....i_am_julie_crow...........
a reasonable oasis.
The guy with the ladder says,
now it is fixed. His trousers are pressed, his knees are strong.
He goes up. He comes down. That
is all. He is the source of his personal pride,
it is a convenient assumption.
¤
I begin again.
Here are my clothes. Here is
my hand, an intimate extremity.
Yet the problem may be insurmountable.
I may take to my heels. I may
take my high heels to hell.
I may take to bed. I wait here
full of reckless information.
I am well within reach.
¤
........................................................................................................I am impatient
to begin!
We are in the same boat, ...are
we not?...
We are at the same port, ...we
are on the same step. ...
I wish to go up the stairs.
...
To smoke on the roof is forbidden,
yet I practice because it is
raining.
Down there the yellow light
clicks ...back and forth.
Water follows the gutter.
I go up. ...Now, I go
down. ...I walk up and down. ...
I am losing myself on the steps....
It is simple. ...Put
yourself in my boots. ...Perhaps they're a little too loose....
The air is reckless with expletives, ..
that is why I am here. ...I
understand you. ...You step up the rain.... I understand
rain.
¤
See what I mean? ......
Supervision is primordial.
.....................................................
My vision is good all
around: it is mine.
¤
I calculate his origins.
What is the original?
The guy is initially
speechless,
the smile is not an
illusion It is extremely night.
Moon gloats in the
heavens. Motor glows through the seat.
The fellow goes through
the destinations in order of their appearance.
Must I contribute to
his happiness also?
I roll around too much
perhaps,
the voice is loose,
shaken up by the motion,
yet I am fine.
It doesn.t rain.
I am hungry yet I am
bright.
May I explain?
I carry on as if between
walls,
and there is no end
to anything.
I wind it and it unwinds.
A single expletive
might have been better,
but no matter.
If you have pets, why
disguise them with names?