Mark Young
Those Character Arcs
The seemingly innocent romantic gesture of a young man
has been hailed as a model for Public-Private partnerships—
some people simply never go anywhere empty-handed.
He was watching The Princess Diaries, an innovative,
provocative conversation on all aspects of religion. The
fact is great films have been made with great characters
that do not change who they are at their core. It would be
even better if he were British. They can invest in beautiful
umbrellas because they know they'll never just be left
in a cupboard unused. & does anyone know where you
can get those umbrellas where the outer part is gray,
but the inside (rain-free side if you like) has the sky on it?
An old note from Wikipedia finishes off an unfinished old poem
If I used the jargon of the
business pages, I would begin
by saying that telcos fall out
of the sky with the regularity
of space debris. My economics
textbooks tell me this happens
because telephony is a market
with perfect competition, where
players enter when it seems there
are opportunities, & fail because
there soon become too many &
the smaller ones cannot survive.
Those failures can be spectacular.
The entry capital is often weak.
Each time a player collapses
one of the smaller players sets out
to seize at least a part of its
customer base. Froggy is one
such player, & makes great use
of sky writing. Weekends I
often see the ephemeral slogan
froggy.com.au blow away.
Today I am deep in thought
struggling to write a poem about
images. I go out to smoke
a cigarette — I should use a macro
to record that line I use it
often enough — & see Froggy in the sky.
My mind wanders. I substitute
Froggy for lines from songs & poems.
Froggy one so true . . .
Froggy, I’m with you in Rockland . . .
Froggy in the sky with diamonds . . .
What’s it all about, Froggy?
Where have you gone, Joe DiFroggyo?
"The founder of internet service provider Froggy was sentenced in the District Court in Sydney yesterday to 21 months in custody with 12 months non-parole for lying to finance brokers."
Australian Financial Review, Apr 16, 2004.
DNR
Tomorrow I will turn
off the life support
on the cauliflower. The
florets are starting to
darken, gangrene is
setting in, what point
is there in amputation
if it's just going to re-
main a vegetable for
the rest of its life.
64 Js + 2 for Jukka-Pekka Kervinen
jongleur jurassic jingle jaguar jalousie jade jabiru jigger
jerry juxtapose juice jemadar jaffa juryrig jolt jonquil
jersey juggernaut jam joke jettison jockey jihad joie
jazz jest jinx jetsam jerkin juvenile jess joint jolly
jain jacaranda jag jonah jibe jetty japan jacobite
jereboam jemmy jung jewel jingo jilt janitor
jerusalem jester juggle jostle journal julep
javelin justice jeopardy jargon jersey
joust justify jerboa jodhpurs junk
hajj
Karaoke Suicide Stomp
(A Tom Beckett Title)
Is there any known footage of Mitch Lucker stomping ...Yes there actually is! It's in the metal footage archives next to ozzy eating a bat and marilyn manson removing his ribs to suck his own dick.
Cauliflower_Cock commenting on Reddit · r/Deathcore 10/2024(?)
The AI Extrapolation
Google's all-invasive AI Overview beast tells me:
The song "Stomp" by Steps has a karaoke version available, according to Spotify. The title "Karaoke Suicide Stomp" likely refers to the karaoke version of the song "Stomp" and the potential for over-enthusiastic singing in a karaoke setting.
Here's a breakdown:
Karaoke:
A form of entertainment where people sing along to music with lyrics displayed on a screen.
Suicide:
This term is often used humorously in karaoke, referring to the intensity & sometimes questionable vocal choices people make while singing.
Stomp:
The name of a song by the band Steps, which is being used in the context of karaoke.
Therefore, "Karaoke Suicide Stomp" refers to singing the Steps song "Stomp" in a karaoke setting, possibly with a humorous & exaggerated attitude, which is common among karaoke enthusiasts.
Elsewhere
Has been made abundantly clear to those who’ve had the pleasure of seeing him live, where he totes an aggressive brand of participatory karaoke suicide. It’s just great. No other way to spin it.
Elsewhile
The else Statement. With the else statement we can run a block of code once when the condition no longer is true.
Elsewhen
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the late 1500s.
Mark Young was born in Aotearoa / New Zealand but now lives in a small town in North Queensland in Australia. He has been publishing poetry for over sixty-five years, & is the author of around seventy-five books, primarily text poetry but also including speculative fiction, vispo, non-fiction, & art history. His most recent books are the downloadable pdf, Closed Environment, from Neo-Mimeo Editions, Nualláin House, Monte Rio, California, & The Complete Post Person Poems, from Sandy Press, Santa Barbara, California, both published in March, 2025.