depersonalization | travesty

depersonalization | travesty

palmistry

like the turf

fluorescent sun

pierce right through me

feeding nylon lawns

and float against the creases

palmistry

like the screen distorts

against the creases

a pavlovian rumble at your side

or a re-discovered dollar

fished from the dregs

or a pavlovian rumble at your side

of your virtual pet

live inside your

virtual pet

live inside your

virtual pet

live inside your

side

or a re-discovered dollar

fished from the

light

as it appeared

to respond to

living through me

living through me

living through me

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This piece was inspired by the style of Lillian-Yvonne Bertram's Travesty Generator. He used generative tools (http://bensonofjohn.co.uk/poetry/tools/) to re-arrange a poem titled "Depersonalization," which he wrote for this semester's grad poetry workshop course. Using FL Studio, he collaged and distorted two readymade songs ("Fullhouse" by Kate Bush and "Concert for Piano" by Eberhard Weber), then added his own musical arrangements on top of the mix. Finally, he read his re-generated poem over the full arrangement, using tools to "glitch" the audio of his voice, preserving the feeling of detachment and displacement in his original poem. (Accompanying image generated using Dall-E 2 and edited by him.)

Jude Noel is a graduate student in NKU's MAE program and frequently contributes writing to music publications like Pitchfork and Bandcamp Daily. He enjoys going for long runs on cold days.