tag:www.inknode.com,2005:/people/andystallings Work by Andy Stallings 2010-06-06T13:01:41-07:00 tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/532 2010-06-06T13:01:41-07:00 2010-07-29T04:05:48-07:00 The day gets<br /> million-pointed<br /> and intermittently<br /> loud. Spangles<br /> I detect in my<br /> trouser crease<br /> that don&rsquo;t shake<br /> free, and a beach<br /> texture. What doesn&rsquo;t<br /> push up through<br /> skin or soil just<br /> filters down, we<br /> find, begging off<br />...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/532-andy-stallings-better-apple"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Andy Stallings tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/498 2010-04-28T19:24:17-07:00 2010-07-25T13:43:50-07:00 The condition was fuck<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the condition I&rsquo;m playing<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basketball. I am not<br /> <br /> fooled: the moon is pliant<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and frets entire cycles<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; away in the backcourt.<br /> <br /> My defense is lampshade &ndash;<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I keep light out....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/498-andy-stallings-game-theory"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Andy Stallings tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/497 2010-04-28T19:22:09-07:00 2010-07-25T10:13:00-07:00 Everything equal,<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a cluster of grapes<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;composting.<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lust was<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;utter under<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; summer&rsquo;s<br /> vile writhing,<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; plugged in,<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;pulsing in<br /> the dear voltage.<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I stung hard.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Now we are<br /> vibrant at the...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/497-andy-stallings-new-heroes"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Andy Stallings tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/496 2010-04-28T19:18:35-07:00 2010-07-28T19:34:57-07:00 <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Philosophy: constantly<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a waver. If cheap or empty,<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;loved. My sky<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;yellow, headlights<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;running the curb like small<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; animals, wet streets, hole<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in my shoe. What&rsquo;s<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;half-conceived along<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the fading hum I covet,<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;slim...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/496-andy-stallings-raise-the-flag"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Andy Stallings tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/478 2010-03-26T09:50:06-07:00 2010-07-28T12:48:43-07:00 However else the syntax<br /> spread, there were<br /> in that grove dove-eyed<br /> lemons and everyone ate.<br /> <br /> I was sound<br /> as a protein swimming<br /> through salt water,<br /> dumb in my proper<br /> solvent.<br /> <br /> Believed the method<br /> offered me. Dejection<br...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/478-andy-stallings-autobiography"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Andy Stallings tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/477 2010-03-26T09:34:27-07:00 2010-07-27T19:05:26-07:00 Life before me strangely,<br /> I banged my suitcase<br /> (blue <em>American Tourister</em>,<br /> antique) against my<br /> knee, whistling.<br /> So many trains<br /> to catch in Boston!<br /> And time to ride them<br /> all, to mine the brisk<br /> nostalgia of newsstands<br /> for peppermints<br /> and...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/477-andy-stallings-empire-builder"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Andy Stallings tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/451 2010-02-22T11:53:21-08:00 2010-07-28T13:59:04-07:00 <br /> My hiding-place vibrates<br /> like dinner&rsquo;s in it. Around<br /> a neighbor&rsquo;s brisket<br /> some deck chairs assemble,<br /> and the young pines<br /> lining the patio do not<br /> sway because it is late<br /> July and from pasture<br /> to pre-fab, corral to<br /> cul-de-sac, all...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/451-andy-stallings-horse"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Andy Stallings tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/424 2010-02-01T19:38:42-08:00 2010-07-26T17:21:06-07:00 Behind Brandon Ray&rsquo;s house were woods<br /> we occupied, afternoons. A circuit of trails<br /> we&rsquo;d scratched through underbrush<br /> spread downhill to a sheer dirt bluff<br /> giving over a gully. Down in the gully,<br /> bogs. One day beside the bluff we discovered a rope<br /> hung from...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/424-andy-stallings-fable"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Andy Stallings