BANDIT

BANDIT

© Jared Hayes 2012

L R Llittle red leaves textile editions

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© Jared Hayes 2012

L R Llittle red leaves textile editions

www.littleredleaves.com

BanditJared Hayes

BanditJared Hayes

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of and for

norma cole

and

robert duncan

of and for

norma cole

and

robert duncan

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"The life of the bandit, like that of the sacred man, is not a

piece of animal nature without any relation to law and the

city. It is, rather, a threshold of indistinction and of passage

between animal and man, physis and nomos, exclusion and

inclusion: the life of the bandit is the life of the loup garou,

the werewolf, who is precisely, neither man nor beast, and

who dwells paradoxically within both while belonging to

neither."—giorgio agamben

“The life of the bandit, like that of the sacred man, is not a

piece of animal nature without any relation to law and the

city. It is, rather, a threshold of indistinction and of passage

between animal and man, physis and nomos, exclusion and

inclusion: the life of the bandit is the life of the loup garou,

the werewolf, who is precisely, neither man nor beast, and

who dwells paradoxically within both while belonging to

neither.”—giorgio agamben

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(into the wilderness) shadow forms

a bridge (o outrider) approach

terms (familiar oblivion) falling off

the fireplace (upon the edge

of dying) again before beginning

(all those simple elements here)

embrace the text (the wet

wood) sing towards (f lickers of

unlikely heat) moving about in

worlds not realized (the abattoir)

(into the wilderness) shadow forms

a bridge (o outrider) approach

terms (familiar oblivion) falling off

the fireplace (upon the edge

of dying) again before beginning

(all those simple elements here)

embrace the text (the wet

wood) sing towards (f lickers of

unlikely heat) moving about in

worlds not realized (the abattoir)

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(eyes hands organs pain hunger)

map is scrawled (that work

underground) on the body (haunts

the page) fragmentary teeth become

(mercurial) and company (helpless into

meaning) the sign for division

outside (discretion circling) your dreams

(within this hill or in

exile) rhythms are precise (whereon

this air) worldstruck (burst forth)

(eyes hands organs pain hunger)

map is scrawled (that work

underground) on the body (haunts

the page) fragmentary teeth become

(mercurial) and company (helpless into

meaning) the sign for division

outside (discretion circling) your dreams

(within this hill or in

exile) rhythms are precise (whereon

this air) worldstruck (burst forth)

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(so that there is) another

face because (f lowers are f lames

lit) i am asleep (against

the source) be held (given) i

reopen (green solid meadow) this

gaze (remember only) vapor of

altars (tough as grass that

survives) action in the (silent

dance-ground) our anatomy (an articulation)

particular port-holes (the dew shining)

(so that there is) another

face because (f lowers are f lames

lit) i am asleep (against

the source) be held (given) i

reopen (green solid meadow) this

gaze (remember only) vapor of

altars (tough as grass that

survives) action in the (silent

dance-ground) our anatomy (an articulation)

particular port-holes (the dew shining)

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eyes leaf countless (a city

in a green tree) a poem

to itself (sing thee all

night long) water or light

meeting (insubstantial shapes) your mouth

(out of the dark) water

light (clouds of black) eyes

(everlasting night) the moon

meaning (threshold) desire and (waves

we return) outside this absence

eyes leaf countless (a city

in a green tree) a poem

to itself (sing thee all

night long) water or light

meeting (insubstantial shapes) your mouth

(out of the dark) water

light (clouds of black) eyes

(everlasting night) the moon

meaning (threshold) desire and (waves

we return) outside this absence

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(in the forests) i turn

(lasting melodies) the image (uncertainty

is root) first person plural

begin (familiar address) singing (sure

eye) as an accumulation of

(creation that eats) the organization

of the field (you give

yourself ) a kind of proliferation

(and return) that changes (all

who eat there) weather turned

(in the forests) i turn

(lasting melodies) the image (uncertainty

is root) first person plural

begin (familiar address) singing (sure

eye) as an accumulation of

(creation that eats) the organization

of the field (you give

yourself ) a kind of proliferation

(and return) that changes (all

who eat there) weather turned

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replaced by throat (to furnish

fire-glow) fact of proximity (metaphor

of a spiritual splendor) grown

out of spirals (measure) breadth

of invitation (our treasure above

ground) sacred and horrible (lucre

is shit) terrifying gingham (field

of accumulated) slippage we bear

(furnishes ground for the gods)

(for the gods to f lourish)

muddy water rolling down (upon)

replaced by throat (to furnish

fire-glow) fact of proximity (metaphor

of a spiritual splendor) grown

out of spirals (measure) breadth

of invitation (our treasure above

ground) sacred and horrible (lucre

is shit) terrifying gingham (field

of accumulated) slippage we bear

(furnishes ground for the gods)

(for the gods to f lourish)

muddy water rolling down (upon)

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motion moving moves (the radiant)

that arrives in the night

(without horizon shaking) the company

of (the stars) a song

the structure (in turning) matrix

of tricks (grave black tides)

wrote into the dark light

(memories everywhere then remembered) ultra-resilient

(i hear forerunners) please let

me be misunderstood (breaking boundary)

motion moving moves (the radiant)

that arrives in the night

(without horizon shaking) the company

of (the stars) a song

the structure (in turning) matrix

of tricks (grave black tides)

wrote into the dark light

(memories everywhere then remembered) ultra-resilient

(i hear forerunners) please let

me be misunderstood (breaking boundary)

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about the garden (a disturbance)

drifting (there are no instructions)

as for poisons worth knowing

(what raptures your wild struggle)

fingers fall out (natural boundaries)

from the air (of this

longing) echoes keep waiting (magic

proceeds from the heart) somebody’s

harp lets metaphors be breakers

(intricate shifting) dark and loud

about the garden (a disturbance)

drifting (there are no instructions)

as for poisons worth knowing

(what raptures your wild struggle)

fingers fall out (natural boundaries)

from the air (of this

longing) echoes keep waiting (magic

proceeds from the heart) somebody’s

harp lets metaphors be breakers

(intricate shifting) dark and loud

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a f lood of (time’s amber)

split beneath even (past and

future are full of disasters

splendors) just hanging there as

the arrow moved (glory) letters

(submerged) map back into

water (winter submerged in summer)

mirror ceases to be right

here (fragrance folded upon fragrance)

absence backwards (desolation ascending thru)

a f lood of (time’s amber)

split beneath even (past and

future are full of disasters

splendors) just hanging there as

the arrow moved (glory) letters

(submerged) map back into

water (winter submerged in summer)

mirror ceases to be right

here (fragrance folded upon fragrance)

absence backwards (desolation ascending thru)

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(i see your quick face)

dangerous current (yield out) f lowing

(the deprivations) spatial (lips ends

of fingers) and the elsewhere

culled (this is magic) we’re

all the whole (passionate dispersion)

words the lining (glittering) small

stars (faltering) the slanted opaque

(we are not permitted) background

of sound (where i stand)

(i see your quick face)

dangerous current (yield out) f lowing

(the deprivations) spatial (lips ends

of fingers) and the elsewhere

culled (this is magic) we’re

all the whole (passionate dispersion)

words the lining (glittering) small

stars (faltering) the slanted opaque

(we are not permitted) background

of sound (where i stand)

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look at the weather (faces

in the clouds) sitting in

the place of words (play

as they will) learning to

read moving (i return) speech

(fairies of the fire) impulse

dressed between (a radiant) fog

(f lickers of unlikely heat) forms

a bridge (a return) movement

where (its fragrance has awakened)

look at the weather (faces

in the clouds) sitting in

the place of words (play

as they will) learning to

read moving (i return) speech

(fairies of the fire) impulse

dressed between (a radiant) fog

(f lickers of unlikely heat) forms

a bridge (a return) movement

where (its fragrance has awakened)

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(among the grasses) outside this

absence (forces toward the sun)

never without economy (field) heart

(is a f lame) the fingers

the ear (sense may abound)

is bent (shore lines) cellular

difference (the poem) rolled back

into being (such responsibilities) gates

(escape) metaphors be breakers (we

share perilously) amidst the other

(among the grasses) outside this

absence (forces toward the sun)

never without economy (field) heart

(is a f lame) the fingers

the ear (sense may abound)

is bent (shore lines) cellular

difference (the poem) rolled back

into being (such responsibilities) gates

(escape) metaphors be breakers (we

share perilously) amidst the other

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escape into the margins (abysses

left by glaciers) longing (solitude)

struck by lightning (the poem)

the bridge (is magic) blazing

(toward eros) snowmelt and rainfall

the f lood (thud by thud

from the f lesh) into the

dark (a nearness) choking back

(the hill before the wind)

field folds against mirror door

escape into the margins (abysses

left by glaciers) longing (solitude)

struck by lightning (the poem)

the bridge (is magic) blazing

(toward eros) snowmelt and rainfall

the f lood (thud by thud

from the f lesh) into the

dark (a nearness) choking back

(the hill before the wind)

field folds against mirror door

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sequence (in the rising) episode

(death itself raises) immediate environment

to absorb the loss (noise

the yearning goes toward) assured

and aroused (vital spirits) whereupon

another valley is revealed (sky

f lashing mirror there) dream fires

fall like a person hit

(toppling) and every vapor spent

sequence (in the rising) episode

(death itself raises) immediate environment

to absorb the loss (noise

the yearning goes toward) assured

and aroused (vital spirits) whereupon

another valley is revealed (sky

f lashing mirror there) dream fires

fall like a person hit

(toppling) and every vapor spent

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ref lection’s midnight (radiant) and starving

(then liquid stone then stone)

silence notes its own misreading

(dressed in full regalia) watching

the eye or the eye

(double course) space motion gift

(hue) looking sacred doing nothing

(in a certain passage) water’s

constancy emptied field (language is

written in rainbows) to map

ref lection’s midnight (radiant) and starving

(then liquid stone then stone)

silence notes its own misreading

(dressed in full regalia) watching

the eye or the eye

(double course) space motion gift

(hue) looking sacred doing nothing

(in a certain passage) water’s

constancy emptied field (language is

written in rainbows) to map

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(i had forgotten) this temporary

home (vessel of desire) carries

and breaks it burning (field

of rapture) lightning (where nothing

was) horizon (f lowering) dark green

(as earth light and grass)

on that hill behind memory

(constellations glow) as soon as

thicket is seen (thundermakers descend)

light and cold and dark

(the poem) back into being

(i had forgotten) this temporary

home (vessel of desire) carries

and breaks it burning (field

of rapture) lightning (where nothing

was) horizon (f lowering) dark green

(as earth light and grass)

on that hill behind memory

(constellations glow) as soon as

thicket is seen (thundermakers descend)

light and cold and dark

(the poem) back into being

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.bandit is an experiment in collage.

.texts and structures.

.norma cole.

.robert duncan.

.john cage.

.h.d.

.jacques lacan.

.alice notley.

.louis zukofsky.

.bandit is an experiment in collage.

.texts and structures.

.norma cole.

.robert duncan.

.john cage.

.h.d.

.jacques lacan.

.alice notley.

.louis zukofsky.

jared hayes tends to shadows and their ghosts in

Portland, Oregon. hayes is the author of The Dead Love (Black Radish Books). he enjoys being in the

company of the Dusie Kollektiv, Black Radish Books,

and Livestock Editions. jared’s poetry can be found.

This little red leaves textile series chapbook was designed

and sewn by Dawn Pendergast using remnant fabric and

recycled bedsheets.

jared hayes tends to shadows and their ghosts in

Portland, Oregon. hayes is the author of The Dead Love (Black Radish Books). he enjoys being in the

company of the Dusie Kollektiv, Black Radish Books,

and Livestock Editions. jared’s poetry can be found.

This little red leaves textile series chapbook was designed

and sewn by Dawn Pendergast using remnant fabric and

recycled bedsheets.