interpersonal directional distractions by Felino Soriano

crisp cling elongated shapes shifting sifted 

realities burdening impressions of holistic

virtual meaning, morning of magic-rise

ra(n)ge-purity realism personal persuasion

interpretational imposition this neglected

noise of nostalgia-chaos, culture-remedy 

laughter hand/s-on fixation fixing focal

ornamentation of show as fingering dust 

into angel-mobility of the halo-structure

italics, belief as darkness as dampened 

cloth on wisdom of the hoping’s muscular 

misdirection, rugged impersonal reflectional

symptoms, compressed running the body 

cannot wave into fanatic philosophies,

spasm-quoting familial forgotten

advice:momentum strategies pivoting 

across brokenness’ mobility of cosmetic

intuitive insinuation of dilemma as

dogmatic dispositions

Editor's note: This poem was a piece written in response to the song, "Paragun" on Skinny Puppy's album, "Weapon." 

Paragun at YouTube

Author bio: 

Felino A. Soriano is a member of The Southern Collective Experience.  He is the founding editor of the online endeavors Counterexample Poetics and Of/with; in addition, he is a contributing editor for the online journal, Sugar Mule.   His writing finds foundation in created coöccurrences, predicated on his strong connection to various idioms of jazz music.  His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Anthology, and appears in various online and print publications, with recent poetry collections includingMathematics (Nostrovia! Poetry, 2014), Espials (Fowlpox Press, 2014), and watching what invents perception (WISH Publications, 2013).  He lives in California with his wife and family and is a director of supported living and independent living programs providing supports to adults with developmental disabilities. Links to his published and forthcoming poems, books, interviews, images, etc. can be found at www.felinoasoriano.info.