Waves have passed Raking sand and rocks in with the water Under the water, weigh these stones before they fade A bear heads North Fading like a black box Folding into back time . . . . .
Three waves have passed one sand bar. Three waves Fear me, fear me Weigh these
Coming out North bear Fading
Three waves have passed one sand bar. Three waves Fear me, fear me Weigh these
Real In far places On tops of tables Rocks touch water Squares of glass obscure a clean view Clean Lines No Waves The crack of a tree A square of paper lies trapped between small branches
Scrolling data, numbers, colours Blue, green, red Red Warning High overnight temperatures and hot humid air May lead to thunderstorms It is advisable to move steel, cloth and aluminum chairs into a garage Fold them and place them near old, unused lumber Old unused lumber
I can hear them over the fence and past the banks The neighbors in their chairs Chairs that are made of cloth strips, rusty steel and aluminum rivets Chairs that scrape the asphalt like coughing drain-spouts
Music is being vented through the single speaker of the television Songs with no order, no theme Music is calm traffic from other places Rain and snow falling on cables Scrolling data, numbers, colours Blue, green, red Red Warning The windchill will be 2000 watts per square meter
The school was built in 1930 Two stories, brick, square, solid. Go down the stairs: Storage and Cleaning. Basement within a basement. In the basement there is a small dirty black door. Go into the black door, there is the boiler.
Near the boiler, a table. Oiled rags for cleaning chalk boards. Vacuum for the brushes, electric vacuum motor. Electrical vacuum. Near the boiler, a table. Basement within a basement A poorly lit table covered in plastic. Electrical plastic.
Phone book angels.
(Could you change the station please?)
Near the boiler, a table. A poorly lit table covered in plastic. Electrical plastic. Each page folded, each page pasted, by a child.
Near the boiler, a table.
(Could you change the station please?)
On the table, a chorus of phone book angels, splattered with spray paint, flecks and sparkles on Styrofoam heads. Dirty wool for hair. Wet wool, covered in snow. Snow on the window, snow on the floor. In the basement, a dirty black door.
Phone book angels. Styrofoam heads Phone book angels. Aerosol
Comfort. A river within a river.
On the table, a chorus of phone book angels, splattered with spray paint, flecks and sparkles on Styrofoam heads. Dirty wool for hair. Wet wool, covered in snow. Snow on the window, snow on the floor. In the basement, a dirty black door.