JUSTIN MARKS









Quotation Marks

I have a delicate constitution:
90% of the time
I feel like throwing up


Life is suffering,
my friend joked
and I believed him                                                                    

 

I wouldn't mind having more friends,
but that requires so much
talking

 

My body,
I think it hates me


Little things can bring
great pleasure,
but that can't be all there is
to happiness                                                    

 

My mistakes are honest
results of being too earnest,
or so I'm told

 

I cut the line
about cutting my wrists


I don't care if we ever speak again,                                             
but I'd love to keep
re-having our last conversation








Matter of Fact

I wanted to create the ocean, the sky,
the intricate structure of a leaf

and thought by now
I'd have come close.

What joy I have
in knowing creation of that sort

does not exist.
The world has little

use for me.
Its glare blinds.

How glad I am
for the orbit I inhabit.

A planet to the sun.








Dedicated Insights


There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to varied actions.
That's why dedicated Insight Teams are needed to identify the inferences behind the data.

Still, the most important aspect of the future is custom dialogue change. 
Addressing all of the above or something else is imperative.

For optimal experience, ensure the right message is received.








First Mover Advantage

As landscapes evolve, an extended reach and position can help you gain visibility and carve out automated "open garden" solutions.

However, if you can't measure it, you can't manage it.
That's why decision makers at all levels should understand your most relevant data and confidently act on it.

Knowing what works (and doesn't) is critical.
Our experts can provide you with nothing less than the ability to easily integrate, mix, maximize and mitigate behavior.

The days of shrink-to-fit solutions are over.








Leveraging the Convenience of an Additional Strategy

Extend the channel and continue to own.
Gain the edge by taking advantage of coming trends.

As new developments emerge among cohorts and influencers, the need for self-cross-self-service capabilities will rise.

In both scenarios, transformation is key.
Privilege and access decrease delinquency.








Increasing Visibility and Relevance

Natural results are achieved by crawling for what's new.

But that doesn't stop landscapes from changing constantly.
That's why recommend plans for ongoing relationships, complete with custom-crafted benchmark measurements, are advisable.

What's attractive today, isn't tomorrow.

 














Justin Marks
' poems appear in recent issues of MiPOesias, The Literary Review, Typo, Word For/ Word, Can We Have Our Ball Back?, McSweeney's, Black Warrior Review and Coconut, and are forthcoming from La Petite Zine, H_NGM_N, Fulcrum, Bedside Guide to Not Tell Motel – Second Floor, and the Outside Voices 2008 Anthology of Younger Poets. His chapbook, You Being You by Proxy, was published by Kitchen Press in 2005. [Summer     insular], his new chapbook, is forthcoming from Horse Less Press in 2007. He is Editor of LIT magazine and lives in New York City.




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