Crystal bone into thin air
Night sky
Dispersal and emptiness...
William S. Burroughs, “Fear and the Monkey” (fragment)
"...On a whispering south wind
A smell of abyss and of nothingness
Dark Angel of the wanderers howls through the loft
With sick smelling sleep
Morning dream of a lost monkey
Born and muffled under old whimsies
With rose leaves in closed jars
Fear and the monkey
Sour taste of green fruit in the dawn
The air milky and spiced with the trade winds
White flesh was showing
His jeans were so old
Leg shadows by the sea"
Originally published as William S. Burroughs, “Fear and the Monkey,” Pearl 6 (Odense, Denmark: Fall/Winter 1978). Collected in The Burroughs File, City Lights, 1984. Republished by RealityStudio in August 2010.
A smell of abyss and of nothingness
Dark Angel of the wanderers howls through the loft
With sick smelling sleep
Morning dream of a lost monkey
Born and muffled under old whimsies
With rose leaves in closed jars
Fear and the monkey
Sour taste of green fruit in the dawn
The air milky and spiced with the trade winds
White flesh was showing
His jeans were so old
Leg shadows by the sea"
Originally published as William S. Burroughs, “Fear and the Monkey,” Pearl 6 (Odense, Denmark: Fall/Winter 1978). Collected in The Burroughs File, City Lights, 1984. Republished by RealityStudio in August 2010.
CANCER MEN. . . THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE MARKED FOE. . .
at land coccus germs
by a bacilmouth Jersy phenicol bitoics
the um vast and varied that
specific target was the vast popul – - – -
by a bacilmouth Jersy phenicol bitoics
the um vast and varied that
specific target was the vast popul – - – -
the vast
cancers that surgery and Xrays C
In the United States the Americi
is considered well worth our feet. . .
cancers that surgery and Xrays C
In the United States the Americi
is considered well worth our feet. . .
Ociety racks up the score like
sons will become new cancer pee
a third of them. . .
sons will become new cancer pee
a third of them. . .
Surgery & Radiation be saved
this leaves 225 000
resistant o rso widely
surgeons and radiologists
this leaves 225 000
resistant o rso widely
surgeons and radiologists
These individuals are marked foe. . .
“For these the
the opinion of Dr. Robert P
Dushinski with £ fluoro
he helped synthesize
cancer men
growth in some cases
is worth 12,000 dollars $$$$
the opinion of Dr. Robert P
Dushinski with £ fluoro
he helped synthesize
cancer men
growth in some cases
is worth 12,000 dollars $$$$
cancer men. $
. . . these individuals are marked foe. . .
Cut up New Clues To Cancer Cures
The Saturday Evening Post
Oct. 31, 1959 Past Time
The Saturday Evening Post
Oct. 31, 1959 Past Time
"Ahab to his companion falling over there in any out from the dawn
skin staring stirring unbelief he strode towards a long
drink and looked into the the actors ourselves become
muzzle of Spain and 42 St. old banner illustrating
I was standing by the wax before dead whistle stop already
cross the red moon terminal time scarred end.
scanning patterns on my face me in your back, pal”
dawn words falling will say it all consists in irradiating
this dead whistle stop in the language before creation
he strode towards the actors in the city “Here he is now”
obsidian morning sniffing quivering need masturbating afternoons
spitting blood dead rainbow flesh he moved as sharp as
on the iron streets fish smell and dead eyes water reeds
scarred metal faces running into the mines liquid typewriter
flickered on field where flesh circulates red fish talk falling
he strode towards pant smell language like muttering
Spain and 42 st. running in the gutter where is he now?
the actors dead dawn word falling he was caught in the zoo
whistle stop already scanning patterns jissom webs drifting
slow ferris wheel running rainbow flesh over the White Subway"
Dead Whistle Stop Already End
Dead Whistle Stop Already End
A Poem by William S. Burroughs
Originally published in Floating Bear 24 in September-October 1962. Republished by RealityStudio in August 2010.
Originally published in Floating Bear 24 in September-October 1962. Republished by RealityStudio in August 2010.
