iPod Cento I

fffp — straight to gravitation. Straight
to "pulls you down" like nothing
's between my bones + skin. Oh
yeah! It is so quick,
my heart — every beep, beep, beep,
beep, beep, beep, beep to the bottom
of the sea. Beep beep beep — can't you
see what I've seen? Do you see
what I see? Look in my eyes, night
and day with the force of lunar
gravity stopped my heart
and soul so soft and shaking my
name and I know.





An aleatory cento (the first of many) composed of lines and phrases from songs played by my iPod's shuffle function on the commute home from work. Material comes from:

• The Zombies. "Nothing's Changed"
• von LMO. "Outside of Time"
• The Velvet Underground. "I Heard Her Call My Name"
• Television. "Venus"
• Sam Cooke. "Cupid"
• Norman Greenbaum. "Spirit in the Sky"
• Love. "Andmoreagain"
• The Delfonics. "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time"
• Silicon Teens. "You Really Got Me"
• Black Mountain. "Faulty Times"
• The Seeds. "Pushin' Too Hard"
• Scott Walker. "Mathilde"