I got a c in art history so i cut up my 200$ textbook

I GOT A C IN ART HISTOBY 50 I cul' uP MY 2CO$; TEKTBOoK {nine

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BNAGGING ABCT]T YR EX-GIRLFRIEND

IIKE

after ne broke up she "-"ot bis rea,1 big like yourrl lanow her name if I sai.d j"t.

I guess she figut'ed al-} her shit out, you ktrowr maybe not but when I knew her she was good with her mouth qnd late for everything.

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affirmation poem i like warm brcaf,e. i like people in underry€&r. i like breld.s. i. li.ke the mybholosy of fishrrrlr€rle i like paint'eolour earf,s. i like emall ehil"flrcn making potions out of babyoil & lemon juiies. i like eoLar fLarcs.'i lj,ke us*tg the languese of religion in everyd.af weys, I like cournr*nting on the &ivinity of kitchen toole snd neighbourhood holi^neee, i like potted p}ants. i like my hande ri"nged Like saturn. i like k*rouae. i lj.ke €sprctsso raachj-nee.

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@ i like holding hand.s. i 1lke cigarettes, to the dismay of the general world. i like globes that spin. i like when i wadt little sitting on the rug; 1n my nana & poppa s Ii-ving roonl watching their smal1 televlsion. i like the chorrls at the beginni.ng of part of your world in the 1itt1e mermaid. 1 likc douk,le$deuker bueses. i like grilled cheese sandwiches. i like sroing to the zoo with you. i like vonnegutr & shallow rivers, & when you see somethlng & you forget rvhat season it i-s.

various

goodbyes

tn"â‚Ź sun is falling.

the tide

has

drorned itself in the ocean, the sanelcastles have crumbled from within, anrd the <lroueht has sucked up the monsoons to dust. wlth no

hcat to warm htm, Icarus flew stralght but died of hypothermia and fell flailine to the yrav6s. there a whale mistook hlm for a fish and swalloweil him up whole co1d. ae he was. fea.thers

tlekl-erl the brute's throat for

d.eca.des. rrhy

must you be in love, pines Artemis. why must all my rnaidens learre me.

C C

FA}ERBACK HAII{U &38

niy eyes are sore like dinosaurs have been campi-nP: on the foldout couch

uralightsource uralightningbug u r a nightlight u r a lumlnous bod.y with a corona u r an incandescence the scientists d.onrt Imow what to call Lr r something that glor,s faintly 1n the dark u r a flashlight beam 1n the woods in the d,ark lightlnfr un the roots anrj the bats and" the trees u r a streetlarcp u r a lightbttlb with the spinny filament j"nside u r stove elements u r lava go1d. }i:qht u r blue screenli,eht and gossamer cellphone light and murky und.erwater liqht u r flower shoB blooming liEht and u r the moon most of all

PAPEBBACK HAIKU

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I miss you in

green

& Itd like to swim you like the English Charurel

I ove

you catch the fi.sh in your rnouth ho1rl j-t like a green p"listening rvj"sh and" your voice soun<ls melodious

so they all love you nh1le the fish lvatches its reflection in the moons of your moLars. you give up wrlting for alwayd until you see her again l1ke a tulip in the street and the fish falLs out of your mouth.

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'DID

YOU T'IND YOUR PO!'VEEI

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father nalms fuLl of bees and your head full- of alien flreen on a traln with a paperback you've already read over and over, pressing your fingers into honey liire yor.r hope theytll stick

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one day; j.n love

and you in lorre vr,ith me I found a love ootion, cleverlY d.one up and cheaplY sold

I ferried it home and ooured it into your cup- you tastedr and I swore you kissed mc stceter than before.

ANT CREDIIS:

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21-5 . Leonardo da Vinci MONA LiSA c. 1503-1506. Oil on wood panel,301/+" x 21', (77 x 53 cm). Musee du Louvre, Paris. (lNV.

779)

,:ffirmation

Eoems 93_39 . Faith Ringgold TAR BEACH

(PART I FROM THE WOMEN ON A

BRTDGE sERlEs)

varisus good.byes

33-5o . Felix Gonzalez-Torres "UNTITLED" (LOVERBOY) 1990. Blue paper, endless supply,71/2" (at ideal height)

paperback halku

x 29' >1.23'

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19-5 . Paul, Herman, and Jean Limbourg FEBRUARY: LtFE IN THE couNTBY, TBES RICHES HEURES

oaperbackhaikuB 31-27 . James Abbott

McNeill

Whistler NOCTURNE rN BLACK AND GOLD, THE

.iid you find ycur

uralight - - -=S4+Jfetr 2o-2j3 ' Fra Angelico ANNUNCiAiTIoN

aower

3s-47 . Chris Ofili THE

orre day; in love uGIFrorloHND.Ror:rl|lrunJn.,19l7

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1996. Acrylic, oil paint, polyester resin, paper collage, olitter, eiephant dung on linen,

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33-3a . Barbara Kruger UNT|TLEo (youR GAZE HtTS THE SIDE OF MY FACE)

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