58.1

Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.
A spiny thing becomes a yellow pulp,
A yellow pulp unfit for thinking.
Thinking becomes black pixels,
Black pixels unfit for singing.
Singing becomes white scores,
White scores unfit for eating.
White scones, black picks,
Live urchis in a Guangzhou bin.

58.2

Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.
A prickly thing becomes a yellow pulp,
a yellow pulp that’s hard to think.
Thinking becomes black pixels —
pixels unfit for song.
Singing becomes white scores —
scores that are hard to eat.
White scones or black picks.
Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.

58.3

Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.
A prickly thing becomes a yellow pulp,
a yellow pulp that’s not so good to think with.
Thinking becomes black spines —
pixels unsuitable for song.
Song becomes white scores —
scores unsuitable for eating.
White scones / black picks.
Live urchins   in a Guangzhou                 bin.

58.4

Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.
A prickly thing becomes a yellow pulp,
a yellow pulp that’s not so good to think with.
Thinking becomes black quills —
pixels we cannot sing.
The song becomes white scores —
bars we cannot swallow.
White scones on black picks.
Live urchins   in a Guang    zhou            bin.

58.5

Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.
A prickly thing becomes a yellow pulp,
a yellow pulp that’s not so good to think with.
Thinking becomes black quills —
pixels we cannot pluck.
Pizzicato of white scores —
postprandial Procne.
After vertebrate horror,
Live urchins   in a Guang    zhou            bin.

58.6

Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.
A prickly thing becomes a yellow pulp,
a yellow pulp that’s not so good to think with.
Thinking becomes black quills —
pixels we cannot pluck.
Pizzicato of blank bars —
Procne and her husband showed
what vertebrates amount to.
Live urchins        in a Guang     zhou                    bin.

58.7

Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.
A prickly thing becomes a yellow pulp,
a yellow pulp that’s not so good to think with.
Thinking becomes black quills —
pixels we cannot pluck.
Pizzicato of blank bars —
If we had to be born,
we should have been
live urchins        in a Guang     zhou                    bin.

58.8

Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.
A prickly thing becomes a yellow pulp,
a yellow pulp that’s not so good to think with.
Thinking becomes black quills —
pixels we cannot pluck.
Pizzicato of blank bars —
If we had to be born,
better as
live urchins        in a Guăng     zhou                    bin.

58.9

Live urchins in a Guangzhou bin.
A prickly thing becomes a yellow pulp,
a yellow pulp that’s not so good to think with.
Thinking becomes black quills —
pixels we cannot pluck.
Pizzicato of blank bars —
If we had to be born,
better as
live urchins        in a Guăng     zhou                    bin.