Jots from '07

1. "gypsum shows."

five lines of thirst on the fishing creek
currents prowling because of eddies placed there over years


2. "even the hand knows"

blue
what the valley holds besides the floods
it’s 3:02 it’s hard to finish a sentence in this province
without bui/lding walls


3. "cubism"

Or low tide/ built the wall to keep out the bills/ to keep out the bill collectors
the biology

let’s talk about the whales
sunbathing getting caught
by tourists
cameras’
wares

blustery weather
two blues two lamps
I imagine you still wild on the land

ahead

ahead

right angle over oblong over obelisk stolen
over time to find the time
to
take the right steps and chase the point at which opposing lines
- --------- -- - meet.


4. "sooner than five seconds ago"

big shoes are odd
they make you feel important
their leathery print
tells you you’ve found your
first steps


5. ”backspace”

I have decided on a new tattoo
two new tattoos


6. ”background”

I need ribbons and packages now
the truth of the holiday card
addressed and yet handed

over like the war to primary school lessons
on the war
and the politicians
who didn't know the soldiers
who couldn't understand remorse


7. ”le colis”


Labels for this post
saved draft
beating heart giving more
man who placed doorstop in place
going to the patio for a visit over biscotti


8. ”on thomas’ title grief thief of time”

Beethoven
you bore those things like pits and divorces
with string of wind
and breath of lovers
canons round and round
in the voice
carried with us, history makes first