Nice, Lawrence. This is how I ot it; is the last line supposed to be three?
Like the allusion to Spicer there... that fits nevertheless into that space named so...
Doug
On 2011-08-19, at 4:08 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> buried in air
> voice calloused
> hope out of range
>
> confined alert
> stone depth deadening
> beneath our feet
>
> bad acoustic
> and abandoned
> manned machine
>
> to be is to work
> brain's the engine
> housing echoes
>
> the skull is deaf
> connects the neck
> bone. execute.
>
> information
> loops the highway
> with emptiness
>
> a noose choking
> the nous with clattering
> readback
>
> buried in air, just the head knows aether
>
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