TOPOS by Matt Broaddus
THE PARIS REVIEW
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…
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. [1, 2, 3]
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 Roth, Jack 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. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Famous Features
- Writers at Work: This gold-standard interview series has featured literary titans like Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Maya 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. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
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. [1, 2, 3, 4]
You can explore their vast archive or subscribe for digital access to over seventy years of literary history. [1]
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