Er_si_g
B_ck_tt, image by Daniel Y. Harris
From A try ing
an erasure
of the first act of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting
for Godot
a poet
rags
obvious
swelling
C r U c I f I e D
a
thief
s p e a k
s of
return
hell
death
the four
b e l i e v e
ignorant
apes
l i m p i n g
with
extreme
d i s t a n c e
willow
leaves
bush
the wrong
place
mistaken
that tree
bog
made
r u b b i s h
a
landscape
mound s o
f time
halt
sleep
private
nightmares
calm
a d r u n k
pugilist
angry
silence
garlic
s
the tree
h
a
n
g
i
n
g
shriek
dark
light
f r e e z e s
pray
vague
ly
promise
silenc
on
hands and knees
silence
s
a
g
g
i
n
g
at the knees
loses
the arm
of
fright
the wind
shouts
hungry
a carrot
t u
r n i p s
a question
so much
forgotten
not t i e d
the opposite
muck
r e f l e c t i o n is
temperament
W r I g G l I n G
the remains of
a terrible
cry
‘
shoulders c r i n g e
round
a whip
lucky
with the sight of
rope
f i d d l i n g with
assistance
a d v a
n c e t h r e a t e n i n g l y
human beings
of
glass the same species
of
god
r e c o
i l i n g
dusk
jerks up
sleep
lucky
the mouth
puts
d
o
w
n
the evening
b u t t o n i n g
the whip from mouth
l o n g with
glass
bones s u c k e d
s l o w l y the
ground
r h y t h m of
feet
—Erik-John
Fuhrer
