Bob Marcacci

...
make more city.................more building
.....road and ruin
..make more prostitution and unwanted
.....................................baby
.......make more law and make war
........to make more city like
............my city..........................make more
......like love luck and fuck
make more machine
............do it dot dot dot
.................make it go on and so on
........make more allergy hoax
.................faux warranties
......electrical outlets

.......make more anger rechargers
..............disposable friends
..........................................................diapers

...........make more television options
........more remote control clovers
..................4-leaf blow-overs

make more government stump
......more freedom of the cess
....make mine bigger than yours
.............make more pushers
...........skyscrapers
..............fiber-optics
................more wet-naps
...make more waste removal
.......more burial grounds
...................hidden agendas
...........................candidates
...............make more jackanapes
...................journalists and jonesers
............make no bones about it
..................make more go out
............................more hot air
.................................more care



..at modes and miscalculations: alarm
....set in your digital face: bore
.......hours swore
.......in negative light; no, curses:
..............................................dream awake
.........cold: another day to code
...........³one of the remaining few²

....................................................on an extension
................of the foreground: greying
..................................................incalcuable dawn
....................................................................mars
.......................the lone window: look
..at the battle just beginning
................................on this man on this
...................................possibility
............................................................to be immortal


Bob Marcacci is a California Vacavillian presently living and writing in Beijing, China. Recent work has appeared in Chicago Postmodern Poetry, Hamilton StoneReview, Moria, Ocho and xStream, among others. Host of the InternationalLiterary Open Mic every Wednesday evening at The Bookworm in Beijing, and PJ for The Countdown at Miporadio.

Personal blog: http://marcacci.blogspot.com