torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture family class wedding graduation prom panoramic pornographic paleoanthropic yabba dabba doo abu torture torture scream shout spill tell all twenty questions and answer me bitch snitch itch scratch and sniff whiff torture torture tincture suture feature aperture adventure puncture creature lecture couture stature denture fracture torture torture dog man penis bars wars words world premiere spotlight light of day night of day right of way away torture torture cat fight fright freight fraught taught taut as a wire fire ready aim maim claim same just the same just torture torture halls walls prison freedom democracy demonic evil eve apple of my eye why so shy smile say cheese torture torture chamber bed pot maid made the devil do it you oughta be in snap shots bullets speeding needle torture torture bombs away you dropped the bomb on me baby burn baby inferno hell smell shit dung feces species torture torture separate men from boys from women from machines from monsters from homes from families from torture torture perfect reflect genuflect bow bough poplar trees strange fruit pick prick suck mimic one hour photo torture torture when the bough breaks stakes shake it like a polaroid window peek sneak look see to shining sea torture torture flee beat it boogie jungle desert tropical paradise sandstorm windstorm maelstrom strom thurmond torture torture flood flow leak drip drip drip drip chinese water lose my mind's eye visualize sexualize lights camera torture torture bush shrub hedge fence steal steel oil slimy greasy dirty black gold coast continent dark congo bonzo torture torture naked strip rape stick truncheon luncheon eat meat pork swine pig gas tear orange tea party boston torture torture bosnia ethnic ethic thick tricky dick kissinger killing fields cambodia tuol sleng skull and crossbones torture torture crossbow spear assault rifle missile nuclear warhead pothead smoke fire inhale impale severed head torture torture shower camp station ghetto inner city tenement project projectile target practice black brown beige torture torture life is beautiful stunning shocking awful terrible terrifying like resembling similar to same as terrorism torture torture civil war civilization domestication home front lines infantry infantile juvenile delinquent detainment torture torture jesus dr. seuss lorax trees orchards fields crops farm harvest migrant immigrant border cross nailed torture torture holocaust cost effective genocide genetic eugenic gene jeans blues levi strauss anthropology man kind torture torture tower power trip travel air fair just justice supreme court house white might out of sight incite riot pat torture torture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies fantasize escape flight addiction torture torture moderate middle center centerfold spreadsheet spread eagle with pornography for one nation under torture torture united handcuffed mangled martyred all saints' eve capacity crowd halloween no room at the inn torture torture hogs dogs gods clash of the titans atlas sisyphus hades shades shadows closed doors self surveillance torture torture video panopticon prisoners speak digitally on cell phones home teleprompting images rosie is riveted torture torture woman's place is in the house of horrors howling we have met the frankenstein monster and she is us torture torture me rollin over human rights gangstah style meanwhile back at the ranch branding iron's on the fire torture torture hard to define but i known it when i obscene it name shame game sporting try survival of the hit-ist torture torture hazing initiation you're in capitalism christianity civilization wear the letters with pride prude prank torture torture good clean fun for all ages bc and ad bachelor party laughs last right through wedding day massacre torture torture sand shit dirt dogs cells saddam bush two wrongs make a right-wing financial fundamentalist coo(p) torture torture glory gory fall(el)ujah battle him beat him defeat him demoralize him demolish him desecrate him torture torture talk inform cooperate jump down turn around pick cotton auction block cell block black buck fucked torture torture all systems go full speed ahead a ok roger thumbs up two thumbs up must see blockbuster ballbreaker torture torture cliffhanger a thousand and one nights scheherazade tells stories as if her life depends on fictiona-lies torture torture window frame view vista horizon her eyes on his bare bear body lumbering wood hard rod sodomize torture torture pile pyramid stack stake raise ante anti muslim muslin linen lenin lennon imagine assassin ass mule torture torture painting panting heaving vomit spit spew by numbers death count toll bell horn porn viewer voyeur torture torture sadist soldier guard warden governor president prime minister leader ruler emperor master lord god torture torture rack fire needles under nails dismemberment solitary confinement threats to loved ones electroshock torture torture postcard wish you were here souvenir come again soon y'all come back now ya hear ear fear dear dad torture torture dorian paint me a canvas capture reality humanity preserve beastiality ignorance evil illusions eternal torture torture flesh ashtray cheek boot cleaner penis joystick prison playstation father dog thralldom pyrrhic victory torture torture telescope microscope magnifying glass spectacles viewfinder binoculars closer closer try a contact lens torture torture disappeared  vanished  vanquished  vamoosed vaporized  victimized  vide  invalidated  veni   vidi  vici torture torture we're losing our heads hoods masks lone ranger keeping the planet safe from communism community torture torture your favorite foreign movie won't you smile for the camera i know i'll love you better i've seen your torture torture vogue   rogue  rouge  blush  zinfandel  infidel  intifida  infanticide  insecticide  sect  sectionalism shun torture
torture hooded bagged stacked stripped wired leashed cuffed smeared objectified what's wrong with this torture torture motion x-ray perfect window book gallery frame puzzle tube do ya get the words worth or worthless torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture torture         

 

 

 

________________________________________

"a thousand words" first appeared in the African American Literature and Culture Society Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 1.

 

back to issue one

 

[ page 1 of 1 ]