visual-poetry:

“two equal texts” by micah lexier and christian bok

THIS TEXT AND THE ONE
BESIDE IT ARE EQUAL.
I WROTE THIS ONE FIRST,
AND THEN I GAVE IT TO MY
FRIEND CHRISTIAN BOK
AND ASKED HIM TO
GENERATE A NEW TEXT
USING EVERY LETTER AND
EVERY PUNCTUATION
MARK THAT I USED IN MINE.
THE OTHER TEXT IS HIS. [by micah lexier]

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MICAH LEXIER REQUESTED
IN ADVANCE THAT I
REINVENT HIS TEXT. SO
I UNKNOTTED IT AND
REKNITTED INTO THIS 
VERY FORM, BUT THEN I 
BEGAN TO THINK THAT HIS 
MESSAGE HAD ALREADY 
RESEWN A TOUTED ART 
OF GENUINE POETRY. HIS
EERIE TEXT WAS MINE. [by christian bok]