Floundering About : Writing

Her Family Hikes to a Lake

Her Family Hikes to a Lake

A Poem by Floundering About


This town never is(we discuss on the trail)it was. Fresh from the New cityher eldest brother wants “s**t food.”He wants to sin with each b..
A Pissing Contest of Wisdom 2: The Feeling of Feeling

A Pissing Contest of Wisdom 2: The Feeling of Feel..

A Story by Floundering About


Lauren Berlant calls our attention to “the unfortunate tendency in much contemporary affect theory to elide the difference between the structure..
A Pissing Contest of Wisdom 1: Courage, Alcohol & Stupidity

A Pissing Contest of Wisdom 1: Courage, Alcohol & ..

A Story by Floundering About


Some call alcohol “liquid courage.” It doesn’t provide courage it provides something else that I would like to call stupidity. This ..
One Two Three Four

One Two Three Four

A Poem by Floundering About


You know when the band counts time before the song? One How I hate being stirred.One Arvo Pärt says “One plus one, it is one - it is not t..
"Universal Troops"

"Universal Troops"

A Poem by Floundering About


Yes, the song is called “Universal Troops”. Everybody bleedsYes, “yes” yesses throughout the patio, Everybody givesthrough eve..
Form

Form

A Poem by Floundering About


Form comesfor wantof something better.“It’s just around the bend.”“You just see it because you can’t see it,” I sa..
The Economy of Chess

The Economy of Chess

A Story by Floundering About


In chess anger is not useful. Say your opponent makes it impossible not to lose your queen. Vengeful moves may lash your vision of the board, all usel..
Vermont

Vermont

A Story by Floundering About


This will be, I hope, the first of many episodes.
Hunch

Hunch

A Poem by Floundering About


Lamp shade tilts upturned like question, desire shading up wall. Dust comes off in grey smears. The composition of the dust is unremarkable, and has a..
A Life

A Life

A Poem by Floundering About


A wedding is a life.What comes before and after?In life some talk about life.Every marriage isn’t a failure,people just often go into it for the..