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These centos are based on the diplomatic cables published by
WikiLeaks beginning on November 28th, 2010. 251,287 cables
from 271 US embassies around the world were released. These centos
are in no way accurate transcripts of these cables. Rather these poems
quote from, distort, and re-purpose what was the largest leak of
classified documents in US history.
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Martin Rock: "To Follow Up on Casualties"
Evan Commander: "A Felt Present"
Lily Ladewig: "RUSSIA: MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX"
Rebecca Porte: "The recreational habits of Kazakhstan’s leaders"
Lauren Ireland: "Hurricane Anna"
Elsbeth Pancrazi: "I was able to refocus the conversation"
Ashleigh Lambert: "Is Our Special Relationship Still Special?"
Andrew Strombeck: "2006/05"
Leigh Stein: "DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USTR"
Christina Shah: "INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, ILLICIT"
Martin Rock: "Identification Phase"
Dustin Luke Nelson: "President Zapatero is Highly Unlikely to in
the Near Term"
Cara Benson: "DISTRIBUTED AROUND HAZARJUFT"
Ricardo Alberto Maldonado: "Worker's Malatov"
Matthew Daddona: "Crossing Brasilia"
Ben Nardolilli: "Cable Viewer"
Rebecca Porte: "It is too early to tell"
Joseph Fritsch: "Subject: Aftermath"
Damien Green: "(untitled)"
Jenni B. Baker: "Dining With Chris"
Evan Commander: "Aide-Mémoire"
Eric Lindley: "The military subtitles for Collateral Murder"
Andrew Bahrenburg: “Political Fallout and the Future of Wild Bears”
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TO FOLLOW UP ON CASUALTIES
A number of masked gunmen
in all directions outside the bank
believed themselves to be fire.
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Drugs and alcohol
were extracted
to investigate names and nature.
Civilians were identified as
conducting initial casualties
believed to be
Dead and Wounded.
The other had suffered
initial investigation
and the other had suffered
a reassurance patrol
and the other had suffered
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A Felt Present
The charge of friendship
Required him to say
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Although he would do
Everything possible,
We can look to him for hope,
But not overlook in us,
Our urge for sympathetic
Attention. e.g.
Friendship is every avenue
To a positive response
Tapped.
Evan Commander
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RUSSIA: MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX
the new embezzlement
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the loss, a figure
run out of the Kremlin,
to the value of the oil
and the voluminous nature of
*
to reach and lack
a motion seeking
in these transactions
to start the trial in June
being orchestrated entirely
such a motion.
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The alleged victims
he said, they were unsatisfied
they violate
encouraged the widespread Russian practice
engaged in by “thousands
who were entitled to the benefit of an arms-length
so that it would be completed
*
As an initial matter, XXXXXXXXXXXX said that the new
the subject
carrying potentially heavier sentences. The money laundering
the French
Lily Ladewig
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By contrast, damages.
*
a change of venue to Moscow
an indication of a general recognition
an arms-length
a re-packaging of the artificial
a result of Russia
a prisoner
a figure he said
*
witnesses and evidence are located there.
but may be conducted in the place where
XXXXXXXXXXXX this structure
a more sensible way to measure the alleged loss
Lily Ladewig
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The recreational habits of
Kazakhstan’s leaders
1. Sun and Horses
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2. Dancing at the Nightclub
3. Skiing with the Oligarchs
4. Private Concerts with the Stars
5. Sports and Politics Mix
6. Relaxation, the Good Old Soviet Way
Rebecca Porte
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Hurricane Anna
It was not a bad idea
but it was poorly implemented.
Following the birth of her child
his midnight raids
prisoners
slicing open a vein
en masse
on arms
or neck
in protest
bitter denunciations of the whole
process.
Gossip.
The common people.
& the application was granted.
The government
disbanded the Court
& fired the Coroner.
New
prisoner shock tactics
improved efficiencies
in government
for which it deserved praise.
The bright lights
of the international media
had taken off
their kid gloves.
If one of their enforcers
gets killed by another
they can just
promote a new one.
Gossip in the Bahamas
is an art form.
Called sip sip
its infection rates
for contagious diseases
are much higher than in the general population.
In protest
of mass beatings
before Anna came to Nassau
lying
in disarray...
That court ruled in favor of McDonald's.
Lauren Ireland
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I was able to refocus the conversation
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as we discussed commitment to continuing our close partnership
I outlined what I was seeking from the relationship:
meaningful progress, security, sanctuary, investment.
Karzai agreed there had been a dramatic reduction in efforts.
I welcomed such a statement, noting a recent engagement.
It was clear even at that time, trouble was brewing.
I took issue with a rather weak comment on relations,
pointed out this did not accurately reflect our robust partnership.
Five years down the road, I said, success would be defined by
villagers who would shout, “Good Morning, Sergeant Thompson,”
in the “Golden Age” of the relationship.
Elsbeth Pancrazi
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IS OUR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
STILL SPECIAL?
on the heels of the way to calm
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what has been
stronger
severe Europe
British over-reading of the new
typified by a Shadow
The atmospherics under
a “perfect storm”
a weak 15 months; and growing
quoting Washington
the Churchill bust
and across the Atlantic are resuming
such concerns as chattering
posturing
as a test of the commitment
as well as British irritation
the original language
pressing for signs of distance
is more paranoid than usual,
we agree
with a senior MP where it matters over defense,
intelligence
sharing - the relationship is deep, ongoing and abiding.” End summary.
Every debate is louder than at any time since the fallout
the left-leaning fretted
The right-leaning editorialized
that phone is unlikely to be the one that rings
...the new best friend has advertised his fondness
“He’s Just Not That Into Us”
the new personal history.
grandfather’s treatment
perhaps even an antipathy and
‘tea on the Thames’
His relative youth
his formative years
his
no “natural” link
his trips to drink
before flying away from a Europe that ‘just wasn’t mine’
to discuss his arrogant attitudes
For more serious observers
the new encounters The Spectator
into the national psyche of winter
fear
that this point in time
weakness
crisis
failures
also suspicion
overflowing support
“following abandonment
sparking concern
but I fear we seem more like Iceland
This sensitivity over dismissals
Ashleigh Lambert
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Looking for Signals and Reading Tea Leaves
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“fact”
“enemy”
fate
closely monitored
steer away from referring to ‘the’ special relationship
speak instead of ‘a’ special
relationship,
at least until
Ashleigh Lambert
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2006/05
Sanchez had nice things to say
a mixture of prayer and pep rally
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Sanchez delighted in relating the prurient details
expressions of personal affection
instances of quiet contact
He got no satisfaction in the call
the fruits of the property
the abuses they suffered
It’s hard to go twenty minutes without hearing some Polish
Andrew Strombeck
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DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USTR
The big winner was the Pirate Party.
The pirates see themselves.
They remain below the threshold.
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Christian democrats can mark
the candidate they would prefer:
strong and charismatic personalities,
the wife. A side effect of the pirates’ success
is young men with mistrust. AARGH!
Shut down The Pirate Bay, the ruling coalition.
Leigh Stein
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INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, ILLICIT
the Holy See denies
wanting prospects for democracy
who wants to see that horror movie again
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agitated ship workers and
the Joan of Arc of Subversion
invited me to have some coffee for about an hour
We first discussed many social pleasantries: moving to new office
space, the holidays, and family.
she planned a legendary robbery
she has lost weight recently
the minister was slurring badly and was not walking a straight line
and expects to be jailed on his
arrival.
in fact his comments were even
“more insulting”
because of the institutionalized cover-up of abuse
one finance professional joked that
China’s underground.
The Chinese recognize that and that Venezuela
is going in the wrong direction.
Unfortunately his end came.
Christina Shah
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INDENTIFICATION PHASE
route %%% approached a %%% patrol
%%% km %%% of An Nasiriyah.
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During the identification phase
the %%% patrol fired %%% x %%%.
%%% other IT soldiers
fragments in the shoulder and hands.
The casualties have been %%%.
Investigation is ongoing.
Martin Rock
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President Zapatero is highly unlikely
to in the near term
on this question the second Lula
government will refocus
“quality relationships
with traditional partners”
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we remain circumspect
personal proclivities
appears to have an intent
dislike or fear of staying on upper floors
prefers not to fly over water
End Summary
post will send a copy of the handout
to interested parties
re: “vor v zakone” (“Thief
in Law” intelligence services,
witnesses and phone taps
it enjoys political,
economic, social & –
especially – legal protection
“probably American” bombing
we assume that the planes
that attacked us are your planes”
below is the text
End Summary
Highly sensitive to public claims
Gruesome news story in the daily
Drug gang violence have become
Almost daily routine
This incident
Raised
the indignation
End Summary
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13 year-old, illiterate, drug-using
orphaned female published
says with frequency: The police
cannot address the root
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causes of violence… -lack
of education, lack of
housing, lack of basic infrastructure
lack of jobs, lack of hope – that
make the poor
particularly vulnerable
End Summary
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DISTRIBUTED AROUND HAZARJUFT
AS YOU KNOW HOW TO BE BRAVE
expect to similarly be engaged by AAF
ABUSED, KILLED AND THREATENED
in the vicinity of the fighting positions
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avoid being spotted at this time
Amerifa security guards were happy
on the western weapons and body armor
party.
at first light receiving more random
chance of survival
It is likely capable
also unsuccessful
Cara Benson
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Worker’s Molotov
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In memory of Aleksandr, the Metros flare with the phosphore
of books.
In Copenhagen, A Children’s History produced vagueness
about the past.
This time, Akhmatova requested encyclopedias to argue
on behalf of the fundamentals.
Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
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Crossing Brasilia
Felix is in charge of arms-for-drug
trade, involved and involving
the spread of information, collected
and collecting and
so far “found no evidence.”
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In widespread violence,
use human shields where there are
“no bears watching” Provide, on an urgent basis,
the use of lethal force,
the use
of Felix.
Matthew Daddona
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Cable Viewer
Despite differences with us
Over the freedom of expression,
They stood firm against
Spontaneous applause in committee.
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They also attempted
To accelerate their endgame on scales,
To moderate the language,
Jeopardize our ceiling on contributions.
The decision was taken quietly,
To monitor the dynamic,
A new, unassembled crane would not be built
Since the shipment was halted.
Ben Nardolilli
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It is too early to tell
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It is too early to tell whether these pieces have crossed a red line,
the “slight loosening”
has not stopped.
Also constrained by popular passions
a man sat at Marsaoul Caf in Tunis
focusing on the road leading
to the U.S. Ambassador’s residence June 4.
After 30 minutes, the subject
got into his car
and departed the area.
Rebecca Porte
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Subject: Aftermath
Unrealistic public confusion over
how to
interpret intense media
public interest remains publicly committed
we play this year, preferring to work
in search of a way
forward
Copenhagen closely Copenhagen
Critics have criticized Copenhagen, to the saturation cities
an unnamed feeling, waning anonymous, letting the sharks
saw the remains.
very modest, but not too ambitious
fossil the end of the year
marginal
marginal
It's about balance
disappointment and steam
the potential to
in Denmark
remain Copenhagen
play
out further
forward
Joseph Fritsch
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Note: The Human Exploitation team will be in around 11AM CST so
please wear your armbands. The dead would be bomber is still handcuffed to the wheel of a Mazda or rather what’s left of it.
Sexual tension will not be tolerated.
An unidentified dead man, without head or hands is found in the
Tigris River. This of course is in direct violation of code 11,
section 3, paragraph 9: “Hands must be worn at all times and in
sight of the guards.”
The fate of an IED sniffing dog is unrecorded after the bomb explodes before it can be defused.
Please have your files in order and updated.
This is the New America. A walking tour through the tunnel of the
20th century’s greatest horrors and whores all at 21st century
prices.
Damien Green
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Dining With Chris
Dining with Chris over rubbery fish,
his formal remarks focused on the future:
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The dubious backgrounds of some leaders
and Russian President Putin’s “killer’s eyes.”
He had serious doubts about the man’s character.
Grandfather: part of Lenin’s special protection team;
Father: a communist party apparatchik;
and Putin deciding to pursue a career in the KGB.
“I’m not saying that genes are determinant.
He seems a completely reasonable man,
but when the conversation shifts to Chechnya,
or Islamic extremism, Putin’s eyes turn.”
Jenni B. Baker
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Aide-Mémoire
for Clinton
Earlier he claimed otherwise,
Semantic nicety; the final lay,
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Dormant and possibly related to the idea
Of an envisaged attempt at diction—
Informal and oral. Bueno.
Chances are we could all benefit from some,
Especially the Brazilian in us.
We cannot reach what cannot
Make us vessels, and exploitation
Concedes distinction from control.
On/Off freedom, On/Off stress, On/Off couch.
On/Off men created from law told off by law.
Sea out the changing sea’s diction.
See out miles before another.
Chances are we go beyond our mémoire.
Evan Commander
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The military subtitles for
Collateral Murder
The military subtitles for Collateral Murder:
to obtain accordance; to be particular
in doing their jobs: putting their lives after
video, after stated wants. Versions ensure
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killings. Versions ensure that a ‘hero’—
called a ‘hero’; wounded whistle; video
that goes great lengths to verify two and two
young children in shot success—will do.
Eric Lindley
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Political Fallout and the Future
of Wild Bears
The World Cup:
coupled with regime cronies
and businessmen
(scalpers)
indulge fleshly pursuits
because the religious police
keep their distance
(read: significant cash) (money).
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Bavarian Interior Minister Beckstein,
thriving and throbbing
Minister among his minions,
quickly wore out
his welcome:
Raiding stables
killing sheep, chickens
a child’s pet rabbit.
But one can only win a case
if one is friends with the judge.
Andrew Bahrenburg
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Contributors
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Jenni B. Baker is a nonprofit writer and editor living in Washington, D.C.
Andrew Bahrenburg lives and works in Washington, DC. His work frequently appears in the Congressional Record.
Cara Benson is author of a book of interconnected pre-elegiac texts for earth
plants humans animals called (made), now out with BookThug. Her chapbook
"Quantum Chaos and Poems: A Manifest(o)ation" won the bpNichol Prize. She
takes part in the Dusie Kollektiv, the Belladonna* Collaborative, and the
publishing cooperative Black Radish Books and teaches poetry in a NY State
Prison.
Evan Commander is the author of the chapbooks A
Press) and Planet Carpet (Forklift, Inc.). From
rator of Publico Gallery in Cincinnati, OH, and
DAAP Galleries at the University of Cincinnati.
York.
Thing and Its Ghost (H_NGM_N
2004-2008 he worked as co-cufrom 2008-2009 as Curator of
He is currently living in New
Matthew Daddona is a senior at Brooklyn College, where he studies English and
Classics. He has written for various publications in Philadelphia and Long
Island. He currently works at Donadio and Olson, a literary representative,
in Manhattan.
Joseph Fritsch recently graduated Brooklyn College's B.F.A. program in creative writing. He occupies himself with explorations of the written frontier
while interning at NYC's Poets House.
Damien W. Green is the director of a puppet theater called out of my idiot.
Lauren Ireland was raised in coastal Virginia and southern Maryland. Currently an editor of Lungfull! Magazine, she also co-curates The Readings at
Chrystie Street, a monthly poetry series. Her poems have appeared in Black
Warrior Review, Conduit, and jubilat, among other magazines. She lives in
Brooklyn.
Lily Ladewig is the author of the chapbooks You Are My Favorite Person of the
Year (Mondo Bummer Press, 2010) and, with Anne Cecelia Holmes, I Am A Natural
Wonder (Blue Hour Press, 2011). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in
Denver Quarterly, Conduit, H_NGM_N, No Tell Motel, Salt Hill, and Supermachine. She lives in Brooklyn.
Ashleigh Lambert’s work has appeared in places like elimae, Two Weeks: A Digital Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, and Ampersand Review. You can read her
poems based on random Wikipedia entries at thetruthwithlies.tumblr.com. She
lives in New York.
Eric Lindley smears organized sound, language, objects, performance, and academic detritus against the surface of the world, with the grace and efficiency of a flipped tortoise—sometimes as the band "Careful." His work is
informed by physics, linguistics, and cognition, in the way that swimming is
informed by the need to breathe.
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Ricardo Alberto Maldonado was born and raised in Puerto Rico. His work has
appeared or is forthcoming in Denver Quarterly, Boston Review, The Blue Letter, and Bateau. He works at the Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street
Y.
Ben Nardolilli is a twenty five year old writer currently living in Montclair, New Jersey. His work has appeared in the Houston Literary Review,
Perigee Magazine, One Ghana One Voice, Baker’s Dozen, Thieves Jargon, Quail
Bell Magazine, Elimae, Poems Niederngasse, Anemone Sidecar, Contemporary
American Voices, Gloom Cupboard, Shakespeare’s Monkey Revue, and Black Words
on White Paper. In addition he maintains a blog at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com
and is looking to publish his first novel.
Dustin Luke Nelson is a founding editor of InDigest Magazine and the InDigest
1207 Reading Series. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in H_NGM_N,
Sink Review, Minnetonka Review, MonkeyBicycle, and elsewhere. He can be found
digitally at blogsareaboutego. You can e-mail him at [email protected]
Elsbeth Pancrazi has an MFA in Poetry from NYU. She lives and writes in New
York City.
Rebecca Porte lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Martin Rock writes and translates poetry in Brooklyn. His collaborative chapbook with Phillip D. Ischy, Fish, you Bird, was published as part of Pilot
Books' Meddlin Kids Series. Recent poems have found homes in Tuesday; an Art
Project, Forklift, Ohio, Sixth Finch, No, Dear, and other journals. Visit his
website at martinrockpoetry.com or email him at [email protected].
Christina Shah is a freelance writer and editor living in Saskatoon, Canada.
She knits, plays chess, and makes killer Pad Thai. She swears she's almost
done tinkering with her first poetry manuscript.
Leigh Stein is the author of the chapbooks How to Mend a Broken Heart with
Vengeance (Dancing Girl Press) and Least Inhabited Island II (h-ngm-n Combatives). Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in DIAGRAM, h-ngm-n, Bat
City Review, No Tell Motel, and Best of the Web 2010, among others. In Brooklyn, she curates the Poets & Puppets reading series, and teaches drama to
children.
Andrew Strombeck is Assistant Professor of American
State University. He assembled this cento under the
theory, Red Dead Redemption, and an introduction to
cember. He lives with his wife, children, and small
Ohio.
Literature at Wright
influence of conspiracy
poetry he taught this Debeige dog in Dayton,