MARCO GIOVENALE

CY MATHEWS

ORCHID TIERNEY

saving your sexless marriage

sexual artlessness
is another cause
of premature ejaculation

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is your personal roadmap
to PERFECTION

Q: What do blondes say after sex?

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where every Direction
is a Shortcut

you must remember,
clothes communicate

males
who ejaculate
after three minutes
of penetration,
are 17%

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and can destroy
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and control it

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males
who ejaculate
after fifteen minutes
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sex is sex
is love is love

A: Thanks.

DAVID HOWARD - PART FIVE

TO SING THROUGH STONE: work in progress

5    Hine-nui-te-po

Ah Sing, your songs will hover like wild geese
    Over a tidal bore: they’ll land
On the dark lake of memory, its mirror
    Showing up dead stars. A rainbow
Changes with every step, you never see
        The same rainbow

Twice. So you’ll never get to where you were
    With Tiriata. I learnt this
After I slept with my father, spreading his seed
    As I ran: you cannot return
To first love. If a thing grows, its shadow
        Grows larger still.

Infernal cartography has one landmark:
    The heart. It changes for us all
And changes all of us; it cannot be
    Fixed, the antechambers fill up
With blood, the same blood that forces you
        To sing through stone.

VOLODYMYR BILYK

SPENCER SELBY

Bargain

DAMIAN WARD HEY

deer

are always

for a moment

MARCO GIOVENALE

LOVEDAY WHY

Concordance

They were Weslyan    she was Church   

after his father died (less dour)     she let him run wild  forawhile 

His father had   climbed up the mine shaft    and turning for home

there was a motorcycle spoiled    at the foot of a    wind

that was only ever darkness      there was punishment   of several sorts

it was a furniture van     sticks of a home burst on the road

this verse refers to      that verse    when we met in Keswick

they played  violins by ear  and called them fiddles   Irish Manx is different to Cumbrian Scots

he minded about things so destroyed photographs

in the front of Arabian Nights there had been   a coloured pencil drawing of her

soft hair

everything he did was complex   and tender and wrong like petals

trying   to carry rain

there had been a child before  him    who had  lived a day

and she    she too had hurried her     dreams    through    every tilt of grieving

VOLODYMYR BILYK

RAEWYN ALEXANDER

DAVID HOWARD - PART FOUR

TO SING THROUGH STONE: work in progress
 

4    Tiriata

If it is true that gods speak through humans
    But not to them directly, why
 Let the dogs howl at midnight. But tell me
    Who plucked the qin, strummed the ruan
So the tunes flew into every seashell
        To please children?

You told me about these old instruments
    As if the nor’wester played them
The way it plays trees (but not their shadows).
    Why do men bend the straightest branch?
They break it, then pretend it was hollow
        And held a song.

DAMIAN WARD HEY

I will leave
he said

so that everybody
will suffer
less

but when he left

everybody suffered
quite the
same

only differently

SALLY ANN MCINTYRE

4 EVP recordings (radio Yeats)


i. a piano is being played badly over and over again in the next room

…. // …#[

.(…stutters) […///cc,….. ##[[# [….. # #

…{{{{{{{{{}/////{{}{}[][][[]]…{{{.t]]]//t…., t…., t….., (window,
repeating utterance)####...>>.'<[[tt] (replace)

[]>…>[][]…?.,,...[] {{{{[][][]{{{.{{…days (…frequencies…)..}..}[]… /

///…..}}}},}}][]]…. layers and layers (of ordinary…) "…would I car.ry
to a friend –…"

…,(exaggerated or rounded.[]'##[…. #0/….>## ]]]>>#]]/…. []#/… >>>>,
t..>,>,<t>… [[[[][][[[[]…/ ../ /

][[[[[][][…..][][][]]?…>t[][.. vowels

(a kind of tugged string mechanism…) …, radio (Shelley)…., …., ….,
[][][…., …., cc{/…/[]ttt/..>>.,,#'t c…(long list….//t//[…[[[

…of potential non-…. = [[][]..*[… {{{[]{…./…/ {{}[]}. }}###} t,,[][]
…}/,, ….[….c # [],[][][][][][][



ii. Algeciras

actual shells .(skip) main ….[[{} /……. #

…"]' …{{{}}}[}}}}[#[[[[}}}{{{{##....nostalgia..[]..{{[[[}]…

lifted…[[[ …. /
…. / …. // …., ….., …., (… "…what if quest.ioned I…")

{…. }}] [] [] …./

….///…. [][][][][] …., #.….., threadbare, niches… (muffled) =##

"…the he.ron-billed pale cat.tle-birds…" [[[[d]]]]/{..>…., …., …., ….,
…., …, ///, #####{{{{{{}{}{}}}}}}….. / …./, … .., repeated short

noises .,. ,…. ,… ,…. ,….., ….,, /air….,

curvature…., ….. ,…. ,…. / …., ….., ……, ….., ////.ds, /-tt/d…/d…d…
d.//d.d...dds/, ///,

(…mechanical failure) //.//..



iii. list of mirrors

…>//></(alternate typefaces)…. e//{}[][][]]]] "…to light /
In the rich mid.night…"[[......]]}}}}

........////./.../........)./{[]][}[][][[=[[[]{{']['#][]]]}}]}{[]….

"….[][][][][][][][][}}}}}}…. "…such as are in…". / (Y.B.Y)/ / …….attempting to

pronounce/ / / / / / ….////…

/././ ("…flocks and herds cross the nar.row…")



iv. the reenactment

 …, {{…, /…, []#

(…a small, hand-held)…, ##[[[][[[[][[[[][][…/ …. /

[[]][[[][][[[[][[[]][][.>….,/ [][][][][][]/ /…., …..,/ //…..,// …..,/

….,//// [[] hello .(…attempting either from
emerging

nervousness…).. >>…/.<>>….##.

#<,,,,.//>,..#<[[[]<<<heard today… []<<<//<…. <><t>]]]]{}>#>>

>.., said, unwound, >"…ho.ping more sub.stant.ial joy…"

haltingly.(skips).../[]//ffff=[][][][][][][]]]]]]]]……rain awakened
[][][][][][][]/[][][][…../.. richness

(glitches)........]]]]]..]]...//[][]/{}.....##/........//.

. …. …. ..
;,…>

VOLODYMYR BILYK

SPENCER SELBY

Bloopian

JARED WELLS

From “Parsing” 

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a plateau – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from the edge of a plateau – destructive interference results and so the output signal is low – a one.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

Laser beam reflected from a pit – constructive interference results and so the output signal is high – a zero.

LOVEDAY WHY

I can't watch the sea for a long time or what happens on the shore doesn't interest me any more

There were never more than one pair    of hands emptying out the river    and repacking the banks    hiding from the fish the true way to the ocean           keeping in small wet pockets the gathered silt and the shelf    the alert bricks broken down all the bricks placed in a semi circle    and crushed the softened wood    I know who you are I know just who you are    The hands that refill the waters with water     the fish that travel to the river mouth  then spiral    then   return again    The hands that make a keel for the whole body upright    knifing itself on the cool water    the real blisters rising on the step    where the silver straps cross    The hands that part life from life    gather up wet sheets    scoring in the air the slipped sound of a last moon    falling up from a first breath    The hands that part life from life    pass a shade over the eyes     the bodies      being too far away and rigged    No one made love like we did no one ever possibly will    holding our wrists to the insides of our knees    We never matched the tracks of our veins    never held the water in our mouths    These hands never learned how to separate or join    how the unheld grow    taking off their clothes to wait for the Spring    how the mythed speak with the voices of water    a name next to a triumph in the paper                                       she tore    with her feet

DAVID HOWARD - PART THREE

 TO SING THROUGH STONE: work in progress


3    Wu Gang & Ah Sing

Wu Gang:
Saw wood light fire boil water steam rice stop
    Thinking that this list is order –
Sequence is change, order is eternal.
    When nesting, magpies break from trees
To chase away the storm. There is no nest,
        Only the storm

And the order behind it. Everything
    Unfinished, everything finite
Except for an informing principle –
    love. Open like a Sichuan
Fan, the universe expands as it cools
        The remote mind.

A fallen tower does not deserve its name.
    A man who lies down without thought
For the right course of action – he can’t dream
    Virtue into being. You must hunt.
The sea hawk flies a thousand miles to seize
        The cursive swan.

Annotated in cinnabar-lead ink
    The floating world is marginal.
Ah Sing, to win back Tiriata, sing
      Songs to Hine-nui-te-po
In your sleep; earn your name and your lover
        With poetry.


Ah Sing:

You could sing once? I never knew the use
    Of stone; in my throat there is schist
Crumbling into syllables, those echoes
    Of the ineffable zero
Before the universe heaved me out
        To bear witness.


Wu Gang:

I see more than you: soldiers with helmets
    Made of paper, heroes who tremble
When envoys arrive, silent mendicants
    Staring at washerwomen’s breasts.
I see clearly like the gods who condemn
        And then pardon.

VOLODYMYR BILYK

MARCO GIOVENALE

 

CAMPBELL WALKER

of time overflowing out

rushes left as they are

would gradually wither away

and die.

reconstructing it

little by little

cinema-verite completely turned away from its deepest nature

the shots back the power they had in the rushes in the end-to-end;

some shots

still

didn't get back the strength

they had

in the rushes

I've always noticed

this wasting away of strength

with regard to the rushes.

the oppositions of material

are just.

I couldn't do any more

independent of my will,

like the atmosphere

or unplanned noise

certain things existed

not what you would like to have said

but what the film itself said,

seeking the affinities

which come to exist

exist completely on their own

everything they may have thought

or said

or done

at that time

no longer has any importance

the only thing that counts

is what remains,

and what remains is a crystallization of it

I can spend days

and days

with them

before I start

without touching a thing,

letting the film sleep

spaces of time,

oppositions of decors

it,

itself,

must say it,

not me

a complete failure

in the end-to-end

FRANCESCO APRILE

ANNETTE MCGUINNESS

TIM GAZE

SALLY ANN MCINTYRE

from ‘the architectures’

 
description, a modernist

lanes carve the air, the sky
a flatness regardless.

in the diminutive space of a close-up,
all the warmth available.

details of a hum, bared to the basic wire.
the severe halogen appeal

checked, between squares.
soon the building wholly stretches again.

feasting on place. or sunward
as cats lie, critical

of the conditioned breeze, against
its abridging of air, on a white

formica: dryness
that falls

RAEWYN ALEXANDER

ORCHID TIERNEY

he & #39 is nice
he & #39 is an engaging conversationalist
& you & #39 love to touch his hand
but you can & #39

MARCO GIOVENALE

SPENCER SELBY

inside the cloud

DAVID HOWARD PART TWO

TO SING THROUGH STONE: work in progress

2    Ah Sing & Tiriata:

The executive residence is reserved for God.
    It is not a place we will stay
Being Chinese, being Maori. Look back,
    Dark, dark ahead – except for fire.
Why go sightseeing in the mountains now?
        The priest saw us

Fall, we fell before birth. God was inside
    ‘An house not made with hands’, waiting
For us to land on our feet, to find Him
    Out. It is too mysterious
For common sense and we are commoners
        Sensing absence.

Everybody knows better than we do
    What’s best for us. One two three we
Multiply, divide the One who thought us
    Through. Our ancestors set their traps
For birds. When asked what they wanted the most
        It was to fly. 

ROSS PRIDDLE

ololiúqui, krylon, a duff beer
cap, levy, yccc cluster, anagram
final copy, anagram engine no
more slogans, tchad, muri,
shutterfly, haiga, marks made
how, fe-mail bonding, equiterre,
poor quality photocopies, align
the x’s, censor your thoughts,
twenty-four may, janwillem
van de wetering, gardens and parks
as symbols of status or privilege,
tick each tock, read it pass it
on, avarana, hyperopic, gunsel,
poinciana, desertshore,
vernacular writing,
disintermediate, still
raving, from rag and bone
to, barenaked, bc bud, dallas
yell,

ROSS BRIGHTON

we ca
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for four almos t t t
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frame
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side

TIM GAZE

SALLY ANN MCINTYRE

from ‘the architectures’

scarce indications (overlay)

the slope of the terrain, terraced: colour
spun between clumps

toward the tip of the curve,
a single patch. the sound of birds,

plaintive, nasal. lateness. the reflected
image, darker

although more brilliant. light goes, leaving
the list of parts: to dismantle

what is ordinarily understood as
the motionless sky.

down and left, a reflection
which forms a loose V. the last flakes

of grey paint. the voice
has shifted: it now comes only from the oblique

direction of the dark line points. finally,
with larger shifts, it melts

into the main surface
or disappears.

MARCO GIOVENALE

DAVID HOWARD - Part One

TO SING THROUGH STONE: work in progress


1    Wong Chy Nuey & Ah Sing

Wong Chy Nuey:
What wind brings you here? Hours carved out of schist,
    Minutes splinter into seconds
Then milliseconds. Everything gets small
    Before the mountains. This lifetime
Lodges under the rock of your father,
        Whose blood is stone

In a greater country. Don’t mourn the dead;
    Mourn the living who are afraid
Of this life and the next. Look at your hand,
    its lines are short except for one –
The heart, which grows deeper each time you touch
        Tiriata.


Ah Sing:

Despite the smoke of this campfire I stare.
    ‘Do not lift the knife while you skin
Potatoes – these kumara are sweeter.’
    So I keep the pressure constant
Like my love for her, stripping off the skin
        Of tradition.
   

RAEWYN ALEXANDER

SPENCER SELBY

Turn

TIM GAZE

 

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Welcome to Truck's new driver for May

Many, many thanks to John "Mile-a-minute Thrills" Bennett for a wild ride through April.

Beginning today, our driver of the month will be Orchid Tierney.

Hit the road, Orchid.

Truck's drivers/editors--past, present, and future... as of May 1, 2013

Present

     Orchid Tierney

Future

June 2013 -- Victoria Marinelli
July 2013 -- Volodymyr Bilyk
Aug. 2013 -- David Howard
Sept. 2013 -- Philip Meersman
Oct. 2013 -- Chris Lott
Nov. 2013 -- Alex Cigale
Dec. 2013 -- Catherine Daly

Past

Apr. 2011 -- Kate Schapira
May 2011 -- Wendy Battin
June 2011 -- Frank Parker
July 2011 --  Skip Fox
Aug. 2011 -- Ken Wolman
Sept. 2011 -- Michael Tod Edgerton
Oct. 2011 -- Kelly Cherry
Nov. 2011 -- Andrew Burke
Dec. 2011 -- Lewis LaCook

Jan. 2012 --  Larissa Shmailo
Feb. 2012 -- Gerald Schwartz
Mar. 2012 -- Jukka-Pekka Kervinen
Apr. 2012 -- Lynda Schor
May 2012 -- David Graham
June 2012 -- Lars Palm
July 2012 --  Elizabeth Switaj
Aug. 2012 --  rob mclennan
Sept. 2012 -- Georgios Tsangaris
Oct. 2012 -- Douglas Barbour
Nov. 2012 -- Dirk Vekemans 
Dec. 2012 -- Erik Rzepka

Jan. 2013 -- Alan Britt
Feb. 2013 -- Mark Weiss
Mar. 2013-- Mary Kasimor
Apr. 2013-- John M. Bennett