"One Trues Three Trues Two 'n' Four" Ulysses Poe chemical marker on paper sculpture photographed and digitally modified |
and her adolescent acne.
One array resembles Agassi.
(Does one ape Clement Attlee...?)
(Does one ape Clement Attlee...?)
B's a broken Bacchus
bearing blackheads on his back ‘cuz
bearing blackheads on his back ‘cuz
of hormonal lack of balance.
(One blotch calls to mind Jim Backus.)
(One blotch calls to mind Jim Backus.)
C’s for the Charybdis.
With its crater’d cicatrix --
With its crater’d cicatrix --
plus crustaceous cysts and cankers –
‘twill succeed in politics.
‘twill succeed in politics.
D's declaiming Demeter,
like A does armadillos.
like A does armadillos.
(Her armadillesque dermatitis
mimics Don Delillo’s.)
mimics Don Delillo’s.)
Eros (with an E)
enjoys an eczema-sheath’d pelvis.
The eruptions of this eyesore…?
Eyed as emulating Elvis.
Eyed as emulating Elvis.
Flails F-initial’d Flora,
“With our flamens here beside us,
“With our flamens here beside us,
we’ll say ‘F**k you’ to our flaws
and cure this foul folliculitis.”
and cure this foul folliculitis.”
Greeks have gorgeous goddesses.
Among those gals is Gaia.
Among those gals is Gaia.
She’s got gout and gonorrhea
(mispronounc'd as ‘gonorraia’).
(mispronounc'd as ‘gonorraia’).
H is not for Hecate.
Here, H initials Hera.
Here, H initials Hera.
Hera’s hives (I’ll overlook her hickies)
mirror Yogi Berra.
mirror Yogi Berra.
Iris has her imperfections.
One is ichthyosis.
One is ichthyosis.
Sev’ral sores she sports resemble Cher's --
or so’s my diagnosis.
or so’s my diagnosis.
Jupiter’s got jock itch.
This Olympians acknowledge.
This Olympians acknowledge.
His contagion fills the chem lab vault
at Carcinoma College.
at Carcinoma College.
Kratos and his fellows
bear a common keratosis.
bear a common keratosis.
His resembles Pink.
(He’s treating it with painful self-hypnosis.)
(He’s treating it with painful self-hypnosis.)
Lethe’s “Lady Lumps.”
She harbors loads of lacerations,
She harbors loads of lacerations,
look-a-likes for Liberace.
(Please don’t go and tell the Thracians.)
(Please don’t go and tell the Thracians.)
The moles may mask
Mnemosyne’s malaria awhile,
Mnemosyne’s malaria awhile,
but eventually it's forced to fade:
her Mona Lisa smile.
her Mona Lisa smile.
(The rest of the alphabet to come: a work in progress)
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