new from above/ground press: That H uman E ffluence A nd P lastic, by russell carisse

That H uman E ffluence A nd P lastic
russell carisse
$6

§1.078

Does your recombine-harvester’s entropy drive knock under stress? Are you able to hear the subtle differences in trash density? Have you even considered harmonic relativity? If not, then you’re missing what looks to be the next Water Rush, but you can still act if you act now! The HEAP can proto-fit your’s, and all we ask is that you preform your operations in accordance with our corporate philosophy: it’s always about the process, and may your’s complicate the process infinitely. Proto-fit now!

§1.934

Summer awoke in yesterday’s clothes, sweaty from fever induced dreams. After struggling with the soaked clothes, it was the usual swish into the neé 3003 model water extractor’s hopper. The inefficiency of changing burned the much needed time to do nothing. Doing nothing burned in the back of their mind, while their calculated motions worked for sufficient gains. New clothes from the receptacle unwrapped, with less struggle put on muttering,”I’ll get that new model yet, then you'll see me here!”

§1.009

What began before The Great Coagulation as a modest family septic-tank company, Human Effluents And Plastic (HEAP), has become the only name of trust. If it wasn’t for Sum deGuy’s micro-water extraction technique, we would be distilling landfill juice, for our water needs to this day. With discovery that plastic harbours microscopic amounts water, Sum began a patented process to squeeze the water out before landfill. A most complicated process employing the largest supply chains employing us all.

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
October 2025
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

russell carisse is currently living on unceded Wolastoqiyik/Mi’kmaw territory in New Brunswick. Here they have resettled from Tkaronto (Treaty 13) to an off-grid trailer in the woods, with their family of people and animals, to grow food and practice other forms of underconsumption. Author of five chapbooks, their work forthcoming or in, ARC Poetry, Queen’s Quarterly, The Temz Review, Touch the Donkey, also online. Website: russellcarisse.carrd.co Mastodon: @russellcarisse@writing.exchange Bluesky: @russellcarisse.bsky.social

This is carisse's fourth title through above/ground press, after English Garden Bondage (2022), In The Margins. . . . . .of french translations found and remixed by russell carisse (2024) and poetry and labour / is concrete (2024).

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