ABLE & CHRONICLED SPORTSMANand other poems to be performed without my permission

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J E R E M Y Y O U N G

ABLE & CHRONICLED SPORTSMANand other poems to be performed without my permission

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J E R E M Y Y O U N G

this chapbook features photographs taken documenting movements & placements performed by the author .

Time stops , and Cortez reaches up over the ridge . Ullamaliztli a dancing portraitMoving parts / productions of a

Violent ritualistic poemIn mid-air .

Looks over a field of reeds , white tips buzzing / small jetstreams of mosquito , in a breeze .

Sees social conflict , mythic aggression ( tattooed to landscapes in fire ) , andreligious prescriptions of behaviour Veracruz and Maya once rejoicing over spilled blood . Veracruz and Maya once rejoicing over spilled blood .

Sees Popol VuhStaring him in the eyeIn Xibalba . The basin ,Oaxaca .

Resolutions DemonstrationsBrotherhoodA haze of collective and harmoni’us manoeuvresWarriorsSportsman , inUllamaliztli costumeUllamaliztli costumeToss this heavy ball , for a brief moment resembling the flight of a sea-bound petrel , Through elaborately carv’d hoops .The loser meets death .Time stops .

For Cortez , Gold is a battery prolonging his interest .

Movement and time , so colourfully interwoven by the Ullamaliztli spectacleIn the presence of an entire city Lost in translationIn a tea-stain’d notebook .

An error in the gnomon . A snakebirth robbery .

Cortez sits a while , Cortez sits a while , Moves into the shade .

A priest’s description and an illustration Satisfy the blankness of a page . 14 minutes . ButNot recorded , The lyrical hieroglyphic chanting ,The sound of bones breaking . The sound of bones breaking . Not recorded , The stench of sulfur burning , and Not recorded , The plastering over of bloodshed on a dyed masonry court .

Wisconsin , 1966

He wore

A Stetson

In the stadium

At night.

A box , a clockResets our time , an athlete chugs a Gatorade .

Musical time informs The movement of cello strings . And well , yeah , Strings share their movement with an audience .Shared by performer , engineer , commuter , Shared by performer , engineer , commuter , Animal , editor , pursuer , punisher , A designer sets the image , We watch this , and sometimes we comment ,

A cylinder , a boxResets our time , an athlete chugs a Gatorade .

fatheropportunity-taker .refreshing colorwash .the advertisement

Able & Chronicled Sportsman

(slow) Order / Disorder .

Enter dust , enter dance , Children , child’s hands , children’s hands . Chalk and talk and hastilude . Chatter , steam , limestone , gelt and gilded pattern . Quilted and patterned felt . Plate Market Partridge Fork , fortknowledge in court colleges , forgettings . forgettings .

Death survives here . Edit . The dead walk amongst the living here .

Arguments Tolerance Confluence Violence Violets/Violins

Corn and pigeon and lamb leg and ale . Gurgling porridge ,

Sage , Persimmon , Sheep shit .

Rodents and lice and termites . Flies tethered to stench like a kite . Flies tethered to stench like a kite .

Enter ambiguous trance .Enter able sportsman ,Enter stable horseman , Enter fabled damsel ,

I visualize . I visualize burn his house down . I visualize bark and barley and

bristled brooms , steel bed and stale bread for the dogs .

radial glance .

Charm . (a repeated diction)Charm – Harm – Arm – Rm – M .

O horse . Act unacting , Edit . act with a radial glance

Gluish confidence ill toward refuteill toward refuteunhorse opponent . Unhorse , My , Opponent .

Anim Tupinaire Ani Anim’lllllllll AnnymaalAh nim uel Aye say ,

:: Iuxtare / Anima / Bestiae :: :: Iuxtare / Anima / Bestiae ::

Tunc ait illis tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem sustinete hic et vigilate mecu