THE WAR IS MADE FROM
THE NUMBER OF RABBITS EATEN IN PARIS EVERY NIGHT / A JOKE ABOUT A ONE ARMED MAN / PROMISES MADE AT CHANCE MEETINGS / THE SPEED OF TRAINS LEAVING SAN LAZAIRE / SUNLIGHT ABDUCTED FROM THE LEMON GROVE / LANGUAGE LAUNCHED IN PAPER TUBES / THE THREAT OF LOVE / THE DREAMS OF PRISONERS / THE PRICE OF LACE IN BRUSSELS / A CATHEDRAL OF PROMISSORY NOTES / THE WAY SHE LEFT HIM / THE WAY HE NEVER WROTE / 7 MILLION KILOMETRES OF PROFITABLE BARBED WIRE / THE SOBS OF A DENTED KETTLE / THE BOUQUET OF WHISPERS IN THE CONFESSIONAL / THE FATHER WHO WOULD EAT HIS CHILDREN / THE MOTHER SMARTLY DRESSED IN SALT / A GATE HINGE LUSTING AFTER OIL / A PERFUME BOTTLE AT THE MOUTH OF THE HUDSON / THE CANDLE LEFT UNATTENDED / A CERTAIN HUNGER AT THE WEDDING FEAST / THE SURPRISE OF YOUTH / THE METRONOME IN THE FOREST / THE SILENCE OF OLD AGE / WHAT IS BETTER LEFT UNSAID / THE INSOMNIA OF SCHOLARSHIP / THE ENDLESS LISTS SENT BY TELEGRAPH / WHAT WAS NEVER HEARD / THE BLIND FOOTPRINT OF THE CITY / WHAT THE NEIGHBORS SAY / THE CONSCRIPTED SILENCE / THE HANGING MAN / THE GENERALS BREAKFAST / THWARTED DESIRE / NUTS .... BOLTS.... / LEATHER ... WAX... / OAK... TIN... / A BIT OF THIS / A LITTLE OF THAT OTHER / AND ALL THE REST / DAY AFTER DAY / FOR EVER AND EVER / ALL THE DAY THROUGH
THE NUMBER OF RABBITS EATEN IN PARIS EVERY NIGHT / A JOKE ABOUT A ONE ARMED MAN / PROMISES MADE AT CHANCE MEETINGS / THE SPEED OF TRAINS LEAVING SAN LAZAIRE / SUNLIGHT ABDUCTED FROM THE LEMON GROVE / LANGUAGE LAUNCHED IN PAPER TUBES / THE THREAT OF LOVE / THE DREAMS OF PRISONERS / THE PRICE OF LACE IN BRUSSELS / A CATHEDRAL OF PROMISSORY NOTES / THE WAY SHE LEFT HIM / THE WAY HE NEVER WROTE / 7 MILLION KILOMETRES OF PROFITABLE BARBED WIRE / THE SOBS OF A DENTED KETTLE / THE BOUQUET OF WHISPERS IN THE CONFESSIONAL / THE FATHER WHO WOULD EAT HIS CHILDREN / THE MOTHER SMARTLY DRESSED IN SALT / A GATE HINGE LUSTING AFTER OIL / A PERFUME BOTTLE AT THE MOUTH OF THE HUDSON / THE CANDLE LEFT UNATTENDED / A CERTAIN HUNGER AT THE WEDDING FEAST / THE SURPRISE OF YOUTH / THE METRONOME IN THE FOREST / THE SILENCE OF OLD AGE / WHAT IS BETTER LEFT UNSAID / THE INSOMNIA OF SCHOLARSHIP / THE ENDLESS LISTS SENT BY TELEGRAPH / WHAT WAS NEVER HEARD / THE BLIND FOOTPRINT OF THE CITY / WHAT THE NEIGHBORS SAY / THE CONSCRIPTED SILENCE / THE HANGING MAN / THE GENERALS BREAKFAST / THWARTED DESIRE / NUTS .... BOLTS.... / LEATHER ... WAX... / OAK... TIN... / A BIT OF THIS / A LITTLE OF THAT OTHER / AND ALL THE REST / DAY AFTER DAY / FOR EVER AND EVER / ALL THE DAY THROUGH
it is the man in the next room bleating ok ok ok ok - into his clenched left hand - into his falling left hand - into all that grand silence - into the satellite of tomorrow - into all that grim noise - into the space his father left him - into the space his mother hauled away - into the litany of time - into all that trembling space he can not reach but feels like fire - in the weird failure of everything he touches
phone walk / part 1
phone walk / part 2
LAZY DOG BOMB
Developed as an antipersonnel weapon during the 1950's, Lazy Dog missiles were made from steel, weighed approximately 0.7 ounces (19 grams) and contained no fuze or explosive charge. Designed to shower the target, they were loaded into a container bomb that would release them after exploding thirty yards above the ground. However, in the early years of U.S. involvement in Vietnam helicopter crewmen literally threw bucket loads of them out the chopper's door while flying at speed over enemy positions. They could also be dropped from fixed wing cargo planes or thrown from small aircraft. Each micro-missile was fin-stabilized and capable of attaining a terminal velocity of 700 feet per second, which produced penetrating power equivalent to between a 45-calibre slug and a 30-calibre carbine.
Developed as an antipersonnel weapon during the 1950's, Lazy Dog missiles were made from steel, weighed approximately 0.7 ounces (19 grams) and contained no fuze or explosive charge. Designed to shower the target, they were loaded into a container bomb that would release them after exploding thirty yards above the ground. However, in the early years of U.S. involvement in Vietnam helicopter crewmen literally threw bucket loads of them out the chopper's door while flying at speed over enemy positions. They could also be dropped from fixed wing cargo planes or thrown from small aircraft. Each micro-missile was fin-stabilized and capable of attaining a terminal velocity of 700 feet per second, which produced penetrating power equivalent to between a 45-calibre slug and a 30-calibre carbine.