by JL Jacobs | Oct 25, 2023 | Art, Poetry
Uber Selects by William A. Brown CREATED LIVE DURING AN AUCTION Art is about to subsume the Federal Reserve. Art is the new way of printing money.We’re going to paint over it and include it in pieces on the...
by JL Jacobs | Dec 9, 2019 | Poetry
IN OUT IN OUT IN IN IN An acacia sings itself a blanket and a pomegranate grafted to make a river of red flowers flashing fire to and from our one deeper heart saying it again with a consistently irregular rhythm. Our one deeper heart aching like this: in out in out...
by JL Jacobs | Nov 29, 2019 | Poetry
RETURNING AT HIGH SPEEDS Much faster—that’s why a picture is worth a thousand free falling peregrines. But what to do with wings with a weight 21 billion times that of the sun’s mass? Can you tell me more about what the damage is like? Wait—do you mean the...
by JL Jacobs | Nov 25, 2019 | Poetry
LALAH TRIES TO DUCK After the next earthquake east of Kathmandu the last snow leopard will eat a bullet for you playing the role of Lalah (self-possessed but afraid) just trying to feed your family. LALAH (cocking her head) We’re shooting? You said we weren’t...
by JL Jacobs | Nov 8, 2019 | Poetry
ESCAPE TO NOWHERE Good morning! Where would you like to go? I’d like to go to the Museum of Contemporary Art. How long do you think it will take to get there? It depends on the traffic. Or you could make a Sackler-sized donation. Good morning, what are you...