I like the notion of the air being coded, recoded, Jill. But I can’t say I
ken what’s going on here much. A mood piece? I presume that’s how you want
it. I’m not doing very well with identifying tone this week.
Bill
On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 at 5:57 pm, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The Air is Coded
>
> in the sacrificial hours
> the falling garden
> affinities surrender
>
> a perfume, flowering
> an early rose blanket
> over mildew and damp stone
>
> slightly insane
> midnight radio
> cycles by
>
> on edge a car drives
> and drives its music
> machinic gusto
>
> then a world
> that goes quiet
> apart from the 11.56
> on the southern line
>
> I open the window
> the air’s recoded
> in the presence of distance
> weight of ground
>
> and we’re turned now
> away from winter
> and its cold walls of air
>
> the forsaken boat
> left by the moon
> for other chilly dreams
>
>
>
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> I acknowledge the Kaurna people, traditional custodians and songmakers
> of the land on which I live. Sovereignty was never ceded.
>
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