Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Mesostic III (Ulysses edition)



. . . But first, here are a couple of pictures of Ettore Schmitz (A.K.A. Italo Svevo) an Italian businessman/author and friend James Joyces' in Trieste, who he used somewhat as a model for his character Leopold Bloom. That's how I always picture Bloom to look.






. . . And here's a mesostic of the 4th episode (Calypso) of Ulysses w/ an index spine from a phrase in the 15th episode (Circe).








liKed
gIblet
stuffeD
muttoN
gavE
faintlY

mOved
breakFast


But
gentLe
mOrning
cOals

Mr


Prr.
scRatch
heAd.
curiouslY,


Form.
tO
heR

bUtton
flaShing

milK
saId.--
unDerstand
thaN
wE
mockinglY.


Of

Filled

warmBubbled
miLk

On
slOwly
tiMes

cliP
afteR.
lAp.
kidneY


Fried
pOrk
sauceR

tongUes

So

creaKy
staIrcase
pauseD
somethiNg
brEad
softlY

gOing
breakFast? a


Brass
jingLed.
thOse
frOm
i'M


Proud
bRains
mAke
propertY

oFfice
secOndhand
pictuRes.

mUtely:
plaSto's

quicKly

Inside
heaDband.
safe.oN
thE
daY

clOthes

Feel


Black
refLects
gO

Of
warMth.


Prefers
yesteRday's
loAves

You


Feel
yOung.
eaRly

sUn,

Steal


Keep

It

Day
techNically.
comE
citY


Old

Faces


By.
crossLegged
smOking
cOiled

Might


Pillars:
scRoll

A
skY.


From
dOorway.
heR

langUage.

Strings

liKe

It
reaD:
iN
thE
larrY


O'rourke's.

Flabby


Bar
m'auLey's
dOwn
pOsition.
traMline

uP
oveR
cAnvassing
mY

oFf
tO
scRewed


Up.
what'S

o'rourKe?
russIans,
they'D
oNly
bE
saY

wOrd:

Funeral

aBout
freshLy
thrOugh
dOorway:--

Mr

uP

Redheaded

And
theY


Findlaters

Or
geneRal

pUzzle
croSs


Kelomen

Inishboffin.
halteD
stariNg
thE
bY.

unsOlved:

Fade.


Breathed
tranquiLly

Of
cOoked
iteMs

sliP
heR
hAnd?
dennY's

wiFe

Oldish.
paiR

saUsages

Snipped

liKe
heIfer.he
moDel
kiNnereth
thE

Young

thOse

Fall


Breeders

Litter,

On

One,
priMe

threePence
foR
cAtch
slowlY,


First
mOrning.
huRry


Up,

Shines.

weaK
wIthin

Duty
iN

Eccles
laY,

intO

Fire


Better
waLked
dOrset
cOmpany.
iMmense


Pay
maRks

And
theY

oF
yOu
cheapeR:

yoU

Sending


. . . And all of this Ulyssesmeshness is in celebration of my having just read it again completely (not an hour ago).



2 comments:

Bone said...

OK, this was fun. I'm suddenly self-conscious of my inability to finish Ulysses, though.

tom nihilist said...

Oh, don't be, Ulysses is a real bitch to get through if you have any semblance of a life (I've been thru it beginning to end about 3 times??? I HAVE NO LIFE!).

This last time I made it thru w/ the book on CD, it was fun but also kind of lacking compared to my other experiences w/ the book. I enjoyed the role of the narrator in the book this time more than ever but I was also more aware of how absolutely nothing happens.

That mesostic though, is my favorite mesostic cut-up type thing I've ever done, you get so much more out of it being completely familiar w/ the text that you are manipulating.