Very very good Lawrence. I've written about the metamorphic shapes in
clouds changing too, but nowhere near as good as this.
Tim A.
On 13 Apr 2011, at 11:05, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> Three large dogs gather over northern Deptford,
> side by side, odd steps, up and down, skew-whiff,
> a furry staircase heavily, panting.
>
> They go still then, seemingly lying on the air,
> expressionless. They neither bite nor growl.
> And then they start to disintegrate.
>
> One head
> just goes, leaving the neck open, terminal.
> Front paw pairs shatter as if they’re missile hit.
> A neck bends like a vacuum cleaner tube
>
> drawing on dust and cloud through severing skin;
> shoulders follow it down, distorting too,
> while the still-connected skull hangs below,
>
> each jaw lax and separate; the teeth glitter
> as they wobble in indirect sunlight.
> And finger tips we cannot see pluck eyes.
>
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> Lawrence Upton
> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
> Dept of Music
> Goldsmiths, University of London
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