It is my intention that the shifts between , ; and : are primarily
notations for the length of pause I want; (that one's grammatical) but they
tend to change when I actually give voice
Ll
On 4 March 2015 at 16:07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> a circular study in the semi-colon, & all those moves (I did notice the 2
> colons, too). so we, like you, have to be on our toes, stepping quickly
> along the perceptions...
>
> Neat, Lawrence, a tale told over & over...
>
> Doug
> On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:23 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > a wall juddering, bone crack, circular white
> >
> > hole in a white square, wall a room, square room
> >
> > in square block; expanding; the sun yellow;
> >
> > it seems much like tins of white; and dazzles;
> >
> > colour drains into him from the surroundings;
> >
> > he sweats; shuddering, he goes against his heart's
> >
> > escalator; be still, but keep on though
> >
> > pumping! a mounting stream; circle widens
> >
> > in memory as attributes reverse;
> >
> > in old envelopes in photograph-albums
> >
> > negative persons discuss their situations
> >
> > under a reversed sky, owing money;
> >
> > a man exposes himself to the new camera;
> >
> > but no one pays attention, apart, that is
> >
> > from the camera, which is an expert system;
> >
> > none of them have souls; thick cloud; one could be
> >
> > floating; lack of oxygen; small tidy square,
> >
> > unoccupied tables waiting to be cleared;
> >
> > a badly-finished door, cross-hatch of brush marks
> >
> > running water sound; the street illustrates
> >
> > failures of the townscape to cohere, images
> >
> > unbelievable: frontages, ink pen
> >
> > suggestions; various tales of people
> >
> > depicted; vehicular traffic swelling;
> >
> > meltwater; a man holding a girl roughly
> >
> > by the neck, shouting do as you're fuckin' told,
> >
> > a child holding his other hand, crying;
> >
> > woman goes by in a short skirt, clutching
> >
> > a diploma, or some fancy paper
> >
> > stepping off the pavement most definitely
> >
> > one foot at a time dreaming of her lover,
> >
> > worrying about her husband: I am fine,
> >
> > darling, fine; how is your boss? Oh, he's ok,
> >
> > you know, as always, but all right; door locked,
> >
> > meeting in progress it says; the other staff
> >
> > talking; got my diploma through today;
> >
> > good, good; better talk about a rise then;
> >
> > jet engine whining, every thing shaking
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
> (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> that we are only
> as we find out we are
>
> Charles Olson
>
|