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Chen Kehua

Specimens of Immorality

     ii. carnal crossword

you write me down in the squares just above centre
this is a concrete reflection of the geometric position
     I occupy in your heart
at the same time you think about various other bodies
and how to join me up with them

1 across:
the gender ratio of absolute masculinity (or femininity)
     in the spirit world
2 across:
the first question that needs to be addressed
     in the reformation of morality
3 across:
the entropy of pleasure
4 across:
the metaphysical meanings of the soul
     corresponding to various parts of the body
5 across:
the reason why a certain position makes you
     feel like throwing up
6 across:
listen

1 down:
the son born to an idiot-girl raped by her
     idiot-father
2 down:
familiar term for an angel’s genitalia
3 down:
a womb capable of ambulation
4 down:
a synonym for “death” used in physics
5 down:
the blank necessary to your entire life
6 down:
is the corporeal body the first and last faith


1995

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Specimens of Immorality

     ii. carnal crossword

you write me down in the squares just above centre
this is a concrete reflection of the geometric position
     I occupy in your heart
at the same time you think about various other bodies
and how to join me up with them

1 across:
the gender ratio of absolute masculinity (or femininity)
     in the spirit world
2 across:
the first question that needs to be addressed
     in the reformation of morality
3 across:
the entropy of pleasure
4 across:
the metaphysical meanings of the soul
     corresponding to various parts of the body
5 across:
the reason why a certain position makes you
     feel like throwing up
6 across:
listen

1 down:
the son born to an idiot-girl raped by her
     idiot-father
2 down:
familiar term for an angel’s genitalia
3 down:
a womb capable of ambulation
4 down:
a synonym for “death” used in physics
5 down:
the blank necessary to your entire life
6 down:
is the corporeal body the first and last faith


1995

Specimens of Immorality

     ii. carnal crossword

you write me down in the squares just above centre
this is a concrete reflection of the geometric position
     I occupy in your heart
at the same time you think about various other bodies
and how to join me up with them

1 across:
the gender ratio of absolute masculinity (or femininity)
     in the spirit world
2 across:
the first question that needs to be addressed
     in the reformation of morality
3 across:
the entropy of pleasure
4 across:
the metaphysical meanings of the soul
     corresponding to various parts of the body
5 across:
the reason why a certain position makes you
     feel like throwing up
6 across:
listen

1 down:
the son born to an idiot-girl raped by her
     idiot-father
2 down:
familiar term for an angel’s genitalia
3 down:
a womb capable of ambulation
4 down:
a synonym for “death” used in physics
5 down:
the blank necessary to your entire life
6 down:
is the corporeal body the first and last faith


1995
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