jim leftwich, HigHligHt aNd dElEtE
HigHligHt aNd dElEtE
There's sand on the mat
part Big Sur beach pArt
dEaTh vaLLEy dEseRt
there's a hand on the
match there's a Patch
there's A bATch
sTay aT hOMe StAy At
HomE / iF yOu kNOw wHere
hoMe Is / On the RanGE
maKE it sTraNge EstRaNged
frOm the Is What It Is
yOu tHiNk I Want tO bEan
bY tHe darRk oF The mOOn
anYbOdyt eLse bbbUt mEAt
that's the rOnng diRt oN
oN tHe diSk
oN tHe diSk
Impoxx ImpOXXe
QuiggLy quIEk it
comes / lEgs nO eLK
nOr cOMbs iN a cOMa
nO EgGs no miLk No
dEatHtRain dEaThbiRd
with the Cliffs of the Neuse
in his tEEth with Holt
Lake in his mOUth
It's 12:03 It's the last
afternOOn it's a bOat bY
the Bait of the biRch
on a beNch bY the bEEch
Eat yOUr lASt fREe lUNch
moatmouth eupsYchic
othEr iMpoxx
it's impoXXimate
it's impOxx
Rottting roTTering
otherlylingering
tHin dOLlars On the Dime
dim NicKels rhymed with
TiMe PyropsYchic
like a chicken thrOUGh
the cOrn / agribuSineSs
AS asEmOus
sAtUrdAy
sO fOuL
it means what it
is and it is what
it means
mOILing moLe moLtiNg
roiLingRoles reVoLTing
the rime this thyme is
mind gaRrisOn gatch
gaTChed bOTcH garLed
hOriZons gNarLed orisons
OrioLes rising iN tHe
aureoles the fuMeROLes
HoUsE of the Resin sUn
tHey sAY EVerYthiNg
yOu dO iS AbOUt YoU
can it bE TrUe? cAn
tHeSe bONes Live? &
rOLl dOWn tHe rOad
Like a wHeeL oN FiRe?
baTch bath bEribbOned
By mYthopOetics
jUst iN tiMe kNit
knOts inventOried
venTiLators wHat
you gonna do abOUt
it / but fiGht it
pUt yOUr mONey in
yOur shOe / juSt iN
TiMe the fEAthEred sUn
and tHe wHoLe ghOst
JusT In Your sHoe
a few limes left
rusting out in the morning
dew walking north of nothing
lingers An
unHiNged
noTHinGNess
Time just timeLEss
ness nests mess
messy uNTiL meSSages
limebrinetinelines
that's ImpOXximate
it's iMpOxX
limbwinetonelines
thRiLl is oNe gOne lOng
oN aFTer tHe Krill
us grOwn I remember
liNeatEd tOnEr
friLLy fiLLet of fiLLies
Piece of pisces pie
PaCk a piPe oF
pePpers / poCk
a pITh of
picKLed piPers
beYOnd
a rOund
rig the
gaMe is
riGged
thEy aRe
tHey aNd
we Are Us
aGaiNst
tHem / quiGgLy QuiEK
As it Goes and vEriLy
comes / we say
fOOd nOt BoMbs thEy
say gEt iN liNe gO
baCk to wOrk
iMpoxx ImpoXXimate
iMpoXXe ImPoXxE
mutual Food aid
PuT yOur
mONey oN your toe
jUsT In TimE dUst
the Lime Rust
liGHtLy snOWing
iN Colorado
mOst foUL
i'm just another
Russian Thistle
tuMbLing dOwn
the lost hiGHway
I'm just an Amargosa
pupfish A Salt Creek
pupfish Winds thrOUGh
the canYOns 60 miles
an hOur sLEEping iN
a SaNdstOrm
aT Stovepipe WeLls
Jist gUst
sLiced JuiCe the
wOrd aLso A
Virus The tHe
veRb tO bE oR
kNot to bEad by
the skin of their
pHLeGm tHeir
beady eYes their
fLimfLam fOOL &
fUeL ecoNOMy tHe
eCOnOMy is a HoaX
noTTE a game aNd gnOt
a joKe I remember
burLs & uNfuRLed
Hats tHat wErE his
eYEs tHat's
iMpoXXiMate it's imPOxx
Are yOu stiLl paYiNg
peOPle to maKe
saNdWiches
fOr you to Eat?
wiLl the oLd wORld
neVEr LeaVe? Last
niGHt I sAw tHe
nEw mOOn wiTh The
oLd MoOn iN hEr
Arms / i Fear I fEar
with the interstate 40
in his teEtH with tHe
I-95 in his MoUtH
sHeLter iN pLace iN plAce
of yourself Where the
Seer and the Envelopes
roam Hoam hOm oN
dERanGed seNSes seNtenCed
to sIx mONtHs On tHe
sHeLf witHIn raNGe Out
oF rAngE oN the RanGe
eStRaNGed maKe iT sTRangE
ostrangeenie the
defamiLiariZed seLf iS
iMMUne to aLieNation I
remember nonLinear
memOries and LineATed
fictIOns uNNeceSSary
tOmes spEnt unPacKing
the paRSed LiEs
of presiding sidEKicks
to ruLiNg eLites pOwer
coRRUpts and MoneyAsPower
coRruPTs absOLUteLy ThaT's
imPOXXimate iT's IMpoXX
wiTh the 29 Highway
In His TeeTh With the With
the 29 hiGHway iN hIs tEEth
Restaurants to Virginia
restrictions north
residents ham possible are
are delivery Washington
under and takeout No
but has to stay No
Essential open Limited No
all stay home a bar are
bars delivery additional
but asked Grove stay
businesses nor north hum
restaurants and residents
limited travel aleph Virginia
homewind and bars when
humming feral restaurants
stay safe to takeout North
Carolina are beginning
businesses restaurants
to take out North
Dakota North Nebraska
East Wyoming South Arizona
and West Virginia to take out
all residents
under a stay at
home essential open
limited March 30
no essential open
bars are limited
that's impoXXimate
it's iMpOxx with
the 301 highway and
highway 70 the Brightleaf
Boulevard in his Larynx
and On His TonGue
on his tongue like tongueglue
fishglue beeftongueglue with
fresh cilantro with
achiote entero with
oatmealglue with
17th & Mission The Hotel
Albert iN hIs tEEtH I
remember waLKing iN the
Rain tOO brOKe fOr
busfare baCk and fORth
tO woRk it's the highway
Boulevard fishglue and fresh
achiote oatmealglue
at 17th & Albert remember
Impoxx ImpOXXe
Dr Sunday decided strict York
after discussions with the
Institute after discussions
with the quarantine Dr Sunday
decided which parts of the
Intensive Night the Infectious
Night / the Union
to Enforce and
Create / to enforce
the National State
of Important Worlds
to Create difficult
morale & The Goal
of The Same / with
the New York Steak of Mind
in his teeth with
the New Orleans Fat
Tuesday crawfish in
his mouth
Impoxx ImpOXXe
iNNer aNEw haNdcLocked
maRKets SeLLers aRe
paYiNg buYErs
tO tAKe pOSSEssIOn
oF tHeir OiL
markets stOre suPeRtanKers
sHUt tHe phYsiCal
their nEEds aLreaDy
lEss than ten doLLars
a ciRCLe / LeSs tHan tEn
dOllARs A CirClE / with
the bLack gOLd lOgisTics
iN thEiR TeEtH with
the catastrophic century
AcceLeRatiNg in their
Mouth
Impoxx ImpOXXe
deathbird riding the
deathtrain through the
backyard of my brain
Hadj Ali Hi Jolly Hadj Ali
He blew
Hi Jolly Hi Jolly Guru
mama where you get your
golden rule
on the smokestack track
with the 44 tool
on the
smokestack track
with the 44
fool
you wake up slow and you
wake up low you wake up
wake up wake
like you know
a song for the deathbird
and a song for the train
a song that the deathbird
sings in the rain
that's impoXXimate
it's iMpOxx ImpOXXe
huMiLiatiOn raGe aNd imPotEnce
we marKed it out
and we thRew iT aWay
Highlight & deLEte
hiGHLight aNd dEleTe
eMbarASSMent fEar & eMpTiNess
we scratched it out aNd
We tHrew It away
hiGhLiGht & dELEte
HigHliGHt aNd DeLeTe
a fox
in socks
stock in flocks
a pox
in clocks
a pOx iN kNots
iMpoXXiMate Man
inVISible pOx
we got your
caMera Out
oF Hock
i brOUGHt you
sOme bEans
soMe cHicKen
aNd cHEEse
every wHich wAy
waSh yOur haNds
wHen yOu snEEZe
i was at the
rest stop highway
58 East of Mojave
earLy days of March
waLKing oUt oF
the restROOm
when i heard
a Chinese vOice
say Wash Your
Hands I turned
and he sMiLed
SmiLEd oNe wORd
coronavirus
all i nEEd is a space bar
just give me a shiFt kEy
all i want is
a fixed width font
Courier New Courier
there's catdust floating
in the dangerous
air there's batshit crazy
in his Underwear
there's going down slow
there's reduced speed
ahead there's a tombstone
of ash in the dirt
where they bled
As caused by America
new dileMMas aRe
LiMitiNg HeaLtH As
caUsed bY Saturday
whEn tHe Wash Thief
was Liberties during
the country criSis
As caused By paNdeMic
adVisOry but
QuesTiONed fOr
pReVeNtiOn As caused
bY the thrEe nOnEssenTial
National InfeCtiOns As
CauSed by The eXpeRts
it wouLd bE the SaMe
gOaL as caused bY
quaRanTine the
CiViL WeaTHeR As coNtext
is thROWn oUt tHe
wiNdOw thrOwn thrOUGh
the EmerGency eaRTHquaKe
"you have to measure
the emergency to
evacuate the costs"
wOrse than
lOng-tErm
sHeLter iN
LawFul busiNess
lONgstaNding nOt
arbiTRary with the
cuRREnt restrictions
nOt a raNdOm coNtaGion
we Are oNe fiGHTing
disPaTch nEar the
border of vulNerable
neAr tHe bOrdEr oF
vuLNErabLe oRdEr
as caused by StaTic
gLoves wHo iMpOse
heaLth nOtatiOn
as the recent
corONaviRus aSSErted
beYOnd governments
tO bE tEstEd and
cERtaiN As caused
bY the shutdown of
NoNeSSEntial shOEs
windpanic windmayhem
winddilemma & fail
there's a riot going
on at the county
jail / As caused bY
anYOne thEre is Risk
This Close / bEneath
the FeatHered Sun iN
tHe hOLe of The gHOst
March 2020
Four Oaks, NC
There's sand on the mat
part Big Sur beach pArt
dEaTh vaLLEy dEseRt
there's a hand on the
match there's a Patch
there's A bATch
sTay aT hOMe StAy At
HomE / iF yOu kNOw wHere
hoMe Is / On the RanGE
maKE it sTraNge EstRaNged
frOm the Is What It Is
yOu tHiNk I Want tO bEan
bY tHe darRk oF The mOOn
anYbOdyt eLse bbbUt mEAt
that's the rOnng diRt oN
oN tHe diSk
oN tHe diSk
Impoxx ImpOXXe
QuiggLy quIEk it
comes / lEgs nO eLK
nOr cOMbs iN a cOMa
nO EgGs no miLk No
dEatHtRain dEaThbiRd
with the Cliffs of the Neuse
in his tEEth with Holt
Lake in his mOUth
It's 12:03 It's the last
afternOOn it's a bOat bY
the Bait of the biRch
on a beNch bY the bEEch
Eat yOUr lASt fREe lUNch
moatmouth eupsYchic
othEr iMpoxx
it's impoXXimate
it's impOxx
Rottting roTTering
otherlylingering
tHin dOLlars On the Dime
dim NicKels rhymed with
TiMe PyropsYchic
like a chicken thrOUGh
the cOrn / agribuSineSs
AS asEmOus
sAtUrdAy
sO fOuL
it means what it
is and it is what
it means
mOILing moLe moLtiNg
roiLingRoles reVoLTing
the rime this thyme is
mind gaRrisOn gatch
gaTChed bOTcH garLed
hOriZons gNarLed orisons
OrioLes rising iN tHe
aureoles the fuMeROLes
HoUsE of the Resin sUn
tHey sAY EVerYthiNg
yOu dO iS AbOUt YoU
can it bE TrUe? cAn
tHeSe bONes Live? &
rOLl dOWn tHe rOad
Like a wHeeL oN FiRe?
baTch bath bEribbOned
By mYthopOetics
jUst iN tiMe kNit
knOts inventOried
venTiLators wHat
you gonna do abOUt
it / but fiGht it
pUt yOUr mONey in
yOur shOe / juSt iN
TiMe the fEAthEred sUn
and tHe wHoLe ghOst
JusT In Your sHoe
a few limes left
rusting out in the morning
dew walking north of nothing
lingers An
unHiNged
noTHinGNess
Time just timeLEss
ness nests mess
messy uNTiL meSSages
limebrinetinelines
that's ImpOXximate
it's iMpOxX
limbwinetonelines
thRiLl is oNe gOne lOng
oN aFTer tHe Krill
us grOwn I remember
liNeatEd tOnEr
friLLy fiLLet of fiLLies
Piece of pisces pie
PaCk a piPe oF
pePpers / poCk
a pITh of
picKLed piPers
beYOnd
a rOund
rig the
gaMe is
riGged
thEy aRe
tHey aNd
we Are Us
aGaiNst
tHem / quiGgLy QuiEK
As it Goes and vEriLy
comes / we say
fOOd nOt BoMbs thEy
say gEt iN liNe gO
baCk to wOrk
iMpoxx ImpoXXimate
iMpoXXe ImPoXxE
mutual Food aid
PuT yOur
mONey oN your toe
jUsT In TimE dUst
the Lime Rust
liGHtLy snOWing
iN Colorado
mOst foUL
i'm just another
Russian Thistle
tuMbLing dOwn
the lost hiGHway
I'm just an Amargosa
pupfish A Salt Creek
pupfish Winds thrOUGh
the canYOns 60 miles
an hOur sLEEping iN
a SaNdstOrm
aT Stovepipe WeLls
Jist gUst
sLiced JuiCe the
wOrd aLso A
Virus The tHe
veRb tO bE oR
kNot to bEad by
the skin of their
pHLeGm tHeir
beady eYes their
fLimfLam fOOL &
fUeL ecoNOMy tHe
eCOnOMy is a HoaX
noTTE a game aNd gnOt
a joKe I remember
burLs & uNfuRLed
Hats tHat wErE his
eYEs tHat's
iMpoXXiMate it's imPOxx
Are yOu stiLl paYiNg
peOPle to maKe
saNdWiches
fOr you to Eat?
wiLl the oLd wORld
neVEr LeaVe? Last
niGHt I sAw tHe
nEw mOOn wiTh The
oLd MoOn iN hEr
Arms / i Fear I fEar
with the interstate 40
in his teEtH with tHe
I-95 in his MoUtH
sHeLter iN pLace iN plAce
of yourself Where the
Seer and the Envelopes
roam Hoam hOm oN
dERanGed seNSes seNtenCed
to sIx mONtHs On tHe
sHeLf witHIn raNGe Out
oF rAngE oN the RanGe
eStRaNGed maKe iT sTRangE
ostrangeenie the
defamiLiariZed seLf iS
iMMUne to aLieNation I
remember nonLinear
memOries and LineATed
fictIOns uNNeceSSary
tOmes spEnt unPacKing
the paRSed LiEs
of presiding sidEKicks
to ruLiNg eLites pOwer
coRRUpts and MoneyAsPower
coRruPTs absOLUteLy ThaT's
imPOXXimate iT's IMpoXX
wiTh the 29 Highway
In His TeeTh With the With
the 29 hiGHway iN hIs tEEth
Restaurants to Virginia
restrictions north
residents ham possible are
are delivery Washington
under and takeout No
but has to stay No
Essential open Limited No
all stay home a bar are
bars delivery additional
but asked Grove stay
businesses nor north hum
restaurants and residents
limited travel aleph Virginia
homewind and bars when
humming feral restaurants
stay safe to takeout North
Carolina are beginning
businesses restaurants
to take out North
Dakota North Nebraska
East Wyoming South Arizona
and West Virginia to take out
all residents
under a stay at
home essential open
limited March 30
no essential open
bars are limited
that's impoXXimate
it's iMpOxx with
the 301 highway and
highway 70 the Brightleaf
Boulevard in his Larynx
and On His TonGue
on his tongue like tongueglue
fishglue beeftongueglue with
fresh cilantro with
achiote entero with
oatmealglue with
17th & Mission The Hotel
Albert iN hIs tEEtH I
remember waLKing iN the
Rain tOO brOKe fOr
busfare baCk and fORth
tO woRk it's the highway
Boulevard fishglue and fresh
achiote oatmealglue
at 17th & Albert remember
Impoxx ImpOXXe
Dr Sunday decided strict York
after discussions with the
Institute after discussions
with the quarantine Dr Sunday
decided which parts of the
Intensive Night the Infectious
Night / the Union
to Enforce and
Create / to enforce
the National State
of Important Worlds
to Create difficult
morale & The Goal
of The Same / with
the New York Steak of Mind
in his teeth with
the New Orleans Fat
Tuesday crawfish in
his mouth
Impoxx ImpOXXe
iNNer aNEw haNdcLocked
maRKets SeLLers aRe
paYiNg buYErs
tO tAKe pOSSEssIOn
oF tHeir OiL
markets stOre suPeRtanKers
sHUt tHe phYsiCal
their nEEds aLreaDy
lEss than ten doLLars
a ciRCLe / LeSs tHan tEn
dOllARs A CirClE / with
the bLack gOLd lOgisTics
iN thEiR TeEtH with
the catastrophic century
AcceLeRatiNg in their
Mouth
Impoxx ImpOXXe
deathbird riding the
deathtrain through the
backyard of my brain
Hadj Ali Hi Jolly Hadj Ali
He blew
Hi Jolly Hi Jolly Guru
mama where you get your
golden rule
on the smokestack track
with the 44 tool
on the
smokestack track
with the 44
fool
you wake up slow and you
wake up low you wake up
wake up wake
like you know
a song for the deathbird
and a song for the train
a song that the deathbird
sings in the rain
that's impoXXimate
it's iMpOxx ImpOXXe
huMiLiatiOn raGe aNd imPotEnce
we marKed it out
and we thRew iT aWay
Highlight & deLEte
hiGHLight aNd dEleTe
eMbarASSMent fEar & eMpTiNess
we scratched it out aNd
We tHrew It away
hiGhLiGht & dELEte
HigHliGHt aNd DeLeTe
a fox
in socks
stock in flocks
a pox
in clocks
a pOx iN kNots
iMpoXXiMate Man
inVISible pOx
we got your
caMera Out
oF Hock
i brOUGHt you
sOme bEans
soMe cHicKen
aNd cHEEse
every wHich wAy
waSh yOur haNds
wHen yOu snEEZe
i was at the
rest stop highway
58 East of Mojave
earLy days of March
waLKing oUt oF
the restROOm
when i heard
a Chinese vOice
say Wash Your
Hands I turned
and he sMiLed
SmiLEd oNe wORd
coronavirus
all i nEEd is a space bar
just give me a shiFt kEy
all i want is
a fixed width font
Courier New Courier
there's catdust floating
in the dangerous
air there's batshit crazy
in his Underwear
there's going down slow
there's reduced speed
ahead there's a tombstone
of ash in the dirt
where they bled
As caused by America
new dileMMas aRe
LiMitiNg HeaLtH As
caUsed bY Saturday
whEn tHe Wash Thief
was Liberties during
the country criSis
As caused By paNdeMic
adVisOry but
QuesTiONed fOr
pReVeNtiOn As caused
bY the thrEe nOnEssenTial
National InfeCtiOns As
CauSed by The eXpeRts
it wouLd bE the SaMe
gOaL as caused bY
quaRanTine the
CiViL WeaTHeR As coNtext
is thROWn oUt tHe
wiNdOw thrOwn thrOUGh
the EmerGency eaRTHquaKe
"you have to measure
the emergency to
evacuate the costs"
wOrse than
lOng-tErm
sHeLter iN
LawFul busiNess
lONgstaNding nOt
arbiTRary with the
cuRREnt restrictions
nOt a raNdOm coNtaGion
we Are oNe fiGHTing
disPaTch nEar the
border of vulNerable
neAr tHe bOrdEr oF
vuLNErabLe oRdEr
as caused by StaTic
gLoves wHo iMpOse
heaLth nOtatiOn
as the recent
corONaviRus aSSErted
beYOnd governments
tO bE tEstEd and
cERtaiN As caused
bY the shutdown of
NoNeSSEntial shOEs
windpanic windmayhem
winddilemma & fail
there's a riot going
on at the county
jail / As caused bY
anYOne thEre is Risk
This Close / bEneath
the FeatHered Sun iN
tHe hOLe of The gHOst
March 2020
Four Oaks, NC