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YGDRASIL - A JOURNAL OF THE POETIC ARTS: APRIL 1995 ISSUE

  "Reflections of a Mirrored Soul" by guest editor Igal Koshevoy is a
  special edition combining poems and images; celebrating Ygdrasil's
  upcoming 2nd anniversary. For information on getting your copy, scroll
  down below the poem.

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Obligatory-Sample-Poem:

    faceless
    ~~~~~~~~

    filthied union, one under the streaking mud.
    collected leeches, barnacles and rainy gloom.
    shades of grey and brown -
    what a dirty, ugly place.

    i can feel the indifference,
    yeah,
    i'm sopping wet.

    in the cold of the moment,
    words come flowing like turbulent sewage -
    damp anger.

    plastic translucence and
    stainless appreciation.

        thank you.
            f*** you.
                i love you.
                    go to hell.

    irregular beat and enthropic carelessness,
    waiting for Now to come.

    self-defacement and soul replacement,
    press the off switch on the battery-powered god.

    stream of dissonance veiled by the steam of ignorance;
    no really,
    i don't want to know what's going on.

    there's everything if one looks hard enough for it,
    but shutting-in is good enough.

    scratch the itch,
    hit the bitch,
    and caress the rich.

    flick the button,
    change my channel,
    shift my focus to
        bluurroouuutt..

    tired,
    live to sleep -
    eternal night,
    effacing nightmare.
    so much better though....

    traversing on a line-by-line.
    ...i'm faceless....
    can't recognize a scream any more.


                                        -Igal Koshevoy (lh^m^TR)
                                         February 17, 1995: 3:07pm
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  * Klaus Gerken, Chief Editor - for general messages and ASCII text
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    Igal Koshevoy at 1:105/290 (Fidonet).

... "Never hit a man with glasses - use your fist."
--- Blue Wave/RA v2.12 [NR]
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