the comic steven wright said, whoever wrote the alphabet wrote everything. i am reminded of this piece of obviousness recently when i was watching an interview by a conceptual poet that i am currently fascinated with. the poet claims to use only found language like what one uses in adverts & such mediated by whatever emotional state caused by the traditions of lyric poetry. okay, i'm cool with that. after all, i think all language belongs to everyone & consequently no one. whosever owns language operates the universe! not really! since i think the universe is not made of language & is indifferent to humanity. language matters to its users. us. & the alphabet belongs to everybody. perhaps that is what intrigues me by this conceptual poet who composes via found languages used by media. & yet, i am a lyric poet at heart. i want to hear something said by a human being. i want all of our humanity as it is found in language. & but still, i love the language of media too. perhaps this is where antipoetry starts. & ends. & is endless.
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