Aaron Johnson

It is beautiful, yes, but it is beautiful because of what it masks, not in spite of it.

Poetry

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An Intercourse


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Bleeding History


The room’s vibrations Are electric on her skin Through the thin layer of fabric Lining the soles of her feet 50% cotton, 50% polyester   The record jumps and skips There are deep, parallel scratches In the plastic sheen Of the ancient gramophone His Master’s Voice  ... Read More

Dynamism of a Dominant Monad


            He’s at the airport now Waiting in the wings             Resigning himself to security checks and flight delays Reading Thomas Pynchon and thinking Rod Serling... Read More

Mystic Missives


 A cable, unimpeded from the inimitable denomination of Reality’s collusion, reads as such:... Reeboks demand apartheid’s reckoning... Hats are an enigma to be exploited... Glandular furrows matter, too...  ... Cheap creeps shear sheep in the meadow... Aligning the... Read More

For Control and Comparison Purposes


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Curtain


I’m chasing a phantom... She is not an idealization, for she is before and beyond concept... When I was young, she climbed into the seat of my soul... Operating the chimes and cogs with ease... She’s been there in the face of every woman with whom I fell in love...... Read More

... Fries with That...


 Big Mind, Big Apple....

Successor to the Lineage


[Poet's Note: I'm working on a spec pilot script for a television show called Diana Durbeyfield and the Glorious God Police.  This is a poem about the title character, who was partially inspired by Stuart Davis' Sexy Messiah]...  ... Diana Durbeyfield... Real... Believing...... Read More