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Post by Don Schaeffer on Jun 27, 2010 7:51:07 GMT -5
"The Afternoon around the Birdbath" is at www.photoshow.com/watch/fu2Xn3AZ Fading Sept-embers The spiders out there are knocked silly by the night and weave cockeyed patterns in their webs because of the protective alcohol in their juices until the sun finally warms them in the morning. The insects are delerious so close to the end of their brief days. They tighten themselves in balls and long for just another frenetic crunch of their mandibles. The flowers have burned themselves away and the trees turn their backs refusing the pleas of their leaves, slipping into shock and hiding deep in their cilliated wood. Coming Compulsion We check every detail, the depth of the kerb, the unevenness of the grass. We map the end of the sidewalk, the rocks on the path, plot the sugar content of our blood, the presence or absence of insects, the degree of level in our shoulder-blades. We inhibit our fat, the way we climb out of bed, protect our arms, keep our legs from crossing guard the position of our heads as we lay down to sleep. We wear simple clothing worrying about how easy our shirts are to remove, we shield our pants from body fluid. The next ten years stays in our minds, and beyond that, the next ten.
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Post by Bernard Alain on Jun 27, 2010 12:46:53 GMT -5
this was super Don, can you post the text here so I move this up to the gallery?
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Post by Don Schaeffer on Jun 27, 2010 14:44:50 GMT -5
Thanks very much Bernie. It's one of those mongrels I don't know what to do with. The poetry was written a couple of years ago. What do you want to move up?
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Post by Bernard Alain on Jun 29, 2010 18:02:40 GMT -5
the text from the video, thought this was the poem associated with the title, regardless, stick it in the original post above and I'll send this to the gallery
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Post by Don Schaeffer on Jun 29, 2010 18:56:18 GMT -5
gotcha
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Post by Bernard Alain on Jun 29, 2010 21:31:18 GMT -5
thanks don
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Post by leecrowell on Jun 29, 2010 23:55:57 GMT -5
I like it all especially the honest reflection of aging in coming compulsion
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Post by Don Schaeffer on Jun 30, 2010 8:04:43 GMT -5
thanks Lee
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