more importantly

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'scape, 2011, 6*, afternoon, attention, branches, combe end, openness, pigeon, sound, squirrel, sun, time, trees, windows

 

 

 

                                for minute after minute
                                an alarm rilling through
                                the open windows
                                of a hot afternoon
                                and all the while
                                the cracking picking
                                twicking of a squirrel
                                working out on a branch
                                somewhere          but then

                                                                                    more importantly

                                              a pigeon –
                                `hadn’t noticed –
                                                              on a bare branch looking
                                              another way

                not calling

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

attention wormhole: ‘no …’
branches wormhole: Science lesson
combe end wormhole: in the kitchen
openness wormhole: open / window
pigeons wormhole: first dog / in the park
sound wormhole: anatta
squirrel wormhole: almost-Escher
sun & trees wormhole: heavy shower …
time wormhole: eighth birthday // now
windows wormhole: morning / cloud pass

 

almost-Escher

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'scape, 2008, 4*, bedroom, brown, cars, clouds, combe end, kitchen, red, squirrel, streets, sun, willow, windows

 

 

 

                      almost-Escher

            foreground: a three-wicked
            candle shimmering
            through its walls before

            the creosoted fence
            past the wing of the
            willow tree hanging
            across the street
            a break in the clouds
            somewhere lights the windows
            of the upstairs bedrooms
            while a car reverse-parks
            in front and

            a squirrel stops
            on the creosote fence
            one paw up at his chest waiting
            for the sun to shine
                      again

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

bedroom wormhole: ‘finished reading …’
brown wormhole: 1972
cars wormhole: ‘after …’
clouds wormhole: the moon
combe end wormhole: ‘at night …’
kitchen & willow wormhole: then
red wormhole: retirement
squirrel wormhole: when things fall apart
streets wormhole: ‘left now …’
sun wormhole: ‘a spark …’
windows wormhole: ‘turning right …’

 

when things fall apart

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'scape, 2005, 5*, breakdown, clouds, combe end, conservatory, grey, morning, Pema Chödrön, pigeons, sky, squirrel, trees

 

 

 

                                when things fall apart

                in the conservatory
                at 6:40 am

                while the pigeon
                called

                a single squirrel
                made its way

                jumpily and definitely
                twenty feet up through

                the tangle of branches
                in the new grey light

                of the dark clouds

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

clouds wormhole: washing up
combe end wormhole: open window
conservatory wormhole: ”hmm …’ …’
grey & sky & trees wormhole: driving
morning wormhole: late morning / Saturday