neighbor book 2 calling you
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poetry/artTRANSCRIPT
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CALLING YOU
2/1112/98
CALLING YOU
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I wanted to talkbut wait is not asconditional
another week this
hesitation
swing may backupwant as usable in a
tone dialup yourvoi ce push is fromthis end of hardwire
annunciator # 18 gage
copper is also tone ofskin eyes tend towards green
so seam s turn to pointjust above is break onto patentleather instep
what lovewise is alsopatent
had to look up your number
desire attends to nonconnectedimages the words as they are haveno content (mean ing little to you)
a priori
call is expectation think is it sowntechnologymore than is reply
moon light fills eyes indark ness a noun arises
along with
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Oh, the cord is cutjust below knot
center is
It is not so easy toreach me
or, for you for thatmatter
of fact that is under yourcon trol communication
on every level sub version
My meaning? Last word spokenbegin is next first sentence
simply doing the best that I can
without any instruction I putwrong end of phone to ear
surely on the other end speakis coherent
only is to tell where halfwaymeet is which point
departs from here
nothing less hidden ismap to Pick Charm Mount
fall away fall away followingfull moon light nothing lessis hidden in meaning is a risk
to avoid
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FILL 'ER UP
after J.P. Sartre
Appeal is tomergewords with lips
hole up in pointsbetween
all else seeming to holdcenter/balanceelse brick to brick
it s mortar holds
thumb ed into cracks
norgaps/gapes open letin white light
through and through
dissolution depends upon:
I love the slimy!
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GUITAR RIFF
all distanceswritten into portions
play is by ear
alone
sight read hearbetween silences strands of tune tuned toeverything else is ofhairsplit minor rift the way animals jumpjumpy
leap is in mid air turn smind balance on penpointto land land far far outfrom sand beach laps sea
cut through bloodletred write is it s own
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THE CUT
bay between Our housesnot long trench noted by significant rut book yet tobe read or written buriesit s own corpse word asown isness regardless ofmeaning spells it out as
mud luscious uptohertits words outofhis mindmouth fills
"I make them pay for what wantsand give them more than bar gained," she said
in a letter her intent you askof is a dig into wound between her and bleeding
profuse obtuse not exactly precise word breaks sentenceof that which makes any more
sense than any otherdoing
against the press of our two bodiesyou stopped to see if through theopened window any other body
watching:
anxious
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TUESDAY MORNING
What gets us here ischance
or choice
a conjunctionis an intertextualitywould soonerfill You
unconditionally
where, here and now putfoot into words
leave cups half filled withbonded whiskey no keycan unlock screendoor
eyes swing confusedgaze reads as book is unwritten write it
pay all attention to linebreaks on sand beach wave after wave afterwards rules of game w
regularity first crocusis never this early arriving
THE FALL
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gets usintoa relationship
what is moresonot yet communed
first breath with tonguehot words into mouth/speak
so vanquished
OH! the fall and leavings
crawl upto kiss yourlips love
and branch s
excision
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Eye sdemandisjewel
andraisesissueismorethan
sparkleinthe nuances
chance opensanother
handsdig in to
it'sarcheology
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LETTER of INTENT
so simpleonestep out
side
insideouts gets tofront of shiny newVolvo
tinted windows updowndownup only sound whirr ingelectric motor
heard
a letter dropped hard soundon kitchen counter signalswhat so needs to follow
for instance
a reply is notnecessary
youmean as thoughdesired
adiscovery,
the nature of her
chromium tail
pipe
or hoodornamentis also a pullto open
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soundthebellmakes
ding!
whenmachinemakes
endofline
"run along"
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REGARDING WHAT I WANT
Giventhismanifesto
itisclearwho
doeswhattowhom
issilencealsothespace
between
morethancanbe
said
written
yet
and
says
it
so
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Stork on One Leg Stands
onblackin'soup'
fogcrossingfrozenlake
steam
suddenly
ingraytones
hissilence
morethanadequate
guide/glideisineach
step
sky is blueis rise to
evenas I reach
this clear
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Belt Around Waist
sees onlyclothes cover
her thin shapedrapedin
handmedown
Value Village isjust this sideof Gucci Outlet
belt hung loosebelow belly asIts accent drawis attention to
what is accented
swing down drivewaybetween houses
The Window Club
all eyes follow downproperty line
imaginary yellow cautionstripe is no protection
stop and go go unbuckleadjust skirt there in theopen
gateway to weeds out within white marginsentire curl
THE WINDOW
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the shade is upabrogating emptiness on sill clearly crack in blue vase seen in lean to pane
glass otherwise reflects his face from 30 feet
her giacometti gaze face
arms legs unshakeable pause to receive
so close toeye ball is yet unseenstuck into howkeen a women in this light summer dress figure of greenred desire too seen embrace herrigid body he makes into his garden
embarrassed to show through words details
I come backto this
to cut her hair
morethansittingisrequired
wounds
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A COMPLICATION
A woman pales beyondthis 5 A. M.stretch is
to openhis want
Song is apolyphony
requiresinstantquickness
"you OK?"
she,
small letter indicatesHair between his teeth
between them...
lip s pull words
pressagainst
nothing happensthathasn't already
Great American Guarantee
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Loud voicesannounceinstallation
new wholehouse
Trained air conditioner has suddenlycooled things
also sudden fallinto a smile ofSOME proportions this take me bysurprise
not the chill thesmile
from ear to eara man theboy is twist ingin every direction
simultaneously
besidethe Green Hornet
flower opens each dawnin her curl arms a cat
near ly as old as she is
had just showed up
Orion a verb meowis a hunter by instinct
she by choice and practice
hear words also throughair to ear from silence toanother silence
any reasoning is beyond
blame
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takes back, yet,an additional set ofcircum stances
TO GET EYES OPEN
do not forget the pausebetween openings and closings
window sounds old as up and down slide by leadweight ballastsdictate
moan; ancient animal ancestor s
noc turnal by choice wide openeyes eying this regularity
Who is there is hereon middle rung
laddering up to her window
in shadows cast is light behind
pall is dawning over.
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THIS POEM IS FORM
we cannotnowgo into the details
go into a longexplanation
There! That being said:
clears the air more than
any game can be played on it swhite board
rules keep change ing sthat were never written
allow for their own deconstruct ion
any other game s play isin the
open
RED OCHRE
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Light caught ineye againyour advantage
is outside skeinedbundle lines
out line succumbs toit s inference in the
point is in towards center is alsopointless
whistling womanhalf of connect
entire scar across cheekstretches just above
her lip s kiss OW and goestheir own way into the moist
plucks his eyes out! brittlehair every nuancediscernible
awake in the
shapeof a woman
tallthere
standing
TEN YEARS BONDAGE
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Sail away wordson bottle s label
not so much what issaid
What I write is book...every line a falling makeseach wd more so
remembered sentences distinguished from
glasses worn to see eachother.. reflections in bonded scotch Cutty Sark
one after another
sip is on couch mouth toswollen mouth glide s be tween
resistances
What is outsidepuddles onthe Flower Avenue by pass
horn blows overother dinnings opens a greatercuriosity
as jagged shard in eye pulls on their pain ...
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Orion Poisoned
Musty and leaf moldedearly A.M. she opens window
sees across me sitting on top of 5 foot fiberglass
ladder
animal jumps towards mouselands vomits diesrat bait she put out was eatenby Orion
buried in backyard in claysame shovel she leans against
no play in any of our demeanors no sense of remorse either
no apology for cat s murder
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SHE HAS IT
a proper rigid posturepretense is dominant
she coldcutthe way rapedefines sothe wrench
flay is downtoamanageable
size
go is into her economically
one leg at a timemeasure of where he
in this process is
which word best to morethan pinsdownany thingcld be written
far beyondis more than
it s necessity
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CONTINUED SEARCH FOR
image ofthe only word is an old photonow lost in memory
it was green I swear shewas green Mantis Green
and her face made her with THAT awfuljutting chin
look s just like...
it was there... framedand hung on wall
on a hook a barb cldnot be as threatening
nor it s heroics twistto get out from underher
on couch over killedthe cat... poisoned withrotgut liquor
currently model for myart everything, these days,turn is into poems or art
nothing in the Woozymakes us wise
or sane or even capable ofsaying:
"you know you want me"
pour is into another glass of booze
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OF COURSE IT'S YOUR MIND
Continuing topass rawvegetables
across wordsholdcomplex dip;
"that's not whatI meantyou meant.
"More scotch?
"Do you mindifI close...open...?
"I wish you'd stop...
"this fantasy?
"huh?..No, thewindow, or ...
"are you writing medown?
"It's not about you..through similarities, it's about me.
"open my legs, take..."
takeisfirst step out
Sophie's 1998
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FACE
drivewayedgesframebrown
downleft sideslideis alongslick skin
grasscoverscut
red linedbleedingindicating
somethingborn
in hergaze
older, now:
on sill
inwindow
Neighbor'swinterdescend ing
also new moon
.Red
otherwiseempty
.White
.Mark
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THE CUT
Scar behindhair brushed aside
reveals rut on cheek
eyesfix it
just
there
painvisible
It is clearwhat getsus
into anhistory
firstcrocus
in yourgarden
yourfatherplanted
hisseed
in you
everybody
suffers
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Nude: A Woman Stands
very near to my senseof a thing things not
yet
dug into
push is againstbony hold onto
butt put THEREright in front ofwindow ears and
eyes
both hear slash slip soundslide (opening window)makes
Directly out of also meanother useless metaphor
(writing a book?) it is onlyinterverbalality breathing s
squirm under me fingerpresses quickly in type font
entire shape is slender lines make full/verdant paragraphs
her body s t r e t c h e s
move is just this rhythm methodunprotected she is armed arms, handsdown sides USE is
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YOUR EYES
Shade changesmeaningof your
house
from her I amlost
in the 'slippage'
distance maderapid
to nakedemotion
figure thin sany chance ofa collaboration
not now (or ever) apossibility
what mattersis surrounding white margin
inside image of
Gaze
see is right throughto me
needle in eye not as painful
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