DeeSoul Carson

Language is a failed state.
— Fargo Tbakhi, pg 105, "Craft Talk"

Language is a failed state.
— Fargo Tbakhi, pg 105, "Craft Talk"

O Repairer, shake my hand if you will. I will greet you tomorrow from this side of the world inside the rooster's wail.
pg. 48, "Before the Climate Clock"

O Repairer, shake my hand if you will. I will greet you tomorrow from this side of the world inside the rooster's wail.
pg. 48, "Before the Climate Clock"

Nothing comes into the world without violence.
Not even poetry.
pg. 9, "Enter Military Songs"

Nothing comes into the world without violence.
Not even poetry.
pg. 9, "Enter Military Songs"

Yes. But my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.
— pg 143, "1940"

Yes. But my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.
— pg 143, "1940"

To be a good creator, you must be
a good hurter.
- p 35, "Doctor's Note"

To be a good creator, you must be
a good hurter.
- p 35, "Doctor's Note"

If every cowboy has a sad song, I'm afraid you're mine
to remember.
- pg 42, "Vaquero"

If every cowboy has a sad song, I'm afraid you're mine
to remember.
- pg 42, "Vaquero"

Abundance is a sign of good health. Like this tree, I am not interested in poetry that does not help me live.
- pg 10, "A Happy Poet"

Abundance is a sign of good health. Like this tree, I am not interested in poetry that does not help me live.
- pg 10, "A Happy Poet"

A child crawls on the treacherous floor
appraising very object inside her mouth.
- pg 10, "Object Lessons"

A child crawls on the treacherous floor
appraising very object inside her mouth.
- pg 10, "Object Lessons"

Might have been
worth the money, I say. Considering
the therapy bills later.
I'll tell you what's wrong
with us, he says, free of charge.
- pg 31, "Fixer [ We should have hired someone]"

Might have been
worth the money, I say. Considering
the therapy bills later.
I'll tell you what's wrong
with us, he says, free of charge.
- pg 31, "Fixer [ We should have hired someone]"