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today i built the couch. right now skyler is in a box sai...

today i built the couch. right now skyler is in a box sailing across the kitchen. tomorrow i will show you what that looks like. a few minutes ago we ran the toaster oven to burn off what was in it. we did. it is gross. it smells like burnt synthetic gross stuff and also the smoke alarm went off and we are terrible neighbors but also i do not care. i need some pants tapered. i started two poems today. one is called TORCH SONG and the other might be called ABIDE WITH ME. skyler just said I AM ...

the beach is nice i am getting a sort of a tan it makes me feel neat

I haven't been very good at this blog thing lately. Many things have happened. For one, I am at the beach. Up in Vermont, where I was not posting, I played lots of games that involved drinking and flinging hammers into the air. One night I had some Jager. My friend Keith bought because A it was Jager and B it came with a free tshirt and C duh. So then the other day I said KEITH I AM AT THE BEACH and Keith said SASHA I DID NOT KNOW THEY HAD BEACHES IN BROOKLYN [duh Keith:] and then NO KEITH I A...

shit goddam

Some Traffic
by seth landman
from coconut twelve



I'm listening to permanent footsteps, ahead,

in the future, the whine of a breaking machine,

the sound of putting off for tomorrow what



I could do today could I do today. I'm listening to

the whole year, saying it back. Saying it, losing

the whole thing. Talking back to it at the end



of the day while the fridge hums.

Well, electrocution; well, stargazing. Listening

the cicadas into the year where what year is this



empty husk. Seeds listening to a...

just a quick note

so when you submit yr story how about you change the cover letter so it actually matches what you send so we at least assume you are sort of professional and actually give a shit about being published by us and not just blanket submitting the whole fucking internet?

THANKS BOO!

so here're some things

Have you read Chris Heavener's thing about being less insular? You should.

secondarily, there was an awesome review of the novella over at Pank courtesy of Troy Urquhart.

Pretty much everything i own is in boxes. I own mostly books, and some plaid shirts.

I also want to say that Chris Heavener is a real nice guy with a real sweet beard.

i need to make a list of what books to bring with me to v...

i need to make a list of what books to bring with me to vermont.

so far probably

book
pee on water
objects for a fog death
battlefield where the moon says i love you
nox
mlp first year
no planets strike
27 props for a production of eine leibenzeit
scary no scary
the man suit
holy land
poe to the present an anthology of american prose poetry
my 5 dalkey books plus europeana
kamby bolongo mean river
whole bunch of greying ghost chaps
maybe not knowing and the teachings of don b
if i get a hold of them, airships ...

short adventures with housingThe wind swung down low and ...

short adventures with housing


The wind swung down low and gathered up all the birds on all of the branches and it moved them on down to edge of town and down into a man's chest and that is where they decided to stay.

want to move tomorrow/ oh well

fixing up poems. ate pie for breakfast. need to read more.

girlfriend found a tick or mite on the wall of the place in midtown. want more than ever to move. need to go back to bushwick and pack and clean and get started on all of that.

went to a friend's for dinner last night. as we got there he had gotten himself into trouble.

he was baking this amazing bread it was three different baguettes one was regular one had cured meats on top and rolled into it and the other had kalamata olives on top a...

all over the goddam internet

The first review of the book is up over at big other. I was not expecting such a thoughtful and in-depth review. Shit. Thank you, John Madera.

Also in terms of people reading things and then talking about them, here is something I wrote about the idea of reading.

I ate empanada's last night and they were real tasty but I got real gassy. So oh well. Things happen.

I just told Shane about that in a gchat and it made me think maybe there are some things I should keep to myself, but then I'd have to...

door to door

The book has been showing up door to door. Which feels pretty awesome.

If you happen to read it, I'd really appreciate you rating it on goodreads or writing a blog post about it. You know about blogs right? The New York Times does too.

Also, people have been taking pictures with the book. I will post some of them. If you take a picture of yourself with the book I will post it here. If you want, I will send you a pdf of some stories I wrote once. A bunch of them are pretty funny at times. I migh...