from Atlas Peripatetic

 

 

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 The soft scuffle of black.   

                                                    Drift towards dirty.

      Sky.

                                                      Tall.   

                          Thin clouds of concrete.

Blaring stereos of late.

                              Across rush, lights
                             in cars.     

         Prim from the corners.

                    Flutter as ever below, in traffic,    in sunlight.
        Sidewalks, this route walked.



                                                                Hose

         spray over flowers.

                              Clutter of drops.

Row of violet.

                Lines of chairs and silver.

  Palm husk under car tires, husk
and green leaves.

        Folded over.

                                              Blurs, a hammering.

Loose dirt.

          Drops along the leaves, bag
looming in the corners.

                       Curling / uncurling.

 

                                                            349

an exhaustive list of all

                                      here is my current score
                          by hand or pitch
                                      normality is not                           
                          operate of field
                                      a fractured wail
                           +/-  
                                      spine like a glue
                           pushpull
                                      (inhuman)
                           information intended to be descriptive
                                      the road buckled and angles
                           claw-tractors and hauling
                                      audible staccato
                           directions read and maps
                                      the designs of folklore
                           sedentary light
                                      (character)
                           walking to a significant degree
                                      as each light (of house)
                           standing, sitting at a site
                                      sleepwalking scene
                           the fine dexterity of debris
                                      trapped in rifts
                           balance vision and hearing
                                      gravity, the freedom to move

 

this is a description of the way

 

                                                            400

                                 ( technical )
                         friction to the rubber

                                 quotient
                         a long slow drive
                                 neutral

                         drive / handle

                                 ( slow turn, slow )
                         the physics of

                         air from the window

                         approaching stations
                         forces acting
                                 weight can shift

                         with air
                                 a turn, a jolt
                                 a triangle of light

 

                                                            404

Nebulous references to alleged incidents
         —attested thin tablet used flat to lay through openings
         —in a ship's side.

The usual range of fanciful theories
         —of pale blade transferred sense of color or wash of an oar.

Remarks on the present system
         —by bakers or pilots unknown away at full speed meaning
         —for moving ships.

A solid mass of stones of nearly uniform size
         —a fan light (a factory) to draw water whose imperfect pieces
         —to be made later
         —in sense of geological features.

The reason is utterly obscure
         —applied to holes smooth and puckered surfaces tiny particles crushed
         —honey without bees for an imprecation of that shape
         —more or less hollow

The ending is instrumental
         —(of literature) to the sensation of grit by glacial streams or notion
         —of "deep" loose stones on seashore of grave sand grown (a horse)
         —earth thrown (as a ship) echoic of the sound of water over pebbles

                                                            433

all contents of the country
    this area in decades
due to threatening / severe weather
precedents for this / extreme low

    all rolling stock
    all willow wisp

the letter reads—
    _____ is a _____
    up to _____ will be drawn
    _____ (date must be days)

from sources deemed reliable
of the opportunity to make
outdoor parks and gas engines
a clean surprise / sitting idle for months

inclement weather
relief on hot days / rainy or cold

    all summer light
    all shadowed grass