2005 Mooncalf Book: WAYS TO USE LANCE, by Brett Evans

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Let’s be straight on this
rod off: it’s the fantasy-
only boys v. reality-maxx
men: whiffenpoof policy v.
grim lak-o-lunch: Can some
one hail the hybrid? Oil pitches
like a Disney girl to juice
your I See Rigor Mortis glasses
into seeing Dick Cheney
move about the log
cabin. Build on the ant mound
with the mini Islam Aint Sexy
flag asprout, the whole thing,
unwanted filth on radio or
television, makes me want to
chain steak to my third legs
and walk through the wolf
pen for thought. This blows.
Go the past tense of Gone,
I want a world and you do
where She Walks Right In
and She Walks Right Out. I :
Unpaid Avalanche Conductor.

2005 is the first of an annual chapbook project with a limited printing of 108 copies at $8.01 each. The author of the manuscript is asked to provide 5 found objects (preferably paper, but not necessarily) from the streets of the city where he or she lives. The publisher will then collect 4 found objects from the streets of Philadelphia. With these 9 objects the publisher will create a collage, which will become the cover of the book.

The alchemy of this collaboration is one of trust in art, and trust in poets among poets. The combining of the street's materials and the poems will provide one perspective on our interconnectedness we can no longer afford to deny. A small window into that shared space is what the project intends to achieve.

Mooncalf publisher, CAConrad
To reserve your copy of this limited printing, contact MooncalfPress@AOL.com

Mooncalf : A freak. [Mid-16th century. From moon + calf; originally in the meaning of “shapeless fleshy mass in the womb,” thought to be caused by the influence of the moon.]