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David PerryExcerpt from Knowledge Follows
Go before I forget, forgetting is before I know It means work, hold on A huge cube of carved skulls for example For hours I felt like a bug * I returned to my room after trying and rejecting used frames to replace broken ones I napped to test my 7 peso Chinese alarm clock Later at Templo Mayor I made myself up in unexpected conversation No mention of war if there was one, yet * The city is sinking Perhaps the air will thicken enough to build on * Bathing is restricted * The ochre moth on the stucco casts its blue-black shadow Once the wheel rolls through It's all over * To compose my features one morning for an unpleasant interview. Try to hide the deep nature of my fooling. Two bees on a thorn, turnips scattered across the flagstone patio. Fat old grubby white cat. I'm afraid if I go to someone they will offer me a pill or suggest I accept what I cannot change. The crack of dawn is head-on, seeping, returning to our neighborhoods so many dead barbarians. By sticking my head out, nodding off in summer sun. The sun is solid, too. * Lightning after the tornado passes, a flash that flushes the brain Always test for glaucoma You don't want to lose your eyes * The colder planets No fear in revision, the backwards loss of walk but the waking mind can't just wander all day The confusion of the places it's been double vision at the tip of the nose Last month's jeans stand in the corner Copyright © 2003 David Perry |