Thursday, March 31, 2022

Measured Against An Ideal

 

so much resentment between time and space, so many mechanics, the crane has frightened the scarecrow—some anchor we desire, without the reign of its authority, just the security of the dove. the curse has a name, a voice, it doesn’t mean one is lost, without redemption, it means—one has something indelible chasing, arriving, residing in his spirit. the florist is in the garden, she counts flowers and petals and has a time with her space; many nemesias are ecclesial. the dewdrops are ephemeral. the dream in its intimidation is concerned with the quality of remembering—the balances, the hurtles, the cure for the flagrant noise, not vocal, unspoken, some space inside—weathered or seasonal. (i was unclear for a time. such powerful persistence. used to believe in automated writing—finding self this way. to listen to vampire eyes, cultic understanding, or a quack, with his reasoning skills; rigorous/religious uncertainty, baffling cries, much remedy in retraining.) the dahlias are delightful. a smile means comfort in a moment—a genuine smile. sure adrenaline rush, wistful examination, prone to slant and dwell in days of old. i haven’t said what was meant to be said, dwindling into essence, a subconscious scavenger; some inner paradise, filled with pictures, with apples appearing; no one knows with spectrum to earth, or skies to clouds, to have lived, only to have doubted existence.  

I’d Save The Reader Years

    The beat becomes sickness. A long crucible—a drilling ecstasy. I was losing focus, feeling forbidden, if to self, if to mirrors. So curs...