Ahh Peter - one must have a mind of winter...
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poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Peter Ciccariello
Sent: Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:43 AM
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Subject: Re: Snap - The Mountaineer
Nicely formed Caleb, but so cold!
-Peter
http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/
On 5/23/06, Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> The Mountaineer
>
> Draw in - see
> this thin cord of colour trace its path up the mountain.
> Blue red orange green and grey in determined plastic.
>
> I am on the left, lying in the snow. You can see me too - my body freezing
> to the earth, face blackening.
> Forty have past me on their day in the wilderness, mostly men, all
> exhortation.
> Onwards, upwards, a crampon there, or there a pick - upwards, upwards.
>
> None can stop, for who can be close
> against the open sky?
>
> Draw away. See? I have become
> that smear of a signature
> in the corner of an overwinter canvas.
>
> Caleb Cluff
> Majorca, Victoria
> 24/5/06 3.20am
>
>
>
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