TOPOS by Matt Broaddus

 THE PARIS REVIEW

Topos


When I was regional

they let me have hands

delicately they let me out of the factory

I was free

to draw lines with borrowed hands

failing to reproduce

the one tree

growing sideways out of the one coffee shop

such were the nutritional demands

of the national imagination

nobody noticed the detached roofs

the triangular eyes moving downtown

away from crime

I had been decreasing

for a long time

without media fanfare

from the five skylights in heaven

I heard a voice say

You’ll never win the prize for architecture

with a mouth like yours

  
TOPOS by Matt Broaddus

IN THE PARIS REVIEW 

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Of course what is below 
it’s AI
What’s above is POETIC HUMANITY 
ONE CREATIVE HUMAN 
POET 
REAL FEEL REVEAL HUMAN 
CREATIVE 

GET OVER YOUR FALSE SELF
GET OUT OF ANY STAID STUCK 
ATTACHED MIND WAYS 
LEARN HOW TO LEARN 
LEARNING AS LIFE SURE 
AINT ROCKET SCIENCE… 
FEEL LIFE 
FULLY HUMAN 
USE THE LATEST LEARNING AIDS 
BE PROACTIVE, learn. 
GET ON THE FRONT FOOT, learn. 
DONT WAIT AND LET THEM SURVEIL EWE… 
BIG TECH SUCKS YOUR BRAIN
ANYONE ON LLM SOCIAL MEDIA 
IS GETTING YOUR BRAIN SUCKED, 
like a vampire stealing your life blood. 
EWE SIGNED UP FOR THEIR 
ATTACHED MIND “TERMS & CONDITIONS” 
SO DONT BLAME “THEM” (the billionaire” owning class) IF EWE DIDNT READ WHAT EWE TICKED 
THEY’LL MANIPULATD EWE. 
USE EWE. 
CORAL EWE. 
RE SELL EWE. 
AND YOU WONDER WHY YOU REMAIN SELF IGNORANT? ABOUT LEARNING? 
TOOLS AND AI ARE JUST A MODERN PENCIL CASE 
FOR ASTUTE CLUEY SWITCHED ON LEARNERS
WHO choose which tools they learn with. 
WHAT COLOURS ARE YOU DISCERNINGLY Selecting? From your creative pencil case? 
LEARNING
SELECTIVE
PAYING ATTENTION 
YOU LEADING YOU 
YOU LEARNING YOU 
YOU NOT WAITING TO BD SPOON FED LIKE A BIG BABBY BOT TELL… 
Just as ewe were in that Prison…  aka Skool 
WHAT SCARES THE SELF IGNORANT NON LEARNERS IS NOW THERE IS NOWHERE LEFT TO HIDE! NO ONE LEFT TO BLAME! NO ONE LEFT BEHIND! 
In this modern contemporary learning led, life long fresh landscape of personal response ABILITY! 
THAT IS THE REAL FEAR NOW. 
A personal inability or self ignorant resistance to LEARNING (which is active) as opposed to being spoon fed in prison buy the controlling guards… aka economic rationalism outcomes education as obedient productivity. Education as chained to the millionaire wheel… get a top score go to jail and do not get 200$ monopoly gaming fake paper money educated sheepy peep poll towing the self ignorant line… people pleasing, greasing palms, lobbying, scrolling, dooming, rolling over, complicit, compliant, not even brave enough to learn, speak up or pay attention… and you then blame AI? WTF? 
LEARNING FOR LIFE 
AS IT’S ALWAYS BEEN… 
TRY THE LATEST ON DIRECTLY 
ENGAGE WITH IT FULLY
DIRECT LIVED EXPERIENCE 
PLAY FULL 
PLAY WITH IT ACTIVELY 
LEARN IT 
PLAY WITH LEARNING LIGHTLY
Don’t BE PASSIVELY TAUGHT IT… 
or think ewe no buy being spoon Fed buy legacy media aka billionaires who manipulate and use ewe! 
THOSE DUMB FUCK LIMITING MASS MEDIA DAZE ARE OVER 
YOU LEFT PRISON SCHOOL DECADES AGO 
DO NOT BE SCARED. 
OF NOW! 
LEARN HOW TO LEARN A GAIN… 
DIVE IN ☮️ LEARN 
IMMERSE 💦 LEARNING 
GET FULLY WET 🤣 ACTIVE 
LIFE LONG. 
NOW. One moment please! 🤣😍🦉
LIVE FULLY 
FROM LEARNING ☮️🎶🔥🙏🤣💦
AI is just a tool. Don’t ewe bee COME one too… 
L u c e a t 💡L u x 💡 V e s t r a 


Now read this AI below 
Promise, it won’t hurt one little bit… 
If you choose… learning 
IF YOU CAN? Learn 
Prioritise? your own response ABILITY? 
YOUR PLAY FULL learning… 
Thank you to all the lead learners out there
🎉🔥🎨🦉💃🐸 
and don’t forget the frogs… #MILF 
Mmmm I LOVE FROGS 🐸🐸🐸🇫🇷 #GGH
The Paris Review is a prestigious quarterly literary magazine that has been a cornerstone of the English-language literary world since its founding in Paris in 1953. While it is celebrated for championing new fiction and poetry, it is perhaps most famous for its legendary "Writers at Work" interview series, which provides deep, craft-focused insights into the lives of history's greatest authors. [123]
Core Identity & History
  • Founding: Established by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton, who edited the journal for five decades.
  • Mission: The magazine was created to prioritise creative work—fiction and poetry—over the heavy literary criticism that dominated journals at the time.
  • Legacy: It has published early work by icons such as Philip RothJack Kerouac, and Samuel Beckett.
  • The Eagle Logo: Designed by William Pène du Bois, the iconic logo features an American eagle wearing a French Phrygian cap and holding a pen. [1234]
Famous Features
  • Writers at Work: This gold-standard interview series has featured literary titans like Ernest HemingwayT.S. EliotMaya Angelou, and Toni Morrison.
  • The Daily: The magazine maintains an active online presence featuring essays, diaries, and cultural commentary.
  • Audio Series: Recent ventures include The Paris Review Podcast and "Personals," an audio series where writers read first-person essays. [1234567]
Recent Leadership & Updates
  • Current Editor: Emily Stokes took over as editor-in-chief in 2021, introducing a minimalist redesign that pays homage to the magazine's late-1960s aesthetic.
  • Current Issue: The Spring 2026 issue (No. 255) is the latest release.
  • Community: The magazine hosts the annual Spring Revel, a gala that honours distinguished writers with awards like the Hadada and the Plimpton Prize. [1234]
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