lunch on tuesday

To construct a crossword puzzle, you first
select the grid, pick words that
fit. It’s only afterwards that
you word the clues –
the things that
solvers notice
first.

To construct a conversation with you, first
I inject meaning into utterances that
are communicable in your language,
building the sense of
each sentence from
the inside
out.

losing my sense of direction
in a world where
not all signposts
point toward
dreams

making the first mark,
destroying open possibility,
defiling pure
whiteness
then
watching whilst
that mark unfolds
and the paper blossoms

One eye peeps open and the smell of something
new begins to cause quiet snaps in the
waking-up parts of the brain. If I
sit still for a moment before
I stretch, I might recall
the mechanics of starting.
It’s been awhile.
The morning
percolates.

rwp

Trying to represent an
entire universe in
only twenty
minutes.

(Crossing the Line, 28 09 09)

I remember the Lee Hall tea dance
in which you convinced me that
it is surprisingly not impossible
for mere mortals (like
me) to execute
the Viennese
waltz.

(27 09 09 – All the best in Australia!)

Knocking at doors attached to
windows from whence warm,
indoor light spills
into the
darkness.

(26 09 09)

Even the straightest line
is the brainchild
of organic
imagination.

(25 09 09)

Talk
to me
about literary journals.

(24 09 09)

An entire day hijacked by
a pair of keys
left at home,
out of
mind.

(23 09 09)