all hands

 

by Dylan Harris

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

superself monotone voice

never ken present

saycycle bore

require speak desire sleep

tone tune numb

 

again

     again

          again

 

all hands they say

must

 

all hands i say

sink

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

profession communicate must

no rote recite flat

 

good numbers barn error

exchange rate

 

all i see tasks

bossmen can’t do

 

faith them

do i

 

heh?

     heh?

          heh?

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

arbeit heavy headache

insisted voices themselves

brawl private sleights

at the no can work while

 

tiredness surfaces

self important self import

eyes close drones drone

do i sleep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dylan Harris lives in Paris, where he is creating corrupt press, and runs Poets Live.  When living in Dublin, with Kit Fryatt he created wurm press, ran the wurm im apfel reading series, and the poetry festival wurmfest.  He has lived in Luxembourg, Belgium and the UK. His books include the smoke (Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2011), antwerp (wurm press, 2009) and europe (wurm press, 2008).  He is online at dylanharris.org.  See and hear all hands the video.