Craig Kurtz
CLOSED FOR REPAIRS I am typing detached partson tinfoil,extended warranty underformula.I will science mystethoscope,consult thefaucet &air-conditiona debt. Tighten your lightbulbs.It's ignitable. I enter containmentw/ insulation,sign here for equityconcentrate.I could capsuleautomaticw/ additionalservice finish:The styrofoamis snap-on. Verify confusion.It's inflatable. I TOOK A LOST TURN & had no time for a name today.You can take as long as you'd like& I will still be on the other side(of flummoxed). I started off inturbidated, thenturned my hourglass back tothe right track of other side.Guess what. Time up. Preposterous had no era and itstarted off w/ number.Disqualified got thebetter of us both. I went for a lost time & foundsomething you left behind. Noturn for a name again but Iknew better you. I saw a flummoxed clock &knew obviation was up next.You can take as long as namesknow. Better off. I saw another punctual andtook backwards to the other side.There it was. Guess work.Take as long as you'd like. It's true. I'm still here. Other sideof a name started off. I took aleft behind and found, guesswhat, knew better off. I took a number up & startedoff pending. 3 more flat tires& you're there. You can stilltake punctual later. I took a handful of yesterdaytoday. Inturbidated track tookuntil tomorrow & betterhourglass got us both. Preposterous disqualified & it'stime. Other side still here,something you left behind(a long name ago). THANK YOU SEAMAN MILLER for annotated tattoos& suntanned alphabetsdelineated vaticallyacross equatorialparadigms. Thank you Seaman Millerfor stratified continents& unsettled semaphoresameliorated subvocallyacross transitiveventricles. I'm sorry Seaman Millerfor peripatetic sonar& comatose forecastsinvalidating rorschachcoordinates acrossdecommissioned valves. Thank you Seaman Millerfor the epidermal calligraphy& encapsulated logogramsadumbrated metabolicallyacross etiolatedperiscopes. Thank you Seaman Millerfor annotated semaphores& transitive periscopesdelineated subvocallyacross peripateticparadigms. I'm sorry Seaman Millerfor hieroglyphic stencilsI didn't wish to disturb& cataplastic enginesunder oceans perpetuallyperturbed. Craig Kurtz is an autistic 54-year old living at Twin Oaks Intentional Community where he writes poetry while simultaneously handcrafting hammocks. Recent work appears in Bad Robot, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, Hyperlexia Journal, Inclement, Otoliths, Out of Our, Penny Ante Feud, Randomly Accessed Poetics, Red Fez, Samzidat Literary Journal and others.