works by william pham, 2005-present

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100x450 - 27 - if ezra pound were a centipede

Chksh chksh chksh
  Rustling over floors a hundred legs
 and sd. the mother to the egg
"remember to clean your plate of mould"
"we never had so much when we were young"
          dancing in shag carpet forests
    like satyrs to the flutes of Pan
But avoid the boys who are so young
And eat string cheese with their fingers
They will dangle
                      all your pride
                      all your pride
            over water
                   Lethe
                   Styx
          and these rivers and these boys
          will eat all your young
                   all your pride
Je suis un centipède et je suis beau

              Give me mold

This is blasphemy.

copyright (c) 2007 by william pham

photo credit (c) 2007 natalie huynh