Hi Erminia,
I find the first 6 lines gorgeous. Really lovely. I'd ditch the rest purely
on grounds of the former being so hard to live up to / with.
best
Randolph Healy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clitennestra" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: statement
> Inquiry: second case study
> "At the fountain" of Wa(l)ter <Benjamin>
>
>
> between reconstruction
> and recuperation
> I kiss the mouth
> of a marble fountain
> and it (the object)
> is freed from utility
>
> how it vibrates
> in an oblivion of centuries
> from a mnemonic
> foundation
>
> the light quivers
> on the vault
> as I plunge my hand
> into the green water
>
> a turquoise pool
> of unbroken reverberations
> where I drop an "òo"
> an "àa-àa"
> and an "èe-èe-èe", and again an " èe"
>
> Òoooo àaaaaa
> Èeeeee
> Òoooòooo òo òo òo
>
> Then I consult the oracle:
>
> once upon a time a tiny little girl came to this fountain
> to drink the water that belonged to Tanathos
>
> the stream was cold
> her nails became frailer and frailer
> her glance dimmed
> and her heart withered
>
> (the guardian came to her and said that his shift had ended
> that he was no longer obliged to fulfil that role
> so he left the park and locked the gates)
>
> confused the girl lost her balance
> fell in the pool and sunk to its bottom
> in the way a small stone would do
>
> the waters turned her body blue
> then turned the blue into sounds
>
> I (herself) was a modernist fastened to passions
> my blood drained in the name of a few memories
> encrusted on the stone like moss and anchored to my heart like weeds
>
> the palace where the fountain was
> had been built out of the rock
>
> I
> stayed
> alone at home
> in a pyramid of silence
> all enclosed in a chamber of records
> (the collector ensures he will keep them in a secure museum )
> not all tears stand for desperation but crying endorses consciousness
> wwwwàaà(lllll)ttteeeeeeerrrr waaà(lll)ttttttteeeeeeeerrrrr
wwwwà-aaà(lll)
> teeer
>
> a whole alphabet to describe
> 1) the number of tears shed
> 2) the cry itself
> alphabets representing objects (tears are things)
>
> but soundsssssssssssssss
> staaannnddddddddddd in the vooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidddddddddddddddd
>
> of insignificance
>
> (they are the emerald cave).
>
>
>
>
> © erminia passannanti
>
>
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