By any meat necessary
by Mark Peters


Data compression is a common phenomenon in man-made computers.
It is reasonable to assume that something similar occurs in brains.


I fell down the stairs in a dream once.
I woke up a jerk.


it's not
a question
of selfish
or selfless
but "what" is
your "self"
and "who" is
your "your"


That was no sailboat: It was a Viking ship.


asymmetrical red even

ing squaggled bulk

a female beer

tightened and trashed

punched my puppies

men are plates

of lettuce apelike

gardens floating under

obvious biological distinctions

fumbling a present

to the sky


an
omelet
is
beaten
up
eggs
yelling
ratfuck
in
a
church


for god so loved the world
he crunched the heads of extraterrestrials

for god so loved the world
he made tiny rubber insects

for god so loved the world
he just couldn't get out of bed


You are my friend,
But a bear.
Is it wrong to love you?
It is true, I love sailors,
But there are few I love
More than you.


You can be legally declared a truck.


Flaming toast is a common phenomenon in man-made toasters.
It is reasonable to assume that something similar occurs in brains.


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May 1999