07.31.10

The terror of an empty box when the adult aspect charms it with an emotion. The comfort of an 'empty' room when its inventories are ready collaborators.

It's animation that's the problem –– this space that fills so easily, into which, soft boy, we have brought you so many strangers.

7.30.10

He's delighted, and we want that.

He fails to describe the world in the canonical way, and we want that.

Such even prospects.

7.29.10

Parenting, not to be confused with curatorship –– it teaches asymmetrically.

Like Bell's palsy, the face one places before the child loses its nerve at random, fails to manage, and –– self-limiting –– reacts to seizure with blind attention.

7.28.10

In a world of black and white dogs, dirty is indeed the funniest word.

And the kiddos know it!

Domains & Intents: 5

  • Difficult subjects.
  • Plain language.
  • Promises.

Ashbery's Birthday

Because life is short
We must remember to keep asking it the same question

   ––"The New Spirit", Three Poems

...

"Momentarily."

That word breaks my heart.

Peeping Mot p.2

A lie is a virgin pipe to an expensive future.

Escape Artists

––That poetry is vulnerable to invention
––That invention can proxy for egress
––That poetry can prepare an exception

They think that's what it is:
   the black swan tool.

8

That poetry does not care for us in a timely way.