Thanks, Sheila.
I'm having some 'as if' moments lately, in many senses.
The depth of the sky, as well, which is much clearer in a small city with a less lit-up presence than Sydney, is one plus of being here.
Cheers,
Jill
On 08/10/2015, at 4:12 AM, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> Jill, "as if," indeed. I like this. I like where it appears to come from.
> It is a evocative of depth.
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 8:28 AM, Patrick McManus <
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>
>> some-else who has dialogues with machines
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Jill Jones
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 10:05 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: A Rising Snap
>>
>> A Rising
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>>
>>
>> the sky’s getting close to Libra rising
>>
>> it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with balance or beauty
>>
>> is it a hustle, or a joke
>>
>> some kind of maintenance of the mundane
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>> another lie like any other lie
>>
>> whatever refusal or dance is needed
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>> as the wind suddenly turns into rain
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>> then just as suddenly subsides
>>
>> as necessity leads nowhere
>>
>> as effects are simply effects rather than evidence
>>
>> or a lead-in to an argument that might become reason
>>
>>
>>
>> the fridge hums
>>
>> it’s not mimicking the brief rain, it’s a machine
>>
>> but for a moment it almost sounds like
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>> a comrade, like a passing train
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>> or tinnitus, blood, a pen writing across a page
>>
>> any sound you could befriend
>>
>> anything that sounds like some dialogue
>>
>> you imagined when you imagined
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>> walking out into the world
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>>
>>
>> as if there were people
>>
>> as if trees grew out of deliberate earth
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>> and as if there was such a thing as singing
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