(under)cover letter

To Anybody, Chair of the Search Committee of Choice:

With this letter I would like to introduce myself and state my disqualifications for a position at the University of Anywhere. I have recently completed a Doctorate in Something from the University of Somewhere, where I also earned a Master of Arts in Anything. I also hold a Bachelor of Arts in B.S. Studies from Some College, where I graduated with Dishonors. Currently, I am Professor of Nothing at the Nowhere School of No Research. I believe that my lack of experience meets your search criteria.

I have not been teaching anything for many years now. As a graduate student, I taught nothing in particular except on occasion, when I would teach something for some time. When absolutely unnecessary, I also taught a little of everything in order to not be teaching anything else. As a professor, I now teach courses in nothing all the time to both undergraduate and graduate students from everywhere, as well as from the middle of nowhere. In the future, I intend to underdevelop a series of non-topics related to Something Studies, Anything Studies, Everything Studies, and Nothing Studies. As such, in addition to introductory courses, I would be eager to offer advanced courses related to my field(s) of study that lose sight of both the aims of the program and the needs of the students.

Besides my experience in not teaching, I am very committed to not doing research in the multiple and various areas(s) of study mentioned above. I have not presented any papers at academic conferences, or published any articles in scholarly journals. My dissertation, "Bla Bla Bla: The Jargon of Gibberish," explores the evolution of "bla bla bla" throughout history in terms of a discursive discourse of discursivity and/or discursiveness that culminates in nonsensical nonsense. After much (hypo)critical reflection about potential misdirections, my current disinterests focus on issues related to non-issues, primarily in the form of contemporary concerns, on the one hand, and post-contemporary indifference, on the other.

In conclusion, I would like to assert that, in addition to not teaching or doing research, I would be committed to not serving the university in any capacity whatsoever. Although my current position does not include duties or responsibilities, I have forced myself to serve as the coordinator of the Non Servium organization for several semesters. For no other reasons, and many others, I feel that I am duly disqualified to apply for the position, and that, should I be ultimately granted the job, I would have nothing to offer or to gain from working at the University of Anywhere.


Regretfully Yours,


Dr. No 1

prefeitura atrapalhando

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um surreal

Copyright © 2014 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

Plano Surreal

O Plano Surreal é um programa de desestabilização imaginária, iniciado oficialmente em 1 de julho de 2014 com a publicação da Medida Permanente nº 1 no DIÁRIO NÃO OFICIAL DA DESUNIÃO, que institui a Unidade Surreal de Valor (USV), estabelece regras de subversão e abuso de valores monetários, inicia a intoxicação da economia, e determina o lançamento de uma nova moeda, o Surreal.

"Aqui nasce a moeda que reivindicará, a partir de 1 de julho de 2014, uma sobrevalorização de 1 quatrilhão por cento. Sim, 1.000.000.000.000.000%. Dá para decorar? Perdemos a noção disso porque realizamos uma reforma monetária em que trocamos a moeda nacional. Um descarte de 16 dígitos. Caso único no Novo Mundo, desde o realismo maravilhoso."

 

-- Gringo Carioca

DIREITO(S)

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Butterfly

A butterfly with broken wings
Paints the blue sky as she sings
A tune in tones of loneliness,
Serene and serendipitous.

I see an ocean in her eyes,
The stars before a clear sunrise;
I feel the scent of a summer breeze,
On a sandy shore of reveries.

Would she fly into my arms,
Held captive by a stranger’s charm?
Could she flutter with a smile,
To come and play with me awhile?

Love leaves footprints on a trail
Of tears that cry to no avail;
A stream of petals, floating thoughts:
She loves me, she loves me not ...

Copyright © 2000 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

Strange Crush

A stranger casts a hidden glance,
A shadow of a smile;
And missing yet another chance
Must bear to wait awhile.

Reflections of a moment past,
Echoes of a sigh;
Memories fade but feelings last,
Still he wonders why?

The lonesome call of love persists
In burning tongues of flame;
Though he may struggle to resist
It scorches just the same.

Well, time will tell its reasons,
As destiny awaits.
Unfolding over seasons
It would never be too late

To muster up the courage
To confront his sense of pride.
For him to say:“I want to hold you
Closely by my side”

Might free his soul of sorrow,
As he sees with hopeful eyes,
The prospect that tomorrow
She might help his spirit rise.

A stranger makes his first advance
To discover what lies in store;
Taking this, his only chance,
In fear lives he no more.

Copyright © 2000 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

Fool's Enlightenment

Who am I? Who are you?
Where are we from and going to?
What’s the meaning of this game?
Why the fuss? It's all so lame!
Nothing special’s happening here!
Is this some senseless joke? I fear
It won’t last too long at all
Before we all just slip and fall
Away like autumn leaves
Unless some trick is up our sleeves;
If hands are quicker than the eye,
That some secret’s passed me by,
Could I look close enough to see
That the joke is all on me?
There is laughter all around,
Cause my reason is unsound,
I’ve missed the point so far,
The depth of who we are,
The wonder of all things
And the happiness it brings
To look around in awe
At the world without a flaw,
And myself a mystery ...
It's truly great to be
Alive, having seen
What a blind fool I’ve been!

Copyright © 2000 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

rio sem rumo

Copyright © 2014 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

CEP 20.000 (19/12/2013)

20:30 - Fora de Área
20:40 - Luis Turiba
20:45 - Marco Alexandre de Oliveira
20:50 - Deborah Prates
20:55 - Pedro Miranda
21:00 - Adiron Marcos
21:05 - Miriade Produçoes jr.
21:10 - Plástico Bolha + monique nix
21:20 – Beatriz Provasi
21:30 - Dado Amaral
21:35 - Tereza Seiblitz
21:45 - Ramón Rivera
21:55 – Luana Costa
22:05 - Dudu Pererê + Alice Souto
22:15 - Demillus & Dulloren
(monjope, Carlos Antonio Mattos (tantão) e daniel castanheira).
22:35 – chacal + todo mundo
22:45 – fim.

23:00 – o cep segue na rua. na cidade. no mundo. no espaço.

cotidianas brasileiras

o dia-a-dia

adia

a alegria

...

o trabalho

é chato

pra caralho

...

a sua beleza

cansa

a minha pobreza

...

do balacobaco
esse oba-oba
virou um saco

...

tiro no pé:
passou por malandro,
e acabou mané!

...

sem fumo
a bebida ficou
sem rumo

...

a sua bola
quanto mais enche
menos rola

...

o trânsito

tem sinais

de pânico

...

o prefeito
está atrapalhando
para não ser perfeito

...

chega!

o trem

não vem

Copyright © 2013-2014 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

somos o que somos

eu,

tanto quanto

o outro,

tão eu

quanto outro,

quanto mais eu que outro,

tanto menos outro que eu

enquanto

o outro,

tanto quanto

eu,

tão outro

quanto eu,

quanto mais outro que eu,

tanto menos eu que outro

no entanto

tanto eu

quanto o outro,

enquanto eu,

enquanto outro,

somos

tanto outro

quanto eu,

enquanto outro,

enquanto eu

então

eu,

tanto quanto

o outro,

somos

tanto o outro,

quanto eu

!?!

*Publicado em mallarmargens: revista de poesia e arte contemporânea 

Vol. 2 No. 4 (August 2013)

ISSN 2316-3887

http://www.mallarmargens.com

a moment on the road ...

"And for just a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step across chronological time into timeless shadows, and wonderment in the bleakness of the mortal realm, and the sensation of death kicking at my heels to move on, with a phantom dogging its own heels, and myself hurrying to a plank where all the angels dove off and flew into the holy void of uncreated emptiness, the potent and inconceivable radiancies shining in bright Mind Essence, innumerable lotus-lands falling open in the magic mothswarm of heaven. I could hear an indescribable seething roar which wasn’t in my ear but everywhere and had nothing to do with sounds. I realized that I had died and been reborn numberless times but just didn’t remember especially because the transitions from life to death and back to life are so ghostly easy, a magical action for naught, like falling asleep and waking up again a million times, the utter casualness and deep ignorance of it. I realized it was only because of the stability of the intrinsic Mind that these ripples of birth and death took place, like the action of wind on a sheet of pure, serene, mirror-like water."

(Jack Kerouac, On the Road)

Gringo e Os Cariocas: "Vírgula"

Gringo = Marco Oliveira

Os Cariocas = Bráulio e Breno Coelho

Direção: Daniel Paes

Evento: CEP 20.000 

Local: Espaço Sérgio Porto

Data: 26/09/2013

Issue #31 of OTOLITHS: A MAGAZINE OF MANY E-THINGS

geographies: Comet

Mark Young

Announcing issue #31 of Otoliths, containing a wide-ranging spectrum of work, this time from Katrinka Moore, Andrew Topel, Philip Byron Oakes, John Hand, Bjarte Alvestad, Louis Armand, Jac Nelson, rob mclennan, Bob Marcacci, Anna Ryan-Punch, Robert Lee Brewer, J. Crouse, Jack Galmitz, John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett & Thomas M. Cassidy, John M. Bennett & Matthew Stolte, John M. Bennett & Baron, John M. Bennett & Jim Leftwich, Gary Barwin, Anny Ballardini, Bogdan Puslenghea, Ed Baker, Willie Smith, Raymond Farr, gary lundy, Caitlin Annette Johnson, Francesco Aprile, Marilyn R. Rosenberg, Travis Cebula, sean burn, Ross B. Stager, John Pursch, Marco Alexandre de Oliveira, Tom Beckett, SS Prasad, Claramarie Burns, Stephen Nelson, Daniel Morris, Lakey Comess, Stephen C. Middleton, Owen Bullock, Marcia Arrieta, Márton Koppány, Robert Okaji, Roger Williams, Norman Abjorensen, Bobbi Lurie, Richard Barrett & Rachel Sills, Jeff Harrison, Mark Roberts, Susan Gangel, Jennie Cole, Eileen R. Tabios, Steven D. Stark, Mary Cresswell, Donna Fleischer, Marty Hiatt, Emily Stewart, Stu Hatton, Bob Heman, Thomas Fink, Thomas Fink & Maya Diablo Mason, Aditya Bahl, Cherie Hunter Day, Aaron Robertson, bruno neiva, Carla Bertola, Alberto Vitacchio, Chris D'Errico, Michael Brandonisio, J. D. Nelson, & Tony Beyer.

rat race

r-r-ring! and they're off ...

one after another and --

in a flash, they're gone.

Copyright © 2005 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

CEP 20.000 (09/2013)

bicho

caso
o bicho pegue,
pegue o bicho
pelo rabo ...

sc(r)am artist

an artist came by

with a work of lies,

and asked if I

would buy it

then reasoned why

I might comply,

since only I

could eye it

he finally sighed

as I replied,

if true then I

would try it

on somebody else,

on anybody else,

since nobody else

could deny it

 ! ? !

Copyright © 2005 Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

 

A POESIA EM CURTO-CIRCUITO

MALLARMARGENS: REVISTA DE POESIA E ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA

"A POESIA EM CURTO-CIRCUITO DO GRINGOCARIOCA" 

http://www.mallarmargens.com/2013/08/a-poesia-em-curto-circuito-do.html

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