A Poem By Adam Lehrer and A Poem By Janie
Adam and Janie in dialog
“Debonair Nihilism” by Adam Lehrer
The debonair nihilism of Chuck Bass
Recruited at age 18
To honeypot his enemies
Morally neutral; an ambivalent ideology
Demerol on IV
Families are always rising and falling
In America
And dying slow
The skin suit president
Spiritually trans and physically weak
This is a period piece
And it’s set in 2007 (now)
A model with a harelip
New modes of desire
Social engineering
This poem never happened
This isn’t horror-core
This is porno-core
It’s all porn
Now, in 2007
“4TheKult” by Janie
reality splits -
ill-defined - definite -
no control though -
no control - or -
no sense of it - no -
4th denial - what's it mean? rhetorical questions + 5
the Devil's #?
too many questions -
still no control -
questions are good?
forest
trees
all burning -
burnt -
sticks -
the human (brain) unimportant - taking tech to space -
something higher - something - must be - CONTROL -
Ctrl + Alt + (dare I say it?)
the human (brain) unimportant let's play trivia(l)
pursuit - purr-suit - purr -
the human (animal) unimportant - but don't let me bring U down
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ILLUSTRATIONS:
1. by Adam Lehrer
2. by David Altmejd