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Eric T. Racher
Avraham Agonistes
a voice yclept external grammarblow
on die returns a face a voice constraint
appearance to coinage hammerblow
on die & freedom fractures structure one
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
responding blow hammerblow grammar
blow appearance is always othervoice
othering voice mothering voice on die
hineni hithering thithering mothering
othering waters othering sky on die
die die die blow hammerblow grammar
blow hammerblow grammarblow then
and only then hineni hineni hineni
all this the very coinage of the brain
a cloistered store of value rustic trusting
flocks and men encrusted earth-structure
on die returns a face a voice constraint
othering voice mothering voice on die
when out of further yet and overflow
or runneth over all appurtenences there
of welcome fashion ceremony cerebral
media subsidiary medium of exchange
the first ranke of songs the bond binding
me to grew both both publicke paradoxial
principle alteration and change name
exalted father thoughts deeds experiences
give rise to angels as coin crackt in
exchange through the word father he
hints at the ruling intellect as coin crackt
in exchange it is the coin that separates
as well as binds chosen father of sound
a slipping in between there among from
one to the other and other back to one
as substitute for all other commodities
also flockis of scheep, and droues of oxun
cogs of commerce clogged downbogged
in observation product practice fact as
othering voice mothering voice on die
speech-act as practice fact as fracture
on die returns a face a voice constraint
a unit of account if among you are such
swayed empirically perjured seeds of day
o lancet latch and basket turn again
to signification a threat instead a thread
unraveled and unravelèd in general azure
and beveled sedge an edge and sagebush
turn and bull rush flush unraveled bevelèd
of Ur Kasdim its sky and the bull rush
curvature abridgements of nighturnyieldings
yet all we somewhere else on pleasure’s
commodity receive denomination as
speech-community speech-music speech
turned unturned speech product as part
Sotheli these ben the generaciouns of Thare
Thare gendride Abram, Nachor, and Aran
forms evasions of the actual amor Dei
intellectualis amor rei intellectualis
imaginalis then or served false gods as
the one hand in order to create a culture
of intention managed and organized
go out from the land of your father go
out from your father’s house go out from
reality parse soul arse-soul facture
forms evasions of the actual amor Dei
intellectualis amor rei intellectualis
imaginalis then or served false gods as
parse arsenal house factured arse-anal
hammerblow on die and there a face
also flockis of scheep, and droues of oxun
philoxenia arsenal house of manufacture
and Terah had an idol hewn of stone
variant variety variation measure of un-
vesselled light we render fat of words
and rend ourselves anew a wedge fat
the fire Avram was cast headlong into
of words we render unvesselled light
and Avram discerned Avram discerned
the one hand in order to create a culture
of intention managed and organized
conch-shell horn senhal arisen arson
facture since consciousness is a product
of signs as material facts which arise
a derk myst was maad and a furneis
smokynge apperide a furneis render fat
the image of their idols dulled the image
in the mind unvesselled light measure
leisure pleasure fessure took in hand
the hammer and the chisel hammerblow
grammarblow on graven gods and Terah
cried Avram was cast headlong into
on die returns a face a voice constraint
phenomena are material facts fractured
contrast insubstantiation transplanted
transaction demand and asset demand
this bodiless creation three thousand ducats
but it is a worke of power for the soule
phenomena are material facts fractured
contrast insubstantiation transplanted
valency valency reflect raving sales figures
phenomena are not material manufractured
contrast insubstantiation transplanted
phenomena are material facts fractured
contrast insubstantiation transplanted
body like beryl and the fire of the eyes
valency valency reflect raving sales figures
transaction demand and asset demand
this bodiless creation three thousand ducats
worth embarkment bankment banquet
can’t you tell every telling has a taling
sales figures as material fact enact
tactful figures logic in exertion margins
valency valency reflect raving sales figures
signs as material commerce form root
transaction demand and asset demand
this bodiless creation three thousand ducats
worth embarkment bankment banquet
can’t you tell every telling has a taling
sales figures as material fact enact
tactful figures logic in exertion margins
signs as material commerce form root
transaction demand and asset demand
this bodiless creation three thousand ducats
phenomena are material facts fractured
contrast insubstantiation transplanted
transaction demand and asset demand
this bodiless creation three thousand ducats
total revenue shall remain unchanged
worth embarkment bankment banquet
can’t you tell every telling has a taling
sales figures as material fact enact
tactful figures logic in exertion margins
signs as material commerce form root
worth embarkment bankment banquet
the power of positive thinking is the ability
to generate a feeling of certainty in yourself
can’t you tell every telling has a taling
sales figures as material fact enact
total revenue shall remain unchanged
tactful figures logic in exertion margins
you must renounce your father’s house
signs as material commerce form root
worth embarkment bankment banquet
can’t you tell every telling has a taling
sales figures as material fact enact
tactful figures logic in exertion margins
signs as material commerce form root
germ germ-function germ theory of
poetics coinage yes the very coinage
of the brain the fractured insubstantiation
obdurate inert logic and its accoutrements
coinage yes the very margin winnowing
a voice yclept external grammarblow
chromatics perfective imperfective aspect
backed by fiat backed by barrel of a gun
in bourgeois society root form root germ
and Terah had an idol hewn of stone
money’s formalism money’s germination
begets threat-forms threats to monetary
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
a person a speculative relationship to self
in the minted sense the self-coined coin
in order made to order orphaned ordure
inflect the untensed eye unconjugated
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
undertaken in its way or understood
stood under which in turn might just just
the path to success is to take massive
determined action self-coined tattered
synaptic cleft and folded neatly text
a currency or orphaned ordure naked
veiled quiddity or perhaps the body of
the golden calf enclouded thus sensuous
and actual shadows the wings of the
ministering angels body like beryl word
like body and those who bless you I shall
bless those who curse you I shall curse
tangible benefits confer enclouded thus
value are threats to signification in general
root form of representation root form
begets threat-forms threats to monetary
and the lond miyte not take hem, that
thei schulden dwelle togidre, for the
catel of hem was myche, and thei miyten
not dwelle in comyn representation root
form root function of representacioun
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
a person a speculative relationship to self
in the minted sense the self-coined coin
roothairs myceliumclad downburrowing
of psaltery that all purse might with
purpled hands and wolvish ravening
withal and hitherto competent speakers
negotiate the communication process
forsothe he was ful riche in possessyoun
of siluer and of gold whyche is the root form
in order to order orphaned order or
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
also flockis of scheep, and droues of oxun
inflect the untensed verb unconjugated
so that everyone is clear about what
tattered beryle sleeps and folded neatly
is going to happen although the use
of language for an epiphenomenon-
encounter’s enfranchisement consumer
needstates in a constant state of flux
overlapping intermingling conceiving
concernancies’ store of value the place
of needs-analysis and reeds-analysis
where next quarter’s sales figures
further to our discussion last week we
saw that prelaunch research indicated
and Terah had an idol hewn of stone
or when everyone will give the time
of day a timeless end and cognizance
ghostlier networkings keener sales
hammerblow grammarblow stammerblow
of course the individual as possessor
othering voice mothering voice on die
of the contents of his own consciousness
as author of himself and of his thoughts
as the sole proprietor responsible for
only by use or consumption whether
they spring from the stomach or the
fancy constitute the substance of all
wealth the physical properties nor
othering voice mothering voice on die
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
his thoughts and feelings in case of bank-
ruptcy more in deed inner sign indeed
as much as outer whithers him thithers
him hithering thithering boundaries cross
membranes of the biological specimen
sighted eftsoones begin the meeting on
a positive note by expressing optimism
ah wellaway we need more training
data order to order orphaned order or
inflect the untensed ordure unconjugated
confident that yet these and all that else
Abram dwellide in the lond of Chanaan
has puissance thenceforth encourage
participants to think creatively about
possible solutions homo viator point
line plane intrusion autoextrusion on
the one hand in order to create a culture
of intention managed and organized
res publica res privata deprivata oh
constraint provides to form the human
yet relations confidential codpiece spurn
nothing more nurture figures hithering
social form in triple multiplicities external
so that everyone is clear about what
is going to happen although the use
of language for an epiphenomenon-
internal temporal relation no singularity
can exist or be conceived on its own
that the sign’s inflationary nature dissolve
go out from the land of your father go
out from your father’s house go out from
my dear one oh my dear the machines
the machines are learning learning the
quality of my life is the quality of
my communication the prophet said
more training data more training data
res privata deprivata training data sunt
lacrimae rerum publicarum lacrimae
rerum publicarum lacrimae datorum
publicarum et mentem mortalia tangunt
as author of himself and of his thoughts
as the sole proprietor responsible for
only by use or consumption whether
they spring from the stomach or the
fancy constitute the substance of all
wealth the physical properties nor
the one hand in order to create a culture
of intention managed and organized
what is to be done transmogrified into
what is to be had we’ve been had we
was robbed perhaps enacts this fracture
and this is the key to revitalizing the
culture of your organization within
body like beryl and the fire of the eyes
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
ghostlier networkings keener sales
quality questions create a quality life
translucencies of the olive leaf date
palm and shade what busyness what
opacity of love yet as we develop new
a voice yclept external grammarblow
beliefs about who we are our behaviour
will change to support the new identity
a voice yclept external grammarblow
a machine for the wholesale manufacture
of individual morality on the other hand
excess of self would in remission be
the angel of civic mindedness nocturnal
emission of the transcendent octobrist
of eternal sensibility more importantly
there is the question of morale among
as per thine instructions purpose moved
from the gold of the coin the vessels of
the mishkan or perhaps the body of the
golden calf the coin a cleaving force
that gentle dame transfixed transcribed
conch-shell horn senhal arisen arson
let us worship the fire should we not then
worship water which extinguishes fire
then let us worship the water should we
not then worship the cloud which carries
the water then let us worship the cloud
should we not then worship the wind
which scatters the clouds then let us
worship the wind should we not then
worship Man who stands in the face of
the wind you speak nonsense infernal
beast I shall bow to none besides fire
you are a deceiver I shall cast you into
the furnace and that god to whom you
bow may he come your god and save
you from the fire thus Avram was cast
into the fire his garment was consumed
yet he was not he stood walked out of
the flames upright and the image and
the form of knowledge was kindled in
his eyes a voice as a multitude of waters
facture since consciousness is a product
of signs as material facts which arise
the image of their idols dulled the image
in the mind unvesselled light measure
leisure pleasure fessure took in hand
the hammer and the chisel hammerblow
grammarblow on graven gods and Terah
cried Avram was cast headlong into
ah whither now to delegate how give
positive feedback when values are
respected or build team culture around
shared values turn the organism into
of intention managed and organized
of reality parse soul arse-soul facture
parse arsenal house factured arse-anal
philoxenia arsenal house of manufacture
a person a speculative relationship to self
a voice yclept external grammarblow
in the minted sense the self-coined coin
in order made to order orphaned ordure
inflect the untensed eye unconjugated
money has tenses the prophet said it has
absolute meaning in the present root form
of representation sign-form sign-function
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
so that everyone is clear about what
is going to happen although the use
of language for an epiphenomenon-
root-function absolute it has no past and
so that everyone is clear about what
is going to happen although the use
of language for an epiphenomenon-
future future interest rates reflect although
exalted father thoughts deeds experiences
give rise to angels as coin crackt in
exalted father thoughts deeds experiences
give rise to angels as coin crackt in
exchange through the word father he
res publica res privata deprivata oh
constraint provides to form the human
yet relations confidential codpiece spurn
nothing more nurture figures hithering
social form in triple multiplicities external
so that everyone is clear about what
is going to happen although the use
of language for an epiphenomenon-
internal temporal relation no singularity
can exist or be conceived on its own
that the sign’s inflationary nature dissolve
go out from the land of your father go
out from your father’s house go out from
my dear one oh my dear the machines
hints at the ruling intellect as coin crackt
in exchange it is the coin that separates
as well as binds chosen father of sound
and so Thare took Abram his sone and
Loth the sone of Aran his sone and Saray
his douyter in lawe the wijf of Abram
his sone and ledde hem out of Vr of Caldeis
that thei schulen go in to the lond of Chanaan
a slipping in between there among from
one to the other and other back to one
exchange through the word father he
hints at the ruling intellect as coin crackt
in exchange it is the coin that separates
as well as binds chosen father of sound
a slipping in between there among from
one to the other and other back to one
better hammerblow refract signs ensigns
reflect not the basis simple causal pausal
chain the degree to which the future is
forsothe he was ful riche in possessyoun
of siluer and of gold whyche is the root form
of representacioun crisis of confidence
expected to resemble the present semblance
resemblance vestment and investment
a separate form of existence accompanying
the commodity itself the form in which
tangible benefits confer enclouded thus
commodities equate compare measure
there builded he an altar unto the Lord
themselves into which all commodies
dissolve themselves and which dissolves
span like the cedar of Lebanon prodigy
commanding form surrounded by stocks
and stones strains of the will dispel void-
forms evasions of the actual amor Dei
intellectualis amor rei intellectualis
imaginalis then or served false gods as
a voice yclept external grammarblow
Terah and Nahor and all of Ur Kasdim
itself into all commodities the universal
equivalent a valency an equal valency
all was spilling over spilling in and bound
ghostlier networkings keener sales figures
held in bond an option contract futures
from the gold a cleaving force the coin
the vessels the body of the mishkan or
perhaps of the golden calf the cleaving
market stark raving sane the bane of
the hithering thithering bane of dialectics
electric sum within which hectic voice
organisms stand brand burns fact as
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
itself into the soul a separate form of existence
accompanying the human form itself
sign-function of the poem and the form
constraint provides to form the human
yet relations confidential codpiece spurn
nothing more nurture figures hithering
social form in triple multiplicities external
internal temporal relation no singularity
can exist or be conceived on its own
that the sign’s inflationary nature dissolve
in loss of value an excess of meaning
is nothing more than meaninglessness
yet relations of production determinant
sum of interrelations root form of all
representation representations own
hammerblow on die and there a face
invest divest investiture date palm and
tincture of dialectic yet spectre of
worship the wind should we not then
worship Man who stands in the face of
the wind you speak nonsense infernal
beast I shall bow to none besides fire
you are a deceiver I shall cast you into
the furnace and that god to whom you
bow may he come your god and save
you from the fire thus Avram was cast
into the fire his garment was consumed
yet he was not he stood walked out of
transformation of a raw determinate
interpellation rational subject loss of value
fractured contrast outsourcing soul to
rationalisation firm breath-churn spurn
value are threats to signification in general
figures are correct though throes thee
much to yield and such objective of
in order to order orphaned order or
inflect the untensed verb unconjugated
developmental feedback oft-times
clamorblow kernel colonel of glamorblow
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
would in movitation types typology
tangible benefits confer enclouded thus
insinuate to toaze from thee thy business
networking ice-breaking leave-taking
do not hesitate to get in touch nurture
yourself be clear about deadlines driven
ambitious reliable codpiece confidential
soothe up greatness unthink this roll-out
if skills competencies and ambitions
in motivating organisational coinage
through leadership and blessednesses
res publica res privata deprivata oh
the coin is a word the word is an angel
the angel forms a text the text a currency
the currency binds and dissolves all ties
univeral agent of likeness and unlikeness
constraint provides to form the human
yet relations confidential codpiece spurn
nothing more nurture figures hithering
social form in triple multiplicities external
so that everyone is clear about what
is going to happen although the use
of language for an epiphenomenon-
internal temporal relation no singularity
can exist or be conceived on its own
that the sign’s inflationary nature dissolve
go out from the land of your father go
out from your father’s house go out from
my dear one oh my dear the machines
multitudinous freedom constraint late
marriage made of none effect or rather
should proverbs and no-verbs noted
be or some objection brought forth we
so that everyone is clear about what
is going to happen although the use
of language for an epiphenomenon
oathable in our numbering noverbial
in our pre-tax profit managerial in our
miching mallecho might client-focussed
in a simple macro model decreases
lifted up aggregate his eyes monetary
policy behold I have given thy brother
a thousand pieces of silver aggregate
demand curve kicks in to heal restore
Abimelech in the investment-demand
diagram and thy shield and thy interest
rate exceeding great reward consistent
with the rise in GNP for the iniquity
of the Amorites is said to be induced
consumption but the birds divided he
not with the money and commodity
markets in equilibrium and he gave
his tithes of all give me the persons
and take the goods to thyself the face
Abram dwellide in the lond of Chanaan
or still yet result-orientated turn from
the mere mappery of the economy
and the new policy and election results
total revenue shall remain unchanged
worship the wind should we not then
worship Man who stands in the face of
the wind you speak nonsense infernal
beast I shall bow to none besides fire
you are a deceiver I shall cast you into
the furnace and that god to whom you
bow may he come your god and save
you from the fire thus Avram was cast
into the fire his garment was consumed
yet he was not he stood walked out of
and if indeed propriety is not behind
forms evasions of the actual amor Dei
intellectualis amor rei intellectualis
imaginalis then or served false gods as
worship the wind should we not then
worship Man who stands in the face of
the wind you speak nonsense infernal
also flockis of scheep, and droues of oxun
beast I shall bow to none besides fire
you are a deceiver I shall cast you into
the furnace and that god to whom you
bow may he come your god and save
you from the fire thus Avram was cast
into the fire his garment was consumed
yet he was not he stood walked out of
value are threats to signification in general
this interpellation provocation’s tempest’s
propugnation’s prorogation’s puissance
of psaltery that all purse might with
purpled hands and wolvish ravening
withal and hitherto competent speakers
negotiate the communication process
in order to order orphaned order or
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
inflect the untensed verb unconjugated
so that everyone is clear about what
is going to happen although the use
of language for an epiphenomenon-
encounter’s enfranchisement consumer
needstates in a constant state of flux
and Terah took Abram his son and Lot
the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai
his daughter in law his son Abram’s wife
and they went forth with them from Ur
of the Chaldees to go into the land of
Canaan and they came unto Haran and
dwelt there needstates consumer need
overlapping intermingling conceiving
concernancies’ store of value the place
of needs-analysis and reeds-analysis
as use values commodities are of
different qualities but as exchange
no angel beryl-bodied tarshish tar untar
untarnished and unvarnished in its
realm and the voice of his words was
like the voice of the free market
values they are merely different quantities
where next quarter’s sales figures
further to our discussion last week we
body like beryl and the fire of the eyes
saw that prelaunch research indicated
or when everyone will give the time
of day a timeless end and cognizance
if you talk about it it’s a dream if you
envision it it’s possible but if you
schedule it it’s real concernancies’
ghostlier networkings keener sales
hammerblow grammarblow stammerblow
of course the individual as possessor
exalted father thoughts deeds experiences
and Terah had an idol hewn of stone
give rise to angels as coin crackt in
exchange through the word father he
hints at the ruling intellect as coin crackt
Abram dwellide in the lond of Chanaan
if you dream about it it’s a talk if you
possible it it’s an envision if you
real it it’s a schedule concernancies
in exchange it is the coin that separates
and Terah had an idol hewn of stone
as well as binds chosen father of sound
insinuate to toaze from thee thy business
networking ice-breaking leave-taking
a slipping in between there among from
one to the other and other back to one
of the contents of his own consciousness
as author of himself and of his thoughts
and Terah had an idol hewn of stone
as the sole proprietor responsible for
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
his thoughts and feelings in case of bank-
ruptcy more in deed inner sign indeed
as much as outer whithers him thithers
total revenue shall remain unchanged
insinuate to toaze from thee thy business
networking ice-breaking leave-taking
him hithering thithering boundaries cross
membranes of the biological specimen
sighted eftsoones begin the meeting on
a positive note by expressing optimism
ah wellaway we need more training
data order to order orphaned order or
inflect the untensed ordure unconjugated
confident that yet these and all that else
has puissance thenceforth encourage
participants to think creatively about
possible solutions homo viator point
line plane intrusion autoextrusion on
the one hand in order to create a culture
his face as the appearance of lightning
his voice as the rushing of cash flow
inflection wash your hands pour water
purify cash flow as is your wont
however cataleptic however atropic
in gallow-galloping grief angelic telic
or grossly tender in its bordered
tenancy intent intention grief angelic
of intention managed and organized
res publica res privata deprivata oh
constraint provides to form the human
yet relations confidential codpiece spurn
nothing more nurture figures hithering
social form in triple multiplicities external
internal temporal relation no singularity
as author of himself and of his thoughts
as the sole proprietor responsible for
only by use or consumption whether
they spring from the stomach or the
fancy constitute the substance of all
wealth the physical properties nor
can exist or be conceived on its own
that the sign’s inflationary nature dissolve
my dear one oh my dear the machines
the machines are learning learning the
quality of my life is the quality of
my communication the prophet said
more training data more training data
the one hand in order to create a culture
of intention managed and organized
expansionary monetary policy will
what is to be done transmogrified into
what is to be had we’ve been had we
was robbed perhaps enacts this fracture
and this is the key to revitalizing the
culture of your organization within
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
ghostlier networkings keener sales
quality questions create a quality life
expansionary monetary policy will
translucencies of the olive leaf date
palm and shade what busyness what
cause the money-supply curve to shift
total revenue shall remain unchanged
opacity of love yet as we develop new
beliefs about who we are our behaviour
will change to support the new identity
a machine for the wholesale manufacture
of individual morality on the other hand
excess of self would in remission be
the angel of civic mindedness nocturnal
emission of the transcendent octobrist
of eternal sensibility more importantly
there is the question of morale among
as per thine instructions purpose moved
that gentle dame transfixed transcribed
ah whither now to delegate how give
positive feedback when values are
respected or build team culture around
shared values turn the organism into
of intention managed and organized
of reality parse soul arse-soul facture
parse arsenal house factured arse-anal
philoxenia arsenal house of manufacture
a person a speculative relationship to self
in the minted sense the self-coined coin
in order made to order orphaned ordure
inflect the untensed eye unconjugated
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
undertaken in its way or understood
stood under which in turn might just just
root-function absolute it has no past and
future future interest rates reflect although
it would be better to say refract for signs
to not reflect the basis in a simple causal
chain the degree to which the future is
expected present semblance resemblance
vestment and investment refract which
valency valency reflect raving sales figures
line plane intrusion autoextrusion on
of existence accompanying commodity
dissolve themselves and which dissolves
itself into all commodities the universal
equivalent a valency an equal valency
and Terah had an idol hewn of stone
all was spilling over spilling in and bound
ghostlier networkings keener sales figures
and Terah had an idol hewn of stone
held in bond an option contract futures
line plane intrusion autoextrusion on
market stark raving sane the bane of
the form in which enclouded thus equate
so that everyone is clear about what
is going to happen although the use
of language for an epiphenomenon-
commodities equate compare measure
dissolve themselves and which reflect
the base in figured bass or voice returns
might become another which or perhaps
a who that flows into the whom it whoms
and look the stars within their spheres
the angel is an appearance appearance
is always an appearance to someone
appearance you have told me is Mamre
as will be seen as Mamre and hineni
hineni kernels it as ring of hammer
hammerblow on die and there a face
ghostlier networkings keener sales
a voice replies in constitution lyric
institution call and calling turn and
freedom constraint freedom constraint
a voice replies external grammarblow
on die returns a face a voice constraint
appearance to returns the hammerblow
on die freedom constraint the structure
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
reveals kernel of a voice returns voice
responding blow hammerblow grammar
blow appearance is always othervoice
othering voice mothering voice on die
hineni hithering thithering mothering
othering waters othering sky on die
die die die blow hammerblow grammar
blow hammerblow grammarblow then
and only then hineni hineni hineni
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Eric T. Racher lives and works in Riga, Latvia. His work has appeared in Socrates on the Beach, minor literature[s], Exacting Clam, ballast, Poetry Birmingham Literary Review, and elsewhere.
29 June 2025