swans

"Doesn't really matter, you know, what kind of nasty names people invent for the music. But, uh, folk music is just a word, you know, that I can't use anymore. What I'm talking about is traditional music, right, which is to say it's mathematical music, it's based on hexagons. But all these songs about, you know, roses growing out of people's brains and lovers who are really geese and swans are turning into angels - I mean, you know, they're not going to die. They're not folk music songs. They're political songs. They're already dead."
Jude, I'm Not There.

Illustration of goose from here.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

vacancies

you are

now: beside.
entwined,
lace,
like snakes.
you are
snakes, now
entwined –
me,
you
beside me.

now: away.
reaching,
space,
like planes.
you are
planes, now
reaching –
me,
you
away me.

now: here.

then:
                        aside.

1 comment:

  1. I've been a fan of your writing since I stumbled upon your blog. This is, again, amazing.

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