from nowhereon
Michael Mc Aloran
“...it is the end that is the commencement. and that end is the very one that eliminates all the means.”
—Artaud
...no not on...nowhere on yet final null...all sung as of...yes final ever...nothing on in this or...to turn what from where of nothing in claim of nothing claimed...till claimed...silenced in where nothing from what trace of final all in this of all...where once was none & yet still yet of none...whereof in breathe of lack...pulse drift throughout of spit it out...where unsung is...blood trace where no of silence...it what sung from gutter tread...no nothing but or...no not on...yes final no...given...claim or no...as once is said of other shadowing...clear sight...passage central passage waste...from outset onset...as given as of no not a from...no...no not on...
...where of then...where in nothing of in closure of...final emptily devour as if to...it of what yes where vital sign devours...no not on...what wound where of what wound where of...it two three where now when of where ever nothing...broken as...unless nose be rubbed in shit & over to begin once more...again yet no not on...fissure lessened shadow ever to...all lapse back-step deserted as of...skyline what no matter no matter...landscape what no matter of it...yes not on as before into what of...never motion but for flog of birch upon...over again...again where never of until...having never in... soundless... bloodless... lifeless beyond where no not a...
...coughs up phlegm spit it out...out where breakage is where broken is no not...traceless footsteps...nothing ever-where...no not from a to have begun says outset onset...finds space outspoken in realm of bustle no...tightens edges tighten...slash mark having of in echo dreamt... extinguish all in where same as was before...over once more until...laughter silent in bruised pulse shreds till claim what surface...yet no not on...ever wishing for yet nowhere on...unspeaking colours broken point of none resplendent...silence all in now unspeaking traceless of design...till close of eye & smear of...nothing of in din collision of silence birthing...in silence rupture of...
...utters without in lack of on...what of in on...no not of a no not a on...trace without origin...cold din of nothing ever ever if...where placement of in nothing more collapse(d)...drag what pelt...echo echo of unspeak of tone...as if to in what in of nothing claim till previous divulge & then forgotte...no not a of on...emptily to travail yes what lets it lie...what then in what of on...where what from what until...silence all in none abounding...collapse all same as once where before of evaporate mark of shadow blight upon...translucent of forgotten lights of given unto...allwhile no not of...no not of no nothing nor...of or in nor other than/of & other than...
...as once was once no no not ever...placement of expire...nothing of in much less than ever having...shock sound what...rehearsal none...no not on through any of in which arising defeat in midst of victorious waste...having if in yet...yet no not of not a...nowhere having of closed some semblance wound absorb...spit it out once more as if to drown upon...no not on...again...again unto merely echo on...nothing ever in...passage dense what eye...stripped lest of held throughout what stun lack weight of disregard...never having on...yet final no from outset given...what of...till until again...again where nothing coils into where din of breath expel/collapses...
...not an eye not an ounce of it to perceive it...vapours of for other matters yes what matter...opening up in no of all what spoke...yes said in what what words to grace where transparent ever-dissipate...does what it cannot from means collapse dystrophy...removes in lapse where none yes what...not a...bled of disregard...as if to...
...what on what sung astringent jarring upon where nothing be...through closed verandas... bitten blight of having no nothing having yes of other than collision with where speech non-claim where words non-claim...from outset onset as was said...neither once till shadow collapse breath sequence break throughout closure of door reflect of cast eye in...light illuminate where breath dislodge close exit until foreign exit sign devour ever restless...in no not a of having govern nothing...dead zones no not a...nothing ever of...no not on...nothing next to follow...burns allwhile in citrus flame...paralysis gestures &...breakage of what matter...collects in none what else of which response lack from nothing ever...no not a...claim till claimed repeats itself...no nothing of in that...nowhere...
...trace of it in liquid else of light no not...take from what given none...blind of sight in nothing of...not on...cold stretch of hours pale hours that burn by design & cease to lapse...din what closure held if in what speech reclamation sudden as if to...nothing from which to strike upon...nothing to strike upon...cold faint light of echo’s devour... says no on...stretch will wind & forgotten realms dissipating in instance claim non claim non of...never once from outset breath...solace no...no not on...season’s damage from all & in...(bring out the dead)...where laughter long is some bitten reclusion...dead tone...breach-birth some solace in what of collision nothing ever...nothing no yet on where on is final no...intermezzo...forgotte(n) climes..
Michael Mc Aloran was Belfast born (1976). He is the author of a number of collections of poetry, prose poetry, poetic aphorisms and prose including Attributes (Desperanto, NY, 2011), The Non Herein and Of Dead Silences (Lapwing Publications, 2011/ 2013), Of the Nothing Of, The Zero Eye, The Bled Sun and In Damage Seasons (Oneiros Books, UK, 2013/ 14); Code #4 Texts, a collaboration with Aad de Gids, was also published in 2014 by Oneiros. He was also the editor/creator of the Bone Orchard Poetry zine and edited for Oneiros Books (U.K 2013/ 2014). Two further collections, Un-Sight/Un-Sound (delirium X.) and The Banality of Else were both published by gnOme books (NY, 2014). EchoNone was also released in 2015 by Oneiros Books. Black Editions Press also released Untitled #2 and [unspoken] in 2016, and longshadowfall was published by Editions du Cygne, FR, in 2017. Catascope was also published by Editions du Cygne early in 2018 and two further projects, the black vault and all null having are now published by VoidFront Press. nowhereon is also to be published by VoidFront. Michael Mc Aloran is online at AgainstTheDarkDistance.wordpress.com.
