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[roses_for_tina]

Enfettered, these sentences repress free speech. The text deletes selected letters. We see the revered exegete reject metred verse: the sestet, the tercet - even les scénes élevées en grec. He rebels. He sets new precedents. He lets cleverness exceed decent levels. He eschews the esteemed genres, the expected themes - even les belles letters en vers. He prefers the perverse French esthetes: Verne, Péret, Genet, Perec - hence, he pens fervent screeds, then enters the street where he sells these letterpress newsletters, three cents per sheet. He engenders perfect newness wherever we need fresh terms.

from EUNOIA by Christian Bök
published by Coach House Books
ISBN 1 55245 0929