Friday, May 1, 2026

new from above/ground press: METAL OF THE FUTURE, by ryan fitzpatrick

METAL OF THE FUTURE
ryan fitzpatrick
$6


SO HYPE 
to join the last vestiges of humanity 
in existential struggle
but am I really, sincerely 
ARMAGETTING what that means?

*insert rockin’ solo*

*tap watch impatiently*

All of your loving?
All of your time?
MINE NOW! MINE!

Gonna melt the Arctic Circle of your heart
and also the planet
to extract what’s there

A REAL MARKET CONCEPT
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY  
AN AUTOMATED PROGRAM TRADING 
FED SLUICED LIQUIDITY 
FINANCIAL CIRCUIT BREAKER TYPE 
MARKET CONCEPT

Fig. 1: Market Cap by Rare Mineral Density

Irrationalized exuberance
BORING AMERICA

THERE IS SOME POINT TO IT
AND I DONT KNOW WHAT THAT POINT IS

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
May 2026
produced in part for activity at Banff Centre, May 11-18, 
2026, as part of the 50th anniversary of the University of 
Alberta Writer-in-Residence program

a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

ryan fitzpatrick
currently lives in Calgary, where the Bow meets the Elbow, spiritual centre of cowboy resentment.

This is fitzpatrick’s sixth above/ground press title, after STANZAS #25 (“further revisions,” July 2001), Adolesce (2005), dealingwithit.gif (2015), Dang Me (2020) and Spectral Arcs (2024). Report from the fitzpatrick Society, Vol 1. No. 1, appeared in 2023.

To order, send cheques (add $2 for postage; in US, add $3; outside North America, add $7) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com

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