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Rohan P Oct 2018
i, knowing,
declare you in
manifest—

you're in my
words and worms
and winds.  

i embody you in
relation:

i, as aesthetic expression,
you, as visceral reception.
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/sdaniel/230/Relational%20Aesthetics_entire.pdf
Rohan P Oct 2018
i feel your words pressing
into me

they're softer
than i ever thought

"i want to melt into you"

why are they only in my head
in my mind we're holding each other right now we're falling asleep we're ending it all
  Oct 2018 Rohan P
Akemi
blind bliss
the empty contour of yesterday
turns on itself

jets to oblivion
paper streams celebrate
the century’s end

thus piled
at the foot of the terminal
a mound of teeth

and convalescence in search of illness.
all the hollow men
search for gold
in the horizon

new markets for a growth
that reward the richest

insatiable thirst to fill what cannot be filled.

//

to survive under capitalism
the bourgeoisie must make a profit
through the exploitation of new resources, labourers and markets
the opening of new industries
which attract further investors
until the industry becomes bloated
and competition drives the price of the commodities they produce so low
that the market is flooded with too many goods for consumers to purchase

in this irrational excess
artificial scarcity is deployed
which amounts to the destruction of commodities
like the pouring of butter into a pit in the ghettos of britain
as starving families watch without comprehension
because its more economically viable to destroy what can't be sold
than to give it away
because then where would your consumers be?

we live in a world of abundance
that is kept from us
for the sake of profit

because once a commodity is free, it's worthless
and so are we
Rohan P Oct 2018
i'll spare
    the kick-drum
your overturned ashes,

      your northern         spaces:


these

   clouds will
      congregate—

these

     chemicals will
        whirl round and round.
inspired by dcfc's no joy in mudville.
Rohan P Oct 2018
requiem, black
ink, darkened pencil-
tips paint the air.

lethargy is a
green that defies
autumn.

its darkened
palms (once open,
once layering you in

cold) gently remind:
we'll all ensconce
in ground.
you wore four layers today.

i have only one: but it opens up, unleashing my heart, every time you stop by.
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