Archive for December, 2008

the that fact
the it was
the were


attempting again proximity with the dead as though they stay in place unmoved stop
as though I could measure closeness if I scratched it with tiny marks stop
opened again the fine pleating that opening each time damages stop
as if it were a stranger’s hand my hand again replaying the reaching out it failed to do stop
gauging [...]


Must see and not see
Must not see nothing
Burrow and so burrow
Measuring mastering


One of our cats, the apricot-colored one, is sleeping in the computer as I write this. He doesn’t give a shit one way or the other. As long as the machine stays warm.


I think that then the burning herd
Will turn and follow me towards you
Like unicorns.


Don’t worry I will tell you everything.


“Listen Bird, why do we have to sit here dying
in a half-furnished room? [...]“