s w i f t s  &  s l o w s: a quarterly of crisscrossings

 Acts 9068-9072
Jim Leftwich & John Crouse

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ACT NINE THOUSAND SIXTY EIGHT

earth alibi hallucination: “ear by lute”
penguin bubble purchase: “pen by chaste”
ego apostate larceny: “goat by lark”
codpiece secreted admonition: “code by moan”
anterior crawdad circumspect: “ant by claw”
porcupine crossover hugest: “pork by cross”
jockstrap arbitrates immortality: “stripe by carbohydrates”
farm syllable blossom: “arm by syllabus”
honey posthumous tomorrow: “hone by humus”
thumb holiday heartier: “numb by day”
feats morning worthlessness: “eats by nests”
spittle defrauds stricken: “title by chicken.”

ACT NINE THOUSAND SIXTY NINE

lips blandly boon: “spoon land slips”
consigned amplitude enamored: “red amp signage”
devotee abstemiousness hyperbolic: “bolus teeming voters”
undone sheen maddest: “desk clean clone”
crucifix guitar prophylactic: “lactic tarmac transfixed”
infected citizenry blanket: “kit zen feckless”
momentum extemporaneous keepsake: “snake spake stake”
adjunct buoyant abundant: “boon banter junction”
deathless juices fringed: “twinge sluice breeething”
tweet poppy seems: “seams hopping meat”
throat fame enthrall: “tall flaming boat”
desecration scorns perspicacity: “city of corms.”

ACT NINE THOUSAND SEVENTY

human delicious superhuman: “spearing deciduous mantra”
dwell spear repair: “pear despair pair”
ply time stimulus: “lust stem rhyme”
dress churchyard decays: “cay lurch rests”
eye pistons obelisk: “lists tonic bye”
cower reap capstan: “captain cheap lower”
oblivion implores captain: “tain pores violin”
magical more fickle: “tinfoil backing mirrors”
exchange suffice whip: “wipe mice expunge”
climate butterfly poverty: “verily bitter primates”
frontiers terminate delights: “light around tears”
hesitates urns estates: “hesychasm burning steaks.”

ACT NINE THOUSAND SEVENTY ONE

temerity tripod sleights: “heavenly cephalopod mitigates”
consecrate arrows gloat: “goatness narrowly consequent”
paragraphs risk sexiness: “parataxis brisk business”
grim horse fragrant: “vagrant of course”
gain begging agate: “slim slimy freight”
gout magistrate leek: “ghoul magnificent geek”
target entreaty blindness: “Greek austerity bluntness”
toast error tithe: “roasted mirror time”
phantom fathom blame: “fame or anthem”
cunning thrift heist: “zeitgeist ruffles thunder”
ring poet hoist: “thunder poet mind”
moist terror dandelion: “enjoy tender perihelion.”

ACT NINE THOUSAND SEVENTY TWO

overcoat evidence ancestor: “ringing in ears”
infinite instead speculum: “a blistering report”
past lingered pissed: “passed longer ass”
faces grapes argues: “glues shapeless aces”
zones peach tonsil: “silo each bones”
clay jugular seesawing: “sprawling associational helix”
technicality horizon platoon: “goon squad technique”
robbed quick liberty: “beryl quacking rubber”
shalt dying reverse: “verse is salt”
artillery sunrise stooping: “ping pong moon”
dishonor sloop bridal: “be bop croon”
brigand banana brow: “going down slow.”

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Leftwich is a poet and networker that has been involved in organizing and/or documenting mail art, fluxus, sound poetry, visual poetry and noise events. His most recent books are Rascible & Kempt: Meditations And Explorations In And Around The Poem, Volumes 1, 2  &  3 (Luna Bisonte 2016, 2017). Leftwich’s papers are archived in the rare books and manuscripts collection of the Ohio State University. He’s the editor and publisher of the micropress, TLPress, specializing in tacky little pamphlets, broadsides, and pdf ebooks.

John Crouse lives in NM.