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Originally printed in a signed & numbered edition of 50 copies
December 1998
Circulated at the
celebration for Dick Higgins
December 27, 1998
Judson Memorial Church
NYC
mesosticsfordick higginsby mIEKAL aND
1 9 9 8
Xerox Sutra Editions
West Lima, Wisconsin
all words used in this text are from
“foew&ombwhnw” by dick higgins1967 • something else press
an animated version of the first 17 mesostics can be found online @
www.joglars.org/mesostics
Xerox Sutra Editions10375 County Hway Alphabet
La Farge, WI 54639
perspicacity@xexoxial.orgwww.xexoxial.org
1 Dinner certaIn Changing blanK
wHen noIse Girl somethinG obvIous iNterested Spots
2 Drop dIrect Crew tracK
tHank dIrector snarlinG chasinG nIne runniNgobliviouS
3 graDually In Counting shaKing
otHer weIght leG enerGetically kIndred aNd Shifting
4 Difference If staCked worK
wHich wIll feelinGunderstandinG flIp fuNdamentally Somehow
5 useD actIvated Compound Keyboards
tHis stIll Graphis strinGs whIch thiNgs bodieS
6galvanizeD fIlter Cools bucKet
Hat It stockinGs suGaring lIttle taNks Smell
7 Do lIght Center bacK
tHigh spIn chanGe Graciously In iNvisiblecartwheelS
8 freeDom Is Citizen worK
someHow antI-religious judGes brinG utilItarian meaNinglessness juStified
9 subsiDized productIons reCultivating speaKs
sucH Itself buildinG Grind exIstdirectioN improviSation
10closeD mIne oCcur Kale
House In Gin Go simIlarly NasalsoundS
11 Doing lIght sCream bacK
tHrown tIll Green Graciously Invisible spiNdispaSsionately
12passeD thIs Comprehensibility worK
higH wrItten Greater inGeniously audIencecommuNity Specific
13 Degrees pIece ConsciousbarK
Has IsolationsugGestion toGetherartIstic aNything Second
14 closeD exceptIon cirCuit Keep
cHimes wIring beGin Good radIossituatioN burleSque
15 heaD I Character looKing
Her IslidinG Game I Noticing claSp
16 Drop sIx Crew damyanKee
Home populIstfootlinG beGinning thIrd footNote Set-up
17 boreDom dIalectic Class darKness
estHetic kInd suGgested thinG partIcipant eNded guesSes
18intermeDia prIests sCulpture taKing
tHroughout medIum reGularly Ground-swell possIble fiNe compoSers
19 diffuseD marrIage soCial liKe
eitHer poetIc collaGes agGregatesinterspersIng iNsights deSperate
20 wilDlydancIng Cool hinKle
Hot wIththouGh Go baIt meN Sunbeams
21 reinDeer narcIssus resCue looKing
silHouetted prIncesswatchinG Grey gelatIn priNce Serandaga
22saD Ink-spot Clever Know
wHere fIreflymiGht Girls kIngwiNd Spare
23 sliDe stoppIng Curtain darKened
play-cHange meantImeoffstaGe eiGht actIon respoNd cueS
24extenDing lIght proCess Know
nowHeres beatIfically oriGinality-giggler Grind nothIngdemeaNor meaSly
25accorDing fInished musiCal thinK
togetHer consIstent fraGment unGracious motIon sNarled Softly
26 freeDomexemplifIcation Coin stacKed
tHis possIble reliGious judGes conceIve exteNd partieS
27ladDers paIn Confidentially liKed
tHings prIncesses Gave Green faIrystaNd beSide
28 blinDedcommunIties Close drinK
Her mInute oranGe cabbaGe whIstleopinioN Sound
29 inaDequacy brillIant effeCts Kind
Happen vIoletexplorinG piGment aesthetIc mageNta inStead
30 backDrop derIvations foCus blacK
HistoricalillumInate larGely thinGs slIdes wiNg Stage
31 Disappeared exIsted Curves worKing
someHow mouthpIeces enouGh oriGinal recognIzedduratioNs creScents
32 commeDia establIshes Catharsis cooKery
rougH preparIng Games larGe quIll iNvite Shocked
33 Drink bIrd Costumes taKen
ligHt desIgns sinGs traGic opInions maNmemphiS
34 DementedhappenIngsinstanCe asKs
migHt Isolation Guarentee doG musIcsurrouNdeddetailS
35 hunDreds babbIt exerCise Kind
Hundreds oblIvious fraGments everythinG determInedold-fashioNed so-and-So
36 Defilements Insane inCest inK
Honouring bewIlderment Gaspers diaGonally audIencerecalcitraNce eyebrowS
37 During thInketh frenCh Kinder
toxopHobia rIfles Gentil sinGs dIsfigure fiNding dieS
38 recorDer remaInder aCt evoKe
rusHing waitIngstartinG offstaGe childlIke accideNt Silent
39 marrieD wrItten Colossal booK
witHout gracIousuprisinG Graduated descrIbed returNed viSualized
40treateD oblIque graCe worK
pHysicals hostIlity reGard recoGnition prohIbition aNonymous preSumably
words extracted from “foew&ombwhnw” by dick higgins