THIS COALITION IS WITH TARGETS. IT EXISTS WITH AIM.
OUR TARGETS ARE: GAY FLAG-DRAPERS, WHITMANIAN TWINK POETS, WHITE LGBT POETS WHO USE THE TROPHY OF QUEERNESS AS NEGATOR OF RACIAL PRIVILEGE, THERE’S CHUNKS OF EGG ON YOUR FACE, POETS WHO SO NATURALLY APPROPRIATE AND ABIDE BY THE LANGUAGE OF FINANCE, POETS WHO CLAIM THAT POETRY IS RISK TAKING BUT CANNOT LOCATE THE DAMAGE: YOU WRITE FEAR POEMS IN SERVICE OF THE STATE, ASIAN AMERICAN MALE POETS WHO USE THEIR RACIALIZATION TO PROTECT WHITE GATEKEEPERS/WHITE CONNOISSEURS, POETS WHO USE HIP-HOP AS TRINKETS IN THEIR POEMS (WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE), POETS WHO LIVE BY WHITENESS AS PROPERTYBUT IN PERMANENT DENIAL, WHITE POETS AND THEIR ANIMAL STUDIES, MONOLINGUAL BITCHES, MONOREALIST BITCHES, BITCHES WHO WRITE IN ENGLISH BUT REFUSE TO SEE IT (IF YOU WRITE IN ENGLISH, YOU ARE ALREADY IN TRANSLATION), PROVINCIAL COSMOPOLITANS, ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT WHITE LACK, WHITE MINIMALISM, VANILLA ICE MEDIOCRITY, ALL THOSE WHO SEE THE WHITENESS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH BUT REFUSE TO CALL IT OUT, WHITE FASHIONISTAS, MARJORIE PERLOFF & KENNETH GOLDSMITH THE OVERSEERS OF POETRY AND THEIR OVERSEERS TRAINING PROGRAM IN PLANTATION MARKET POETICS, IF YOU CITE TONY HOAGLAND YOU’RE FUCKING RACIST, WHITE CONCEPTUALISM REPRODUCES WHITENESS--IF YOU CANNOT SEE THIS, YOU’VE BETRAYED MONGREL KIN; YOU’RE RACIST, CONCEPTUALIST WHITE LI(T)E--WE SEE THRU YOU (YOU REPACKAGE WHAT MONGRELS DREAM SPLICED), UNAPOLOGETIC EUROCENTRISTS, ADVOCATES FOR THE MARKET DEVIL, ADVOCATES FOR THE COP DEVIL, ADVOCATES FOR THE RAPIST DEVIL, ADVOCATES FOR THE JIM CROW DEVIL, WE ARE AGAINST POETRY THAT WORKS WITH PRISONS INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO POETS INSIDE THOSE PRISONS, WE REJECT ATTRACTIVENESS IN POETRY, WHITEPOWER MARXISM AND THEIR LABOR BOSSES, WE REJECT THOSE WHO FIDDLE WITH THE SPECTRUM OF ROTTING AS IF THEY COULD MODULATE IT, POETS WHO DON’T BELIEVE IN ANCESTRY, POETS WHO USE CRITIQUES OF AUTHENTICITY TO PROP UP APPROPRIATION, POETS WHO WRITE “IDENTITY POLITICS ARE BULLSHIT” AND THE PLATFORMS THAT CIRCULATE THIS ARE BULLSHIT, POETS WHO PERFORM THE CRISIS OF EL GRINGO BUT DON’T REALIZE IT, “A FEW ARE ALL DOING UNABASHEDLY POSTMODERN WORK THAT IS FREE WHEELING AND EXACTING IN ITS DEPLOYMENT OF EMOTION” AKA RAISIN TOKENS BLESSED BY FROSTED FLAKES, POC POETS WHO INSIST ON DECORUM, POETS WHO SHIT ON ETHNOPOETICS BUT NEVER THINK ABOUT INDIGENEITY. CARRYING THE TORCH OF VICTIMHOOD IN A VERY PARTICULAR WAY WE ARE UNINTERESTED IN PROTECTING WHITE POODLE FEMINISM. GO AWAY. THIS IS NOT AN OPEN GROUP. MEMBERSHIP IN THE GROUP MEANS A PERMANENT ALLEGIANCE TO THE TARGETING OF OUR TARGETS. WE ARE NOT YOUR RACE TUTORS. WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF EXCLUSIVITY.
DECOLONIZE OR DIE