Norman Fischer
from "Untitled Series: Life As It Is"
Happy & me
In the of it
All (& being
Of it
Criss-crossing in
The human long
For that
Gets &
In a ways
— & --
Have to with
All of this I
I can it is on
Because today
Dishes the dish rack
____________________
That the sink
Fell down a
& I got
So yes, I’m this
Can’t people me
Alone! (I sound
&, come to
Where is or
When I
Is though that
About this stuff
Can talk
But not
This
& all
Go back to poetry
____________________
Nobody or
Pays to
Writing of
Words on the
Good but won
Who actually about
Stuff, stuff
About in
To questions
An odd & I’m
Surprised
Accepted the
They just books
Out & don’t
Or like me
Also, reading
____________________
Book, very
I think not
Just the
Stuff that write
He is me
Poets are he
To have lunch
With &
Last night long
About brain
& all the bad
Seem more likely
He knew from
Didn’t
Sound impressed
____________________
More writing
I hate this
Temporary for
An email
Call with Rose
Subject said
Research &
My eyes are
Out from — at the
But almost the
I on the
The book the
But that’s not
There’s a white
Feeling of in
Any text (this
____________________
The less there’s
Intention in the
For a purpose
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Because an
Thrill in) But as
Over the again & again
The words are
That have
Somehow them
Less this
As a text
He & one’s then
Meaning in it for
The apparent
Meaning of the
Back to
Reason
____________________
Read her which more
Explains &
All this in for
The school
I only have &
Probably mostly the
Will get to
On the book
For me was
In reason & love
Sending me more
About her being
About not being
Appreciated &
I guess as
When we about
Of the world it’s ourselves
____________________
Worried about true
I think I told
Down, frustrated, over
But al
At lunch at my
Talk she’s
Managing economically
Know how it was
To be the two
Invited &
Has always been
Dark. Yes. Me too.
To me why
To feel dark
Why to be happy
Really the difference
Isn’t darkness
___
About darkness really about
That one feel
Differently than me
That feeling this way
Feeling that way
The Difference
One feels — one’s always
Got to feel
These short I’m
Out of the
Are interesting because
Bits of language that
Describe feelings of
& then
As being
Salient the content
___
Which is more
The fact of
IN language & out — is
More than our
There are always
There are no
More
This to myself
All my interventions
Words deeds amount
I feel about
This (as I
I’d (or
Matter what my
& level of
Were. Anybody’s
Are away in
A moment — the more
___
& the more
One is — &
But the fact of
For a while
With that as
One can is
Always
How one
What one
Does or done
How is is
As in what’s
Done and Done
How is one
What all one
Does or Is
As in what’s
Done is Done
Isn’t what
___
Despair. Yes
To up with
To continue on into
I’m not that
I’m almost anything
I’m over it
Good, nothing
About or for
There might have
At one (bright
But in my
Now all &
Should they
It wouldn’t matter
____________________
Happy & me
In the of it
All (& being
Of it
Criss-crossing in
The human long
For that
Gets &
In a ways
— & --
Have to with
All of this I
I can it is on
Because today
Dishes the dish rack
____________________
That the sink
Fell down a
& I got
So yes, I’m this
Can’t people me
Alone! (I sound
&, come to
Where is or
When I
Is though that
About this stuff
Can talk
But not
This
& all
Go back to poetry
____________________
Nobody or
Pays to
Writing of
Words on the
Good but won
Who actually about
Stuff, stuff
About in
To questions
An odd & I’m
Surprised
Accepted the
They just books
Out & don’t
Or like me
Also, reading
____________________
Book, very
I think not
Just the
Stuff that write
He is me
Poets are he
To have lunch
With &
Last night long
About brain
& all the bad
Seem more likely
He knew from
Didn’t
Sound impressed
____________________
More writing
I hate this
Temporary for
An email
Call with Rose
Subject said
Research &
My eyes are
Out from — at the
But almost the
I on the
The book the
But that’s not
There’s a white
Feeling of in
Any text (this
____________________
The less there’s
Intention in the
For a purpose
There even then
Because an
Thrill in) But as
Over the again & again
The words are
That have
Somehow them
Less this
As a text
He & one’s then
Meaning in it for
The apparent
Meaning of the
Back to
Reason
____________________
Read her which more
Explains &
All this in for
The school
I only have &
Probably mostly the
Will get to
On the book
For me was
In reason & love
Sending me more
About her being
About not being
Appreciated &
I guess as
When we about
Of the world it’s ourselves
____________________
Worried about true
I think I told
Down, frustrated, over
But al
At lunch at my
Talk she’s
Managing economically
Know how it was
To be the two
Invited &
Has always been
Dark. Yes. Me too.
To me why
To feel dark
Why to be happy
Really the difference
Isn’t darkness
___
About darkness really about
That one feel
Differently than me
That feeling this way
Feeling that way
The Difference
One feels — one’s always
Got to feel
These short I’m
Out of the
Are interesting because
Bits of language that
Describe feelings of
& then
As being
Salient the content
___
Which is more
The fact of
IN language & out — is
More than our
There are always
There are no
More
This to myself
All my interventions
Words deeds amount
I feel about
This (as I
I’d (or
Matter what my
& level of
Were. Anybody’s
Are away in
A moment — the more
___
& the more
One is — &
But the fact of
For a while
With that as
One can is
Always
How one
What one
Does or done
How is is
As in what’s
Done and Done
How is one
What all one
Does or Is
As in what’s
Done is Done
Isn’t what
___
Despair. Yes
To up with
To continue on into
I’m not that
I’m almost anything
I’m over it
Good, nothing
About or for
There might have
At one (bright
But in my
Now all &
Should they
It wouldn’t matter
____________________