Notes from an Open Channel
Never ending note taking
and a mocking silence caught
something of the frequency
in the room. Maybe it’s best
to follow the accents of a
projected intelligentsia
Anything can be dispensable
yet invaluable---
Understated flirtations,
a numb sky, oxymoronic phenomena,
a dry ice truck accident
on the BQE heralds the beginning
of an early winter, the evanescence
of vapor, hard water, the beauty of
drifting trash, or a spare cigarette
lit and cupped against the wind
in a lyrical gesture--all can be
reduced to its nuisances, belabored
propositions or a litany
of excuses with some nagging nostalgia
for an Iberian shore
taken in small doses.
The list is an absolute
good and all around its margins
lies the channel or a new
category. I think this
is an act of repositioning
or a darkening of responsibility.
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