This One's for Mark Young (excerpt from Appearances)

Among my fondest memories of Mark Young are the times he asked me for lists of poem titles to get him going (ha!  this guy is one of most prolific, always inventive writers I know).

 Anyway, in a section of Appearances that I'm working on now I list titles of imaginary songs that appear on an imaginary juke box in an imaginary bar called the Cave, a very special club house for the legendary performance art group Vaudeville without Organs.  Here's a taste:

159.

A juke box is a treasure trove of information about the sort of establishment it exists within.  Herewith follows a list, alphabetically sorted, of a few of the song titles in the Cave’s juke box:

A.

Algebraic Bric-a-brac Breakdance

B.

Badiou’s Bad IOU Blues

C.

Chalk Songlines

D.

Data Dump Duet (the remix)

E.

Erotic Ergonomic Prelude

F.

Forgotten Fantasies

G.

Ghost Whirl

H.

Homophone Nights,

Haiku Zydeco

I.

Irregular Interventions

J.

Joint Custody Rhapsody

K.

Karaoke Suicide Stomp

L.

Lactic Acid Rock

M.

Multivariate Melodies

N.

Niche Notes

O.

Open Letter Operetta

Mark, you're welcome to any of these titles if you're looking for some.