Very, very compelling, Lawrence. I was thinking about line breaks and the motion here, debating with myself on whether to consider longer lines as a thought. Well, now you've heard it. Very graceful noticing and beautiful imagery. Hats off! On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 6:03 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > white flowers greyed brick; > > porcelain Venus; dog > > breathing heavily, > > collapsing; creeper > > over walls; voices > > on a weak loudspeaker > > van between cars; > > automated distaste bad style, > > she says, increasingly, > > I hear voices, > > repetition of > > the obvious footholds > > in a failing cliff, high > > speed down hill, a broken > > arbour, desolate fields, > > inspection plate, man > > with a machine gun, buried > > cables, burst communications, > > a paint pot rusty > > from rain, dry now; > > another tipped on its > > side, a smile indicating > > trust, implying it > > at least, an indicative > > mutter, pardon is self- > > conscious defensive > > aggression held back; > > a small periscope; > > muffled voices calm; > > complete solutions; > > men with triumphant > > faces, gesturing > > in motion, displays > > flickering, capital > > expenditure loose; > > a typhoon of inner > > ear, petals unfolding > > from covered faces; > > circumnavigation > > of bare electric wires >