Things Jack Spicer Told Me: May 2013

Friday 31 May 2013

THE BENDS

for PS

First, you get really, startlingly tired.
You should find some other food source.

Weight loss. I simply didn't dream.
The thing I missed most was the fizz.

I usually drink a lot of water and juice
to help me deal with life.

After three drinks you lose control.
After four drinks you lose count.

I believed I had a broken record
in my head. A very mild, yellow hue.

It all depends on what a biopsy says.
I get a tingling sensation over my body.

I left the country for a year.
I had a bad temper. My gambling increased.

Tuesday 28 May 2013

SO BITE ME

So I'm faced with a dilemma;

It’s a red meat, quite fatty,
and extremely fragrant. After eating dog
beef seems tasteless.

form an alliance

Meat from younger horses
is lighter in colour. People use it similar
to the way they use beef.

or find out what budgie tastes like.

Cat meat sells for $1.32 a pound.
Young cats are tender. The animals are raised
the same way cows are.

I'll lick my bits and ponder on it.

Saturday 25 May 2013

THE ROBOT SHOWS ITS WORKING

or HOW THE ROBOT CAME TO LOVE THE ROBOT

for AA

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for AA

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Friday 24 May 2013

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*I would like readers to record their own versions of the fax music and post them in the comments or on the facebook page here

Wednesday 22 May 2013

IN THE FRENCH

for AA

horse/hair
slippers/sausage
Cinderella/ashtray

SESTINA FOR ANDY OWEN COOK

Monday 20 May 2013

"FOR DAVE FRANCO" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Dave Franco

Dave Franco
actor
verified USA
eager to be everything

For all we know
real excellence is? it's
all in this world
never not unwatching
certain scenes of you
over and over

"FOR CHRIS HEMSWORTH" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth
headliner
reared in Australia
is capable of everything
some success

Have you considered what
excellence is? it's
making the audience
sweat
with everyone else
open pored
reeking of gymnasium
tooled muscle
hammered never not unsmelt

Wednesday 15 May 2013

"FOR DOMINIC COOPER" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Dominic Cooper

Dominic Cooper
omnific
made in UK
indefatigable at being
never nothing
if anything
continuous

Can we know what
overwhelming excellence is? it's
open to all
persons of admissible age
engaged in whispers
reverent and never not unhushed

Tuesday 14 May 2013

"FOR ADAM DEACON" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Adam Deacon

Adam Deacon
dramatiser
assembled London
mean to everything

Do we know what
excellence is? it's
all in this world
cut short
or never cut or
never not uncut

"FOR LIAM HEMSWORTH" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving message in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Liam Hemsworth

Liam Hemsworth
imitator
assembled Australia
means to be everything

Have you considered what
excellence is? it's
making the audience
sweat
with everyone else
open pored
reeking of gymnasium
tooled muscle
hammered never not unsmelt

Monday 13 May 2013

"FOR BEN WHISHAW" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw
entertainer
native UK

Want to know what
haute couture is? it's
incredible
sequinned frocks
hung on square shoulders
across continents
where you're never not unarmed

"FOR ADRIEN BRODY" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"

— Thinking of Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

dramatiser

reared in USA

is capable of

everything

never stopping

Believe you are

rendering excellence? it's

out of this world high

definition muscle

yet never not unbelieved

"FOR HUGH JACKMAN" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman
understudy
grown in Australia
heaven on earth

Jealous of knowing what
absolute excellence is? it's
catch-all
knowledge of
misdeameanours
and knowing
never not unflinching

"FOR ANDREW GARFIELD" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield
new–made
designed UK
rising
eager to be everything
works

Gleaning what
absolute excellence is? it's
real real
for all in this world
interested in the bodies
each brushing the next
long fingered
desires never not unfelt

Thursday 9 May 2013

"FOR DANIEL RADCLIFFE" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe
actor
native UK
intrepid at being
everything
living yet

Requiring to know what
absolute excellence is? it's
definitely
contractable
loving other
infected
fabulous beings
feeling
each is never not unfixed

Tuesday 7 May 2013

"FOR JUDE LAW" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Jude Law

Jude Law
understudy
designed UK
eager to be everything

Looking for what
absolute excellence is? it's
where we're never not unstudied

Monday 6 May 2013

"FOR ZACHARY QUINTO" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto
actor
created USA
hankers to be everything
alive and well
resides Los Angeles
yet living

Questions of what
universal excellence is? it's
inferable from
no–one beyond this world — captain
taking orders from
others never not being unearthly

"FOR JAMES MCAVOY" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of James McAvoy

James McAvoy
actor
made in Scotland
eager to be everything
some success

May we never know what pure
class is?
Are we really bothered
varieties explode
or never
yet not unchanging

"FOR HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Hayden Christensen

Hayden Christensen
actor
youthed Canada
desires to be
everything
never stopping

Can we ever know
how excellence is? it's
real in this world
if we want it
some success
that is
eternal in our reach
neighbours
streets beyond streets
everyone in this world
never not undreamed

"FOR SAM WORTHINGTON" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington
actor
made in UK

Will we ever know what
overwhelming excellence is? it's
real in this world
thumbing all
here
in the multiplex
next to the next
gasming
together as
one intook breath
never not unreleasing

"FOR JOSEPH GORDON–LEVITT" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name:
— Thinking of Joseph Gordon–Levitt

Joseph Gordon–Levitt
omnific
source USA
eager to be everything
perpetual
here

Glossing what
overwhelming excellence is? it's
real in this world
dramatised
on cellulose acetate
negatives —

Leave it
everywhere we go
varieties explode
in blossom
titular flowers
trees never not ungarlanded

"FOR NOEL CLARKE" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"

— Thinking of Noel Clarke

Noel Clarke

omnific

engineered UK

learning to be everything

Can we know what excellence

legitimately is? it's

all in this world

real real

kicking or punching

each never not unhurt

Saturday 4 May 2013

"FOR WILL SMITH" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name."
— Thinking of Will Smith

Will Smith
idol
licensed USA
learning to be everything

Surprised to know the
measure of excellence? it's
inside all
theatres and multiplexes
held never not unloved

"FOR BEN AFFLECK" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck
entertainer
native USA

Are we aware what
fantastich is? it's
for all in this world
lying next to
evidence of other
carnivorous things and
kneeling never not uneaten

"FOR CASEY AFFLECK" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck
actor
source USA
eager to be everything
yet going

Are we aware what
fantastich is? it's
for all in this world
lying next to
evidence of other
carnivorous things and
kneeling never not uneaten

"FOR RYAN REYNOLDS" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds
youth
assembled USA
non-stopping

Requiring to know what
excellence is? it's
yourself
neighbour
over 7 billion in this world
lying next to the next
difficult muscle
somehow never not untouching

Friday 3 May 2013

"FOR GAEL GARCIA BERNAL" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Gael Garcia Bernal

Gael Garcia Bernal
actor
engineered Mexico
learning to be everything

Gathering evidence to
ascertain excellence? it's
real in this world
containing
incendiary cinema
and cutting room floors

Broken floors
excavated histories
recycled fashions
never not
always
leaving unreturned

Thursday 2 May 2013

"FOR TOM HARDY" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy
actor
made in UK

Have we ever known
about excellence? it's
real in this world
difficult muscle
you never not unripped

"FOR CHRIS PINE" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Chris Pine

Chris Pine
headliner
reared in USA
is capable of everything
some success

Purporting to know what
ingeniousness is? it's
no-one beyond this world — Jim
ever not being unearthly

Wednesday 1 May 2013

"FOR CAM GIGANDET" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"

— Thinking of Cam Gigandet

Cam Gigandet

actor

made in USA

God knows how we'd

interrogate excellence? it's

globe-encompassing
aerials bytesizing

news pieces

dealt with teethy smiles

en dente

that stardust never not unbitten

"FOR LEONARDO DICAPRIO" BY FRANK O'HARA

"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio
entertainer
origin USA
never wishing to be nothing
always everything
really everyone to everyone
didn't I say
ongoing

Do we know what
inception is?
Could we care more for
all in this world
pressed against the screen
reciting screenplays
indefinitely
or never not unstopping