Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
A team of peasant gardeners
hardened to the climate shrivelling them
breaks for an early lunch by the roadside. They are always here
because here is always here too, which is inevitable.
A team of peasant gardeners
hardened to the climate shrivelling them
breaks for an early lunch by the roadside. They are always here
because here is always here too, which is inevitable.
Brilliance escapes from the sun to the unfinished highway upon which our sandalled feet will never tread.
Hearts are so difficult to find now,
and one imagines that spirit is become extinct
as no-one sees fit any more to be scintillating.
(I really like this tune; it is so tuneful.)
Although spit would not dissolve in my mouth
(I was born of parents who refused me nothing)
it would seem appropriate to accommodate
another presence in this fleeting moment.
I received a note from Chloë yesterday, asking me where she has been of late. This seems perverse, as I don’t know where anyone has been of late, as I myself have been away and managing my affairs by remote control. She also begged to remind me that these are the days that try to turn into weeks and months but will stop short at turning into years. I have no idea what she’s talking about. Indeed, I don’t know who this Chloë person is. I can only assume the note was delivered to the wrong address.
from Works in Progress
I am so happy
but I know tomorrow
I will be unhappy.
from “Up and Down and Sideways”
The sun is out
but here come the clouds.
from “Today’s Weather”
I am so happy
but I know in the morning
I will be the exact opposite.
from “I Think I’ve Said This Before”
“The sweat of the sun, the tears of the moon”
sun god
king
child of the sun
dark road
black dog
“To live in the Sun’s warmth while others spend their eternal days in the cold earth”
widows spared
honeyed earth
forcing patience
burned water
opinion stretched
dejected fire
spatial consequence
collapsed air
fellowship widows
I think you know what you are in my heart no matter what I say I think you are there I am calm to face the problem of my life
I think you know what I say in my heart I think you are the problem of my life it does not matter I am calm to face what you are
I think you know that what matters is you are in my heart I think you and I are there to face the problem I am you and you are my calmer life