FOR THE WITCHES

IN ROMANIA,SOME RECENT

geographies

byMark Young

Beard of Bees PressNumber 116 · November, 2016

ContentsThe Dalles 1

Otjiwarongo 2

Ningxia 3

Okinawa 4

London’s East End 5

Evora 6

Lugarno 7

Belli Park 8

Algarve 9

Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries 10

Carson National Park 11

Little River Inlet 12

Bobonaro 13

Richmond, Virginia 14

Durant, Oklahoma 15

Gotanda 16

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 17

Chinchilla 18

Augsburg 19

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Emmenbrücke 20

Lausanne 21

Milan 22

Accra 23

Saint Helena Bay 24

Trairão 25

Texoma 26

Thimphu 27

Parsippany, New Jersey 28

Ningbo 29

Montreux 30

Anaheim 31

Puducherry 32

Donnybrook-Balingup 33

Kunming 34

Roswell 35

Baring 36

Timisoara 37

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Some of these pieces have previously appeared inA New Ulster, BlazeVOX, brief, eccolinguistics, ETZ.,

Futures Trading, Molly Bloom, Offcourse, On Barcelona,Sein und Werden, and The Mind[less] Muse.

My thanks to the respective editors.

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The Dalles

Bobbie the WonderDog, a student by

day & a taxidermistby night, stopped

here because thelittle league web site,

despite a rather medi-ocre memorial, offered the

best brand of tires ateveryday low prices.

1

Otjiwarongo

The religious revolution thattook place in the meat &

poultry industries has expandedits low-cost housing project to

include single men seeking eitherto take up arms or become sacred

dancers in the Voodoo tradition.

2

Ningxia

Every animator should becomefamiliar with Simple Cubic

Packing. It’s a state they willinevitably enter into when-

ever they come up againsta demonic force of killers.

3

OkinawaI’ve never been a huge fan

of slave daguerreotypesor the specific hydrological

characteristics found aslarge jugs of ’Dutch’ shape

in sphagnum-dominatedpeatlands, but an inter-

active exploration of 1893implies that the iterative

elimination of factory markson the jugs’ bases dominated

the first half of the year &that, from July on, sugarproduction promoted a

buildup in the manufactureof mechanical engineering

products. Science has madeconsiderable advances; but

theories of an abrupt changein globular proteins in magmageneration processes show that

proofs of concept still dominate.

4

London’s East End

The helmet hairdois a minimallyedited cut & paste

of an e-mail exchangeon the masculinenature of the werewolfin the arena of literature

between the lovingfans of Justin Bieber& a more-than-modestamount of tequila.

It is full of images ofluxury objects as trash,but doesn’t quite havethe same buzz as the

Congressional comb-over with its looseLacanian metaphors.

5

Evora

The Saxophonist is ashort play set in theFrench Quarter of New

Orleans that celebratesthe ritual of publicpenance by condemned

heretics & apostates& provokes distinctlyunambivalent reactions.

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A sociologist whose datafound fault with same-sexrelationships is savaged by

the progressive orthodoxyof his discipline & by thebibliophiles who shared

his campfire. Last-minutepenitents were garroted tospare the pain of the flames.

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The National Library hasbought a rare collectionof 39 auto da fé sermons.

They describe a society inwhich books are prohibited.There are palm or banana

trees, one on either sideof the porch. Two guyson holiday face a choice.

6

Lugarno

Bayesian methods fordating species divergenceevents are wreaking

havoc on Pisum sativum,the common gardenpea, recently given the

authority to administergas deregulation acrossmuch of the Western world.

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Belli Park

The obvious environmentalbenefits of organic farming

can be found in this taleof a pet bird who,

during one school year,adapted to the emo

lifestyle with fullsearch engine optimization.

8

Algarve

Your mom was right—ruraldairy farmers do keep

banana slices in their freezersto offset the mechanism

triggered in mammalian cellsby amino acid starvation.

9

Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries

In a double-pass sequencederived from a single

complementary DNA (cDNA)clone, she built a catafalque

in the crypt under theCapitol rotunda. All

brown ink, with gray wash,over traces of black chalk,

adhering to a sequencein keeping with strict military

protocols. Internationalcustomers are welcome.

10

Carson National Park

First we look for afew extra hints—a clever move ifyou’re a rock musicfan. Then we answer

a rhetorical musicalquestion— how manyprotesters threw“punches & ice chunks”at police? Finally we

debate the long-termtrends these numbersrepresent. Do theymean it will rain inLos Alamos tomorrow?

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Little River Inlet

A group of actors shooting abig-budget war movie get lost,

are forced to become either a lineof latitude which cuts through

coastal areas under a hurricanewarning or an approximate

longitudinal representationof a Louis Vuitton outlet.

12

Bobonaro

Now that marketreform has fundamentally

changed the environment

a metadata overviewof existing literature

is an important element

in any strategy designedto protect security guards

at open-access drop-in centers

from / dengue trans-mission flowing across

untrusted networks.

13

Richmond, VirginiaThe Super Bowl is often seen as

a means to measure physiologicalresponses to the historic Tredegar

Ironworks. It’s a very narrow

definition, deliberately so, toprevent Irish-American scalpersfrom selling high-price tickets

to the American Civil War.

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Durant, Oklahoma

The flamboyant scandal-ridden & often tragiclife of old-style pokerplayers is notorious inthe world of beauty pro-

ducts. The wider con-textualization of thesestereotypical depictionsmakes them unique,even up against poets.

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Gotanda

It is a tribal ritualto motivate population

dynamics by givingwomen’s classic fashion

& accessories a moderntwist, one that is not

metabolized by mouthbacteria or the occasional

good falafel mix.

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Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

High-foaming performancemilk was around long

before coffee firstarrived on the European

continent. A bland dishneeds such information

to beat off unfaircompetition from slot

machines & casinos. Ihear good ideas all the

time. Big flowers alwayslook better in reproduction.

17

Chinchilla

Neneko squirmsaround under theloveseat, starting

her weight lossreality series byjumping members

of the HerbalifeHose CompanyJunior Firefighters.

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Augsburg

The country seatof the House of

Fugger is a dis-charged vicarage

that amuses it-self by moving

tonal energy fromone functional

state to another.

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Emmenbrücke

First found by Ines Pinkat indulgy.com,

this muscle tee, ina light, breathable

fabric, with large raw cutarmholes & featuring a

Wolverine c© graphic, willallow you to reveal the

otherwise hidden possibilitiesof your own self. A caution—

beware of clumsy ripoffs.Armholes too large will

succeed only in demeaningyou with a bat-wing effect.

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Lausanne

The tonal center emerges if,& only if, the feted Japanesearchitects carry messages tothe brain. The face can be seenin ultrasound images usinga plasma moving across theCNPA view line. Bluetoothheadphones carry a multi-

layered techno. When en-riched in quality, it arguesthat this is in essence aquestion. She stumbled acrossa pile of memories last monthin Lausanne. She aims to stay.

21

Milan

Swimming amongst thedead is an iPhone

application thatcreates strategies &

business opportunitiesfor the busy Mountain

Goat to challenge com-petitors & stand out

during Fashion Week.

22

Accra

Documentary-stylecinematography re-

cords junk bondsgoing into crisis. Will

definitely be a whilebefore we can

fully decorate ourhouse. We are all now

fading captains. Evenmotorists are at risk.

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Saint Helena BayThe magical theory ofrelativity is / collected

fortnightly on Wednesdays

so may bring back hauntingmemories of the gypsies’futile attempts to recycle.

24

TrairãoMany Amazonianswould otherwise be

diagnosed with Stage 2hypertension if they

did not shop outsidethe big box or stopped

soaking their teethovernight in a saucer.

25

Texoma

Despite their 21st-century circuitry& a surgingsymphonic score byPhilip Glass, thephotos & offspringfrom the All BreedsHorse Pedigree

Database provide, atbest, a very blandsocial & historicalexplanation for thepopular appeal ofcinema violence.

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Thimphu

Sorry, we haveno imagery here,

just traditionalarchitecture

& the chanceof precipitation.

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Parsippany, New Jersey

The ethical paradigm is pureconfectionery indulgence; so

deconstruction offers itsown luminous ellipticals, sexy

little blue LED keyringtorches, easy to grip &

maneuver on suicide runs.

28

Ningbo

Made, as they are, fromgraphite or other fibrous

material, Indian Railwaystimetables are usually

considered to be completelyneutral sequences whose

evolution is shaped by randommutations & chance events.

29

Montreux

Sea navigation, whichis embedded in the

use of cellular automata

in physical geography,makes venture capital

investments in bio-

technology companies& the moraines left

by the Rhône glaciers.

30

Anaheim

The Angels’ bullpenfinished the team’s

10-game road trip byblowing up yet another

of the city’s culturalinstitutions. Such are

the shortcomings ofa streetcar system

being completely dis-mantled & later sold.

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PuducherryThe Cultural & Linguistics Immersion

Center, an endless play of light& shadow that employs a mutedcolor palate, has the translucency

of bone china. Every day in its life

follows the same routine—nightsin long baths with old jazz playing,the Antonioni-like monotony of thelandscape, a parable of unansweredprayers. It is no longer an anomaly.

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Donnybrook-Balingup

Backgammon is not acompletely ergodicgame which is whymice do not play it.

They prefer to teachrisk management &brinksmanship to therenters in the building.

33

KunmingSome days after the

effective replacement of

coal with biogas in localhouseholds, the skin

becomes so thinit is like delicate paper.

34

Roswell

The categories — such asCausality, lnherence, Genus,

etc. — enumerating them &then identifying a functional

relation between variables,does not mean that phe-

nomena such as unicorns& mirages are non-existent.

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Baring

Thanks to main-stream society’sfinancial & culturalsupport for pre-serving Broadwayfiascos, a remotehamlet in centralWashington nowhas more coffeehouses thanDowntown Seoul.

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Timisoara

Sometimes I wonder why I create my own Weltanschauungwhen delightful news items such as the one below appearunbidden in my looking glass.

“Angry witches in Romania are using cat excrement &dead dogs to cast spells on the president & governmentwho are forcing them to pay taxes.”

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MARK YOUNG lives in a small town in North Queensland in Australia, & hasbeen publishing poetry for more than fifty-five years. He is the author of overthirty books, primarily text poetry but also including speculative fiction, vispo,& art history. His work has been widely anthologized, & his essays & poetrytranslated into a number of languages.

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