The Quotational Squonnet (taken from PhD references collection)

Gender is always a doing, though not a doing by a subject
If single identity is a delusion of the monotheistic mind
Galumphing through the immaculately rambunctious and seemingly inexhaustible
Gender is always a doing, though not a doing by a subject

There is such little grace given to the perfect messiness of desire
Since single identity is a delusion of the monotheistic mind
The experience of internal conflict is one that we all know intimately
This is the universal message of the clever fool. 

A single identity is a delusion of the monotheistic mind
There is such little grace given to the perfect messiness of desire
Thus the clown leads us beyond discursive reason
Gender is always a doing, though not a doing by a subject

Galumphing into the immaculately rambunctious and seemingly inexhaustible
Is how the clown leads us beyond discursive reason
Laughing at the internal conflict we all know intimately
This is the universal message of the clever fool
This is the universal message of the clever fool
This is the universal message of the clever fool

 

November 2025

 

 

 

A 7x16 Squonnet* is an experimental poem based loosely on the Duplex by Jericho Brown

*Rules I made up:
1.  Write or find 7 unconnected lines
2.  Assign each one a number from 1-7, randomly or any other way
3.  Write each line in the following order to create four stanzas:
              1 2 5 1
              6 2 7 4
              2 6 3 1
              5 3 7 4
4. Edit freely