co-optation

“The headline should read ‘US vows to continue the vicious circle of violence.'”

Iraqco
Tycoco
Newyorco
IResco

I don’t understand why the words “freedom” and “democracy” still have such healthy, idealistic connotations. How persistent we are in granting benevolent goodspirit to certain words, regardless of what they are actually used to describe. I hate words for this quality.

Cococo
Americo
Mediaco
Ubriaco

cloudbuzz of anxiety
what is there to say before
rhubarb breaks ground
gnarled and squeaky

Publico
Merco
Mexico
Memco

Memory means something different to me. It’s just a sackful of junk which you can use when you want to invent. No one remembers the future.

Noco
Narco
Dayco
Soco

“Why Rococo I don’t know except it was one of my mother’s favorite words.”

–William Carlos Williams discussing one of the poem titles in Al Que Quiere!

Carco
Junco
Democo
Poco