NORTH  CAROLINA

Begin with what you owe
no one. Make
shit up. Make every child
believe or die trying
not to. Raise the dead.

 

RHODE  ISLAND

My exit strategy
rules. Get from Point A
to pointless. Take
their balls and go home.

 

TENNESSEE

Stop the Heavens
from crashing to the Earth.
This is the cry of the biggest
assholes in Heaven.

 

ARKANSAS

All violence and business
is personal. Love is systemic. Rules
are what rule the world.

 

NEW  YORK

Only the best
is my philosophy. Bankers
die first.

 

MINNESOTA

I make policy because
I’m part of this shit.
My advice is gold. My blood
is a medium of exchange.

 

MISSOURI

Where I come from
people die. My history
is history. My dream
is against your dream.

 

MICHIGAN

If the future is written
out of nothing
become nothing.

 

IOWA

Do not be afraid
of fear. The law is
what I do for fun. Economies
are how I fuck off.

 

NEW  MEXICO

Be competent in life. Suffer
no fools. Put to death the few
who put to death the many. Give back
to Caesar the shit that is his.

 

HAWAII

Last thing I want to do
is save the world. I’m in no state
and no century.

I make my own power.

~~~~~

Dan Hoy lives in Brooklyn, NY and is the author of Omegachurch (Solar Luxuriance, 2010), Polaroid (Wrath of Dynasty, 2010), and Glory Hole (Mal-O-Mar, 2009). He previously co-edited SOFT TARGETS (2006-2007), a magazine of art, philosophy, and literature, and currently contributes to the collective blog www.montevidayo.com. His personal site is www.thepinupstakes.com.