ASKING THE POET FOR STRAIGHTFORWARD ADVICE & SNAKE OIL

good advice from Aaron Barry

ASKING THE POET FOR STRAIGHTFORWARD ADVICE

cybernetic technological geological gallimaufry syndrome (the world is the oyster inside the pearl).

that is to say, foucaultian extraterritorial formalism geotoptates. (theosophy makes purple aupes of bathrobes—)

rather, mellifluous caliphate semiotics (a foreign entity is the egress point for native cartography).

in point of fact, autochthonous mantes -/a- jolie joide vic transmography. (a carrot is no greater in size than a balloon blown well.)

that, to wit, soporific/sapphic andalusian antistrophe dictates—what we live we live but we live but anti-not-live when we don’t. (in the sense that mullioned invictuses in penitultulary standiation studlington.)

or: the thrice upon itself is the punishment the orange endures. (epp!)

if, additionally, supposition verdant oligenous neo-glow rebukes, then, necessarily: (light is wisdom; febrile is the pxrson who bespeaks it which manuloftily).

but if you’d really like to address your martial problems, in more complex terms, it’s all very simple: intra-hybridization corpuscular oxytocin contra neurofangular meets/secretes—

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SNAKE OIL

every day the ring of the phone an

ad online a book in the store saying

what you’re doing wrong so so wrong

all so immutably unwell like termites

trying to chew through aluminum

(you’ll never win!) but dear termites

if you’ll only redirect your pitiful

microscopic chompers this way yes

yes if you want the answers the

antidote not one-size-fits-all antitheses

seek not elsewhere heed the following

i’m not kidding not being funny not even

being poetic i just want you to live

well as informed and conscientious

humans it’s been my life’s mission

ever since the ever since and it’s from

that since and state that one can schooner the

haze that is man’s quiddity master the cartography of

existence so if you’re with me and you

want to achieve real eudaimonia sprint

the path to love oh termite and chew upon real

happiness such that you need and chart your

new course it’s so simple yes it’s so blindingly

easy just let me ask you this

have you tried taking omega 3’s?

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Aaron Barry is the author of the literary cherry bomb Echolalia Review: An Anti-Poetry Collection (Pere Ube Press, 2025), Femoid (formerly Calamari Archive; now ind. p., 2025), £, flesh (Mcbussy Publishing, 2025), and several other books. His work has been featured in over 150 publications and major media outlets worldwide. He hopes that he sometimes gives decent advice.