I have a very abstract request… but I’d like to find prose/poetry that is somehow chaotic and/or combines different text styles. I feel like I’ve seen this every now and then, maybe in zines. Something where the language moves between registers, from flowery and poetic, to very descriptive, to stream-of-thought, to operations manual / tech jargon, pop culture references, religious scriptures, whatever. Maybe there’s even a name for something like this. I’d like for it to feel very modern, tied to a specific time as opposed to “timeless”.
I wish I could give a better literary references, but since this isn’t a genre I’m very familiar with, I can’t. Maybe something like the lyrics in Amnesia Scanner’s release AS Angels Rig Hook. I won’t link it (since it’s not allowed), but I’ll paste an excerpt below, I believe from the Finnish artist Jaakko Pallasvuo. This is kinda abstract, but I’m fine with both abstract and more narrative recommendations.
> Handguns, rare butterflies. elaborate prison tattoo of a tiger in mid leap.
> Augmented reality contact lenses.
> Red bull energy drink.
> Fleshlight. Shell fight.
> Septum streched, thicker rings are more beautiful. chain on neck.
> Bull ring on nose.
> Fake lashes. AFK lashes.
> Nails so long that these hands can no longer grab things.
> Voice control override.
> This could be us but you playin’
> thunderdome
> thunderdome anagrams
> We’re gonna take everything before we secess. We need more weapons. Hi-speed Wi-Fi provided by drones is a given. Arab money in ciphered currencies. Treasure island. Buccaneers and buried gold.
> A stream of more or less violent crimes.
> What was violence again?
> Floor 312. We’re there. I hand the driver a flake of skin and a fingernail.
> The oil rig. A bird flies over. We extend our arm and stand completely still. Bird lands. Bird makes sound. Gently touch bird. It lets that happen. Bird says: ______________ . Identify bird: sparrow. Place filter on sparrow. Mosaic, turbulent displace, hue/saturation. Bird is simplified, jagged edges, orange for now.
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by fiys