Mudlark Poster No. 42 (2002)


Alexandra Yurkovsky


Alexandra Yurkovsky has had poems in CHIRON REVIEW, FISH DRUM, HQ (UK), and MODERN HAIKU, and reviews in the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, EAST BAY EXPRESS, and PARABOLA, et cetera.


Alphabetical Alterations

Ancient burlap canticles decry egocentric frustrations. God! How inconsiderate! Jaundiced knowledge leaks. Monks nimbly orate prayers questioning religion. Sceptics torture unkempt virgins with xiphoid yak-horns. Zeus-like.

Angry blue crane demands easy fish. Grabs. Hunts itinerantly. Jealous kingfishers lurk. Moon nereids owlishly procure quotidian reports. Seasick, turgid undulations viscously wash xanthophyll. Yearning zephyrs.

Altered black cat directs every fiasco. Glossy. Healthy innards. Jailbirds ken liabilities. Muttering nocturnally, ornate pelicans querulously rant. Standing tall under verandahed, whitewashed xebecs: youthful zebras.

Ageless but craven doges enter frays. Gormless. Horribly inarticulate. Joyless kin loll. Molten needles of panic quell revolutions. Stuff them up vests woven xanthically. Yurt zone.

Amiable barmen cull deliquescent effervescent froth. Gassy. Honeyed intestines. Juices keenly lactic. Merry navvies operate pumps, quantumly rigged. Solar tentacles ultravioletly vanish watery xenoliths. Yard zymurgy.

Authors bandy carnal diatribes, ebullient fantasies. Gravy. Hiccoughing instantly. Jocund kernels linger. Modest napkins overlay palimpsests. Quivering roses stimulate trysting. Uvular verse wreaks Xanthippic yelling: zesty.

Asian beatitudes call. Dichotomies elicit fury, germinate heady insanity. Jaded koan lunacies motivate novices. Obvious portal. Quest refugees simmer tautologies. Unlovable verities wither xeroxed yens. Zennish.

Antiquated bridesmaids cry despite euphoria; fauns grin. Humility infiltrates jesuitical kennels, luring maniacal nuns. Opulent productions. Quixotically rabid stagehands tease us volitionally. Worrisome xanthomas yoke zoomorphs.

Avuncular bees crash, developing external fins. Grateful. Happily intense. Jobbing knobby lupines, mutants nudge open petals. Queenly ruminants. Soothing tints underpin vitreous white xeranthemums. Yes, zygotic.

Alabaster bicycles coast down empirical facades. Go-lightly. Hungrily impelled. Jilted kibitzers lap musty nourishment. Offered profanely. Queasily received. Studious types underrate vamps wearing yellow xylonite zircons.

Angels bugle carpe diems. Echoes funnel ghostly hymns into jeremiads. Killjoy laments. Melodically null oratorio performances quadrophonically resound. Scores thoroughly unperformable venerate western xoanons. Yesterday’s zithers.

Amnesia bungles catastrophes. Deceived executors flee. Gothic holocausts inter janitors, kneeling listlessly. Meticulous nonagenarians overwhelm paranoid quacks, resolutely scared. Time upholds virtual weathered xystuses, yawning zodiacs.

Avatars bash crass devotees. Educated fops garner hosannas. It’s just kitsch. Leavened mendicants nurture obese patrons. Quotas remain sacred. Technological underwriting validates war. Xenophobic yo-yo zeitgeist.

Atonal baritone cantos detonate. Euphoniums fart. Gong! Hear imported jazz. Keyed loopily. Mellifluous neighbors obstinately practice quiet rhapsodies, subverting transcribed urtexts. Violas: wooden, xyloid. Yews zigzag.

Addled birches cower. Dusty eremites flay grotty hemlocks. Isolated judges kiss limburger militants. Noisome offense. Poor quality resin striates tubular urns. Vanity wilts. Xerophilous yucca, zucchinied.

Anthracite burns. Chemical denial exacerbates fuel giddiness. Hovering isinglass jets keel luminously. Monoxide nihilism obnoxiously permeates quagmires. Regulatory status: tragically unclean. Visibly wrinkled: x-chromosomes. Yogic zinfandel.

Across borders caper delinquent esthetes. Fractured gin hangovers ionize jests, keep lucent molecules notoriously ossified. Petrified quarks. Roseate stalactites tantalize urban vagabonds. Whey-faced, xerodermous, yeasty zombies.

Actressy bullshitting convinces directors. Endemically flimsy. Greasy hearts indicate jitteriness. Kewpie lovers mangle nirvana. Overt poets queer retrograde solipsisms. Tongued unguents vitiate weevils: xylophagous yeomanry, zapped.

Animus baggage collapses dowries. Evangelical fucking grieves heavenly intellectuals. Judgmental kingdoms levitate mental narcissists. ‘Only prey,’ quip resonant seraphim. The unleashed vowels wreathe Xmas. Yule zeal.

Atrophied brains coalesce diaphanous electricity. Fate grotesquely harangues infant jugglers, knocking loose marbles, noisily. Ovoid pandemonium. Quisling robots simulate torrential ugliness. View wangled x-rays. Ytterbium zippers.

Abominable beavers celebrate dervishly. Extremely fandango ’d. Gyrations heighten impeccable jabbering. Knees locked, mongooses nervously orchestrate possum quorums. Radical scientists trample utterly virtuous, well-carved xylographs. Yahoo zealotry.

A belching clown, dumbly enthusiastic. Funny guy. His id jokes, kidnapping levity. Malformed nerds order prosthetic quims, revealing sexiness. Too uterine. Valid when ‘xi’ yields ‘zed.’

Adamant barristers cancel daylight. Egotistic flaunting. Gamma-ray hubris irradiates jurors, knuckling louts moronically. No opposition. Professional quarrels relegate surgeons to undertakers. Vacuously wielding xysters, you zoom.

Antic bozos coddle divas. Ersatz floozies get high, ill-advisedly. Jellied kohl limns masked nymphs. Operatic parodies. Quaintly ravishing sorceresses titillate ultimately virile warlocks. Xiphosauran, yet zany.

Arctic brilliance cannot defy endgames. Finished. Galactic hosts illuminate journals. Kinky learned manuscripts narrate onomatopoeic parables. Quotations read stubbornly, thickly umbraged. Voices wail; xipisternums yank zygomas.

Any bad crap does excellent, finally. Go. Hop innocently. Judiciously kill love. Many nights overbrained. Posit quizzical realities. Saxophonists teach ultimatums via word xylophones. Yummy zeros.



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