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            the statement – we walk into the civic square, in the full evening – has had to come from somewhere, probably on or after an experience of an actual event of civic walking .. Continue reading →

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            dust devils, dust storms in miniature or dry land-bound tornadoes in miniature, form on the sides of isolated roads, in the height of the day, seemingly at random .. our dispositions are braced for unexpected disturbances .. yet on sunny & steady days, for a moment, the sudden updraft of air, touches ground creating a swirl, a swirl of dirt & of sound .. Continue reading →

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            it is the walking, someplace nearby, that brings the land, our terrain, into scale & it is the immersion into the rudiments of wind, thickness & wetness of atmosphere & the sensation of foot in shoe & shoe on uneven surface that makes us part of it .. Continue reading →

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            when the hour shifts artificially, one hour forward in the spring & one hour back in autumn, is there a container of time that is moved from one space to another(?) .. we do know that the natural cycle of spring exists & the autumn .. but what is it that is carried, as real time, that is continually displaced & ceaselessly replaced(?) .. Continue reading →

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            if we go outside then it would be the first day of the year or a day that is very close to our past .. Continue reading →

iii

            no one could survive in half-moon country

            without being disfigured by its beauty Continue reading →

i

            sparrows see souls as they fall thru

            ex exploding clouds to new born bodies       Continue reading →

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if she had decided to go to paris of france Continue reading →

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if she had turned left instead of right

that one day long ago in valparaíso de chile ..

she would now be there on the coast &

probably living in a funky place in the hills

over downtown that faced the bay that faced

the sea but & she would she would be working

in a small university in that area & also spending

a lot of time at her friend’ good place, a place

that would have slight strips of paper suspended

from invisible wires near the ceiling, papers

that contained illuminating verse ..

∙ Continue reading →

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showers are a constant ..

water rings out in streets/sidewalks

down the sides of buildings

                       in this particular city Continue reading →