David Buuck || Disfigurations

This work contains sections from a longer manuscript, begun in October 2023 during the most recent genocidal campaign in Palestine. The 'origin' poem is forthcoming in Pamenar Press's online journal. Each section follows a procedure to disfigure the work. “Disfigurations 2” is a transcript of a constraint-based voice recording of “Disfigurations 1”. “Disfigurations 4” is the result of a machine translation of “Disfigurations 2” from English to Arabic to English to Arabic to English. Dedicated to those who have died and those who continue to fight for a free Palestine.

David Buuck lives in Oakland, CA., from where he edits Tripwire, a journal of poetics (tripwirejournal.com). Books include Noise in the Face of (Roof, 2016), SITE CITE CITY (Futurepoem, 2015) An Army of Lovers, co-written with Juliana Spahr (City Lights, 2013), and The Riotous Outside (Commune Editions, 2018).