Surreal-Absurd Sampler Patricia Farrell

Continuing our linguistically innovative thread, this week we have Patricia Farrell. Her work is procedural. Absurd. Bodily.

Enjoy!

Patricia Farrell is a poet and visual artist. Her most recent publication is High Cut: My Model of No Criteria (Leafe Press). Her collection Logic for Little Girls is forthcoming from Knives Forks and Spoons.

From Gutted for your convenience

i

It is difficult when things are rare
pinching my skin
wrapping each finger enough to get my head out 
by wrapping a hand in reverse 
is a slow process 
playing on foot by cleaning my leg 
touching my dancing hands like a robot 
back walking 
that I don't feel too sorry for 
but I know the cold that's hitting me 
was hitting my face to the claws 
approaching my skin 
here that I love to tie 
my hair will sometimes start rambling in German
or singing along certain songs 
and squeezing my ear lobes 
to beat my leg up and down with my foot 
to the rhythm of the ground 
or I'm just alone
putting my hands around my neck 
is an effort to remove invisible hands 
from my hands that are never in use 
by holding that 
it never stops 
I never even have a pattern 
squeezing the tips of my fingers until I feel in balance

ii

If I have taken this step 
I wish to watch the movements 
I know I never tires 
all the best things are as difficult as they are
I would like these words with an expert or an expert
to think 
I'll eat nothing but from the words 
or the power of my mind
I is hard to head in a corner 
to keep an eye upon 
but I am not suffering from words
or not the power of my phrase
I have already spoken 
to what I have seen
I can spin me into wrapping thread
wind me round my little finger 
a good situation will place me on the shelf 
or at least the promise of one 
whether the recorder was the author is the question
I have no idea 
what an amiable creature I am 
when I put on the English to make myself 
around my ground 
finger in my hand in some cases 
from a strap tied at the foot of the Earth
to prevent it from flying away 
that is a good start thank you

iii

If all the people in the world are shadows 
and the misuse of a miracle 
then I will recommend a shock 
complete with striking stuff 
for those who can't 
confirm they are allowed to talk 
behind the sloppy glass 
or lack the arm of coding feet to be a hit  
make every laugh 
skyrocket
back-to-side side 
mirror across the airwaves 
it is better than the definition
better than help

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