a barrage of scatological degradation

"A Barrage of Scatological Degradation," April 5, 2022 (#95)

title from "History and Desire: A Short Introduction to the Art of Cy Twombly" by Michael Schreyach (2017)

first line from Dopesick 1.8, "The People vs. Purdue Pharma" (2021)

Dangerous Laughter by Stephen Millhauser (2008)

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle (1993)

Candyman (1992)

Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond (2004)

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison (1981)

Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty by Harris Wittels (2012)

penultimate line from "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground (1997)

A Barrage of Scatological Degradation

Based on the use of wires to transmit this false testimony,

nothing is considered too negligible for the attention of our

perfect round shapes. I used a penny from my ma's purse. I told my

smaller companies, which often couldn't afford their own fleet of

polite questions and urge him to talk if he feels like it,

let’s simplify things a bit. Sometimes people just outright call

what the bad teach them by their excesses

the difference between human beings and animals.

It would creep towards the case, stop and go back to

the experience of the world in his mouth, and with great precision

then they had to walk and walk and walk up into the hills

to describe being randomly searched at the airport with

where they proceeded to saw off his right hand with a rusty

sound that comes rushing out of people's mouths and

they were our friends because we hated them; it was good

if you can envision caviar in the neon register. The paste

could be dissolute, reckless, trivial, greedy. But

I had so much time to sit and think about myself,

to find out about that woman who got killed.

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