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

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West Lima, Wisconsin

all words used in this text are from

“foew&ombwhnw” by dick higgins1967 • something else press

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Xerox Sutra Editions10375 County Hway Alphabet

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1 Dinner certaIn Changing blanK

wHen noIse Girl somethinG obvIous iNterested Spots

2 Drop dIrect Crew tracK

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3 graDually In Counting shaKing

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4 Difference If staCked worK

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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

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15 heaD I Character looKing

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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

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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