Hi Gerald,
Thanks. A constant debate with myself - the transcendental one.
Best,
Jill
On Friday, February 25, 2005, at 02:32 AM, Gerald Schwartz wrote:
> Jill: Seems as though your ending... the way your
> ending ends... is a great summation -- and a succinctly
> put transcendental one.
>
> Gerald S.
>> 1. Perth
>>
>> The Doctor is in, blowing
>> its cold Indian breath
>> along Adelaide Terrace
>> and over the phosphor of the Swan.
>>
>> There’s Saturday night’s slabs
>> and plastic wrap at lamp posts
>> broken jewels at the grating.
>> A Holden hums at the lights.
>>
>> The generator plant next door creaks
>> trees at the car park edge
>> blow like clouds of smoke
>> to my muddy eye near midnight.
>> The ABC tower interrupts water views
>> and the sky is padded with cloud.
>>
>> It’s too hot for a festival.
>> My aircon pushes the cold nicely
>> and you’d rather it than
>> sweat between breast and brain.
>>
>> The concert tonight was a lot of
>> percussion and water and knew
>> when to crescendo.
>>
>> Today I got as close to
>> the Rothkos as allowed.
>> His paint drips upwards
>> and the colours float
>> but seem kin to Rover Thomas’s
>> language dots, ochres
>> and black Lake Paraku
>> across the way.
>>
>> There’s these notes
>> about Transcendence
>> but all around, smell the heat
>> touch the windy present
>> or it touches you.
>>
>> I put my head in Hepworth
>> hear a rushing of metal time, air
>> and the stilled.
>>
>> 2. Adelaide
>>
>> Change is moving across the continent.
>> You can follow on TV.
>> The weather page isobars wriggle
>> and colours eternally change.
>>
>> The first whiff of cold is at the East End
>> waiting for the free bus
>> sky becoming crowded and breezy.
>>
>> And like the weather
>> I leave a trail of myself
>> all along the way
>> though time zones and deserts
>> dust me up
>> and unsteadily breathe me
>> into nameless minutes
>> belonging to no-one.
>>
>>
>> Jill Jones
>> Snapped Feb 19-23 2005, Perth and Adelaide
>>
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>
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Latest books:
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