:00:00+00:00

like a zircon

Nice of you to say that Lev

I’ve been working on the 3 Great Beenville Paradoxes

State them the Slinger requested

the tape’s awinding

like J. Edgar Whoever is on Crank

Thanks for the extra attention

Flamboyant crackled and began

Take 1 of 3 of the Great Beenville Paradoxes

Nature abhors a vacuum

but for nature, A VACUUM’S

GOT NOTHING AT ALL

Take 2 of 3

To be in Beenville Was

IS

To be in Beanville still

Take 3 of 3

The vacuum ADORES Nature

for heers abhoring

Thats straightforward enough

the Slinger commented, Waht’s

Heers?

Thats a combining form used

here to circumscribe It, but wait

there is a matching set of pseudoparadoxes

pseudo P(a

Time and Life cooperate once a week, or used to

pseudo P (b

Muy Señores Nuestros

the mass of me you have in your coach

can never be longer

than yesterday’s roach

pseudo P (c

Everything is prehensible

for from that which is not

we fall off

Thanks a lot Flam Everything murmured

Dr. Flamboyant, the Slinger asked

what is the condition of Pseudo P (b

a “Garden of Eden Pattern”

uh Huh, your hand has arrived

shall we shake it?

Whew! I don’t know, this Turing Machine

I’m travelling in has a worn timing chain

I need a digital transient recorder Bad

the main mass of me which waits here in Beenville

decided to phone ahead, quite without

the authority of the Whole Body

so my head might still be here when you arrive

Just bring what you receive of my body

in a safeway paper bag marked BEANS

I’m trying to convince someone here

I’m a Traditionalist

Four-ten! Doc, will do

but dont hang it up yet

the Slinger has some questions about the set

Et bien, put him in

Slinger here, Doctor Flamboyant

What’s the Garden of Eden’s function

in Beenville

None whatever, this is a contingency observation

from WHATS LEFT OF ME in Beanville

Youre getting configurations

that cannot arise in a game

because no preceding generation can form them

They appear only if given in the zero generation

Because such a configuration has no predecessor

it can not be self reproducing — in otherwords

Pat it on the back, give it something to eat

put it in a crib, and tell it it looks sweet

I follow you the Slinger puzzled

but arent you the predecessor?

ONLY IN BEENVILLE, Flamboyant shouted

Ah yes, the Slinger smiled

the Pre-emption of the Ultra-specific!

but how do I know which one of you to consult?

See pseudo P lowercase c

Thank you! uh, don’t you loose something

when you transmit your self serially?

Everytime, but not Everything,

Once I lost my keys

and couldnt get in

Once I lost my knees

and couldnt get down

Once I lost my face

and couldnt frown

But I’ve never lost my place

and that’s why work it

I’m still around

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