POETRY • ABSURDISM • PSYCHEDELIC ROCK

in the loop

A psychedelic plunge into recursive absurdity inspired by the endlessly looping imagination of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

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Image: AI-generated using DALL·E and modified by the author; Poetry: written by Tristan Robert Lange, human-authored.

in order to get the gist i took my knotted fist punched it through the gizzard of a giant wizard lizard, king of a magma river, walking away like a shiver from condensational fuzz. float along on the buzz, a hive of robot stop abodes on a train that rides roads. choo-freaking-choo don’t stop, don’t hit no brake, swerving on like a rattlesnake, the nonagon doors open infinitely, go on, enter indiscriminantly.

don’t believe me? — the scoop is in the loop — can’t escape to even poop.

POET’S NOTE: Part of the *Wait. What?!?* collection. A playful absurdist tribute to King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard…particularly the wonderfully inescapable Nonagon Infinity (enter in from any track, play on repeat and try it out, https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/nonagon-infinity-2). If you’ve never explored the band, do yourself a favor. They’ve wandered through psychedelic rock, folk, jazz, metal, garage rock, jam music, synth-pop, microtonal experiments, and more. Chances are they’ve made an album for at least one corner of your musical taste. Go ahead. Look them up. I dare you. Double dare, even.

© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved. First published on tristanrobertlange.com, July 14, 2026.

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