Jeff Bagato

takes a believer

jot pull they tease

       if you believe

                that

    you can buy

           anything

    you can see

               what they say

   want to bovver

              another

                  bolt

        it just takes time

            it just takes

                    a believer

           wherever he/she

                 wants to

                         go now

glass bottle sun monkey

        planet moron

        poll totem

             sag a number

          on flat earth

                 high on soda pop dreams

later, it’s greek

           to me but that’s

     to be expected

   a ladder reaches

            heaven only

         on another ladder

pretzel w/ a halo

       meets its maker

   under pressure

           of a straw

tall order

      clad in a gentle

            rain          cloudy

               skies make me happy

  braid a pill

       after 2 beers it goes easy

  lately peep

      over shoulder to the

                   ground

     where chicks are

                     made

  humming glee

        a happy song

   makes light

             work

plot mate

     tilapia glow

   clear water for a down

                low pelican

       oddly it goes alembic

wash out too many times

     prod capital

        until it bleeds

   a green aneurysm

        until it means

               better

Where does a plan come from

         a unity

           a grave

    a blood universe mined

             for its blood

       creep plenty

    enough zap for any

                 man

   enough pap for base

       add it all up & it

               goes somewhere you

          can’t see

‍Jeff Bagato produces poetry and prose as well as mail art, electronic music and glitch video. His latest books document experimental text work from the past few years, including And the Trillions, Part 2; Try Again Label, Try Again; In the Engine Room with Bettie and Andrea Reading Pornography; Gonch Poems; Robot Speak; and Floral Float Flume: Flue Flit Flip. A blog about his writing and publishing efforts can be found at http://jeffbagato.wordpress.com.