complete thought i–xxv

     I

The world is complete.
Books demand limits.

     II

Things fall down to create drama.
The materials are proof.

     III

Daylight accumulates in photos.
Bright hands substitute for sun.

     IV

Crumbling supports undermine houses.
Connoisseurs locate stress.

     V

Work breaks down to devices.
All features present.

     VI

Necessary commonplaces form a word.
The elements of art are fixed.

     VII

A mountain cannot be a picture.
Rapture stands in for style.

     VIII

Worn-out words are invented.
We read daylight in books.

     IX

Construction turns back in on itself.
Dogs have to be whipped.

     X

Eyes open wide to see spots.
Explanations are given on demand.

     XI

Brick buildings shut down in winter.
A monument works to change scale.

     XII

False notes work on a staircase.
The hammer is as large as the sun.

     XIII

Connected pieces break into name.
Petrified trees are similar.

     XIV

Everyday life retards potential.
Calculation governs speech.

     XV

Rules stand out as illustrations.
People climb over piles of rock.

     XVI

I am speaking in an abridged form.
Ordinary voices speak in rooms.

     XVII

An act is comprehensible.
An explanation effaces words.

     XVIII

Language ceases to be the future.
Thinking becomes a religious device.

     XIX

Language ceases to be the future.
Thinking becomes a religious device.

     XX

False songs restore information.
Everyday elements are mixed.

     XXI

Death is an accident.
A measure is given by use.

     XXII

The air witnesses an abduction.
Motion isolates this effect.

     XXIII

A single step makes a resolution.
A pile driver is not a device.

     XXIV

Thought remains in the animal.
Each island steals teeth.

     XXV

A true sensation buries its dead.
Thought is embedded.

(Barrett Watten)

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