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1972, after much reading of Cage and a personal letter from him,
regarding my having been "let go" (fired) at Kenyon
College, I developed a poetry technique which I later termed
"Fluxpoems." At that time I cut out words from magazines
and newspapers, usually in bold type (similar to what a kidnapper
would do, I think) and rolled dice as to how to past them down. Ie.
If I rolled a seven I would pick out seven pieces of paper from a
hat, paste therm down, and so on. I rolled dice as to number of
lines. Today, I picked up a newspaper, closed my eyes, made marks with a magic marker, then typed up the words marked in order. I limited my choice to ten marks for the sake of brevity. Don Boyd Fluxus West
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