Maps

by Craig Dworkin

From UbuWeb's Publishing the Unpublishable series.
Series Editor: Kenneth Goldsmith

8 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2006

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INTRODUCTION

This week it’s all sports: discus, rowing, paragliding, gymnastics, bowling, cestoball, motocross, danball, football, kyudo, BMX racing, haggis hurling, goalball, relay races, rackelton, ski touring, futsal, angling, hammer throw, american handball, underwater hockey, modern dance, jazz dance, irish dance, matball, steeple chase, athletics (track and field), trick shot snooker, bullfighting, broomball, motor boat racing, hurdling, badminton, elephant polo, sports using bicycles or unicycles.....

Or so the headers of the most recent emails in the trash folder read. Last week was truncated news feeds, snippets of headlines. Before that, misspelled drug names. Next week, who knows? But a few winters ago it was suddenly like the ‘70s all over again: short phrases sounding like nothing so much as lines of early Language Poetry, as if the spam engine were randomly pulling from Bruce Andrews’ notebooks. A Poetry Daily of the avant-garde. Within the week, they had completely changed again, suddenly on to something new, one step ahead of the filters.

I saved them all, intending to recycle the headers into a readymade chapbook. But by the time I got around to it, the idea of the “spam poem” was already old hat; everybody, it seemed, had done one. The moment of the project had passed. I put the file on a hard drive and forgot about it until the invitation to publish something “unpublishable” reminded me of the aborted plan. Here, belatedly, they return — unedited and in sequence — a little farce following the minor tragedy of a history missed.

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astoria bereft • cancer fanciful sabbatical pragmatist • bop topology • cavernous vicar pitt • drake brae caret bagel • butterball dalhousie aesthete • bluebill corps orb • acoustic buxton crotch • inveterate transvestite lash trash • impermissible protoplasmic pile barrier • butte reach barefoot braggart goose • tiptoe neologism • arid edgewise else • cambrian neuropathology • arroyo intense • exuberant cashmere dome drop • derivate descendent desk • meyers wyeth haw • astigmatic copernican glycerine certificate • hollywood littoral wriggle • supine rang • bilingual lackey rankle • embarcadero argonaut oases • patriarchy parquet mycology • paranormal ritz affront • coney demurred • fabian defy • toe amp • enzyme elgin cleanse • chromatic vandal bawl totem • debater arrogate addend • colossal broth • dissension digram • cubbyhole harangue • adiabatic mennonite adventure • secretive yarmulke hearken • elusive bongo breakdown • parasitic grillwork • wholesale pelican hardware • bostonian dougherty ought • anthropomorphic testicle toggle • iconic cadaver haggle • artificial salivate photo • ptolemy splurge • geophysical passivate void • irresolvable corset swivel • decollimate nucleoli teen tied nairobi client • brontosaurus jersey • agrarian gallberry bellamy bowl • patchwork andy adage • dilatory paymaster rainbow reformatory • paradigmatic anus shrivel • sacrosanct bible cider • bony brassy tatty lass • cygnus exude • deemphasize fruitful asthma scuff • landmark elder acquit • novo balloon dune • mesh judiciary trinket • soviet cargo skunk • dubitable cabot cobble bobbin • oyster exposure • odometer blob • lightface bedfast stadium hiatus • spiritual brazil swizzle • basso polyglot prototype • lizzie facet • missoula doria • timberland amaranth cantor contingent • boucher beachcomb concern • khaki socratic • silent keno candlewick respect • barrymore drugstore clotheshorse concurrent • wheel spiegel cyclades slum • characteristic gaulle size sixgun • decadent candela setback • doctrinal alpine actaeon melodic • rueful argue glue • alamo digestion legend • alabaster nuthatch data • fallen blasphemy gigacycle dynamic • razzle tootle caliph chump • loire lahore inhabit loath • conner aden admonish nib • calcify cottony domicile doll • verbosity rev • pleasant kingston bank cur barnet cater • began begun • tranquil vindicate stalemate translation • inertial cornerstone selectric skew • collegiate elate • purchase dutchman waltz exclude • mange nape • stipend steward mutilate • deacon enoch mackinaw • swishy bonanza probity • mantissa teletype • equine swim equip commit • hilarious rudiment • wasteful café frustrate behave • quasiorder formula core • toledo streptomycin session • elegy leila conjugacy • intensive monash griddle • disjunct riddance constrictor • coventry tuna raccoon • modish dollop copter • conscription resilient cartilaginous scab • campsite voltaire • issuant garth • arcadia crumb • expurgate eerie maternity reversion • bibliophile brushfire sent • wary parish psychotherapist • volvo diplomacy • surgical nursery curb • two voluminous quakeress closet founts • astronomy gaunt • talkative chock cot • gangland coverall cousin • bubble style bandage bedraggle • catastrophic lonesome bestow holler • alginate daybreak bedspread bathos • auric calf standeth • vertical nantucket drunk • brisk stringy piggy dance • feudatory wisenheimer • sombre damsel gamin • notate postorder modus bone • mercuric jute lester • tipperary cancerous combine • inbreed bromide ebony contrite • cavemen earthworm afterglow syllogism • armament bunt • waggle swab • off brig snorkel degeneracy • foreign sumerian upsilon • cretan calendar • combinate vacate gastronomy cruise • acrobat mantic • ironwood cofactor caliber insert • lifelong allotropic hidalgo • argo oilcloth coauthor • chance galena blimp • coot eddy commune • paralinguistic edna spec • accolade chat • bootlegging julio • atreus fete • boxy drumlin • inscription isotropy afterlife • each alight • chlorophyll dynast • clio continuant • transferee referring throw • curlew bruce • certiorari assume • binary augean brainwash bouffant • emerald casket chic • stagnant exculpatory spacecraft psychotic • randall avery comeback • decimal electroencephalograph • keaton degree • lost mobcap hobble aback • asylum climb • compendium bestowal • middlebury bramble adair • objet stationery chase • minneapolis downside • bizet dais • transcontinental checkerboard leopard • joyous carthaginian choreography box • peripheral fulcrum • apostrophe spotlight • chantry canst • bateman decay • broadway celanese • negligent maloney butternut • impractical weyerhauser codpiece • dickcissel sure • quiescent cassette ostracism • insincere canister comfort • confluent silicide scab • alhambra aqua sniff • hardboiled atheist contrabass tap • belvedere additive bedlam • filly hindmost • haifa aliphatic inclose • bowditch tote bestow • kin bit convolute • navajo cataract datum • sidney exigent gasify agate • proletariat altitude defect • kaufman perplex • lukewarm clamorous culver • rookie abscissae candy • hypothalamic redcoat elegy • bauxite compulsory • chorus complaint • homebound mahayana fumigate frenzy • adulterous dispensable chrysanthemum quackery • bureaucracy cryptogram explosion • recumbent annex collapse • articulate actinolite candidacy • negotiable durkee • gluey caloric haiti donner • derelict chromosphere omicron • silty leisure krueger • bernardino governance • backpack airfare betrothal • anniversary swindle valence • decorticate formosa prothonotary • sprue duel • armata michele • justiciable swanlike colatitude madras • gold craggy affectate • tunnel mescal • mighty hiroshima decatur • ectopic fuchs • inopportune enclave • spinodal perseus promptitude • muzo spiderwort biota dervish • pyrolysis sidestep connally betray • oppression peculate • tenon lumbar • alimony continuo • tensional matriculate • einsteinian fischer cinerama excursus • walters infamous pulmonary skeet glum • permanent cupid beefsteak • doberman warsaw din • front boeing • indistinct junketeer • sulfide bandgap bartlett factory • delphi chant • sheehan anharmonic bettor detestation • bifurcate gad • sloppy stony precocity • handicapping admix • accrue convergent • gina configure • arousal chopin • spontaneous barfly cherry bruit • alexei fracture • cornfield deceive • castanet causate extensible • rhino background declaration • modest template despot debater • snifter switchgear tetravalent • narbonne justine presuppose • mckenzie juxtapose • aarhus horace • poesy ballyhoo shivery bullfinch • castigate consult • remitted malconduct banquet • strange curiosity bustle • donner indigestion • sunder enmity • eyebrow depend • paragon defecate • lesion plagioclase autotransformer • daffodil bonaventure • watertown decommission • inboard portmanteau controller • creekside hispanic intimacy • cohesive vaccine palisade • bugeyed acclimate delivery • drug jungle • extract ordnance • carrageen spurt • sunburnt article • kindle lorind • dangle ruminant • pedagogue protactinium beneficial desicate • naples malaprop • paratroop tenement crosspoint • autosuggestible bookshelves • hydrothermal cumulate wastewater • alkali goatherd flask • foulmouth lydia cobble • lanky pram • blanche demand • gonzalez terminus • introductory nucleant tammany • obvious cinderella limit pistol • glaswegian girl grind • nielsen anomalous • boisterous iran amerada retrogress • upward wardrobe philanthrope • ginger bridge ambition • champlain shard • extendible symposia backscatter • dicta begotten • indigenous islamabad colatitude • keaton contravention • svelte agglutinate • characteristic scrapbook conduce • inmate preponderant pollinate continua • deregulatory fortune forbes • peafowl repeat breach cinquefoil self • ruben stoop • retrograde melanoma meltwater pail • liberate cavalier cheshire gibberish • albuquerque cognizant whenever conciliatory cumulate maritime cover lurks • ashman class • inexpert congolese expel blend • debonair stumpage • climactic cider • casserole chuff • dalhousie beaver • diethylstilbestrol appellant • anastigmatic finley deny • bernhard emergent • bison hatch • grievous horkheimer buckboard pastor • copperhead cotty bop • neoprene IQ yank • gargantuan apron amplifier • blustery dutiable bolometer imposition • classroom monogamy • exponentiate windshield escapade • dither plate • isocline docile diaphragm • relayed wane scrape • chattel piety • dulcet vinson canvass coverage • mercuric argot benedikt expense • deducible wesleyan balloon • chargeable clergyman flogging • knudson apathy • kalamazoo infinitive • wiry perspire empire sharp • gregarious sumeria colette chit indigent • complex phrasemake bizet adept • execrable flannel blight • beaten lofty tiger dodge • cavitate plasma preferred • fertile cannibal tenure hull • phonograph lemming • merle crestview causate wacke • obsequious nasturtium navy deface • alphabetic conquest status •