A universe of
eponymous tuber.
I've got limbs stemming
out from me, from
my muscles in every
impossible way. Am
I to climb with them? Or are
they for others to do the climbing?
A universe of
eponymous tuber.
I've got limbs stemming
out from me, from
my muscles in every
impossible way. Am
I to climb with them? Or are
they for others to do the climbing?
Wooden doors. French doors. Lockbar, cord sheath. Dormers, slate roofs—lots of slate roofs. Slate mulch for trees on Esplanade. Fluorescent plastic straws, a few pennies. Failed mortar. Church bell. If I had started counting from the top I would know what time it was. Gum wrappers, gum. Cracks. A red substance—wax? Wrought iron. Gas lamps, flickering flames. Cool breeze. The neck of a glass bottle. Spigots lacking handles. Woebegone cigars. Sheathes now for the downspouts. Tender aluminum? Spit, phlegm, leaves. Trumpet playing on Jackson Square. Heels on these pavers, dog snuff, bags being rolled along their luggage wheels burning and turning. Feathers, sparkles, glints, sequins. Buttons. Shadows. This building I'm leaning on improved by the Works Progress Administration, 1935-1936. Trumpeter playing and singing that Hank Williams song, "...down the bayou...," his singing not as good as his trumpet playing and I'm a little hung over, a little emotional, having a moment here, a future memory I think, tears caught on the inner face of my sunglasses.
I’m here to tell you
Radio is still alive in America
And the bluest angels
Just flew over
For the national anthem
Tearing open the sky
Touching off car alarms &
Laying waste our factories of credit
There are certain things out there that everyone's gonna recognize, things that're gonna resonate with everybody. And, I think one that most people have in common is that they can't stand these Tom Shayne Diamond Business—Now You Have a Friend in the Diamond business commercials. They are the absolute worst.