Bottle of sand from home place and
confused-looking plastic egg with orange feet. Lanyard. One program to cope
with time and one to organize forgetting. Overused superlatives. Unable to swim
we take countless photos.
Finds words doesn’t know he has. Today as
anniversary of something, what dappled bark records. Believes in common sense.
Eyes light blue with dark targets: inviting certain words. Holds a handful of
his chest as he speaks.
Mouthful of rosemary, unable to continue.
Encounters breed discomfort, lead to troubled dreams. Build a little city for
each idea. Came back to find his wooden house painted pink.
Refuses to speak English at threat of losing
home. Unmoved by characters, their bright costumes beside the point: they will
not become his friends. Selective, with long eyelashes, parted from momentary
joys.
Limit as purpose, on purpose. Second language skin smoother than first,
less pocked by daily touch. Held himself
fingers to elbows. What admitted, what disclosed. Late summer light an elegy to beginning, to
the dreams beforehand. He will not be
described here except in native terms.
Postcard a snapshot of imaginary toys, under
chair and before star-painted wall. Building sites everywhere, anything will
do. Self a collection of habits, hair, clippings, folded paper. Said anything
unwritten would be finally unreal. Whatdoyouthink?
Criticized extra time needed for speaking: this
appears as flesh un-optimized. What dangles about the body waiting for someone
appreciative to stop by. Caressing the
word delicias: next time try to
remember that this means McNugget when applied to chicken on what we call a
menu. In sticky tomato sauce with fried potatoes and the one across is eating
fish and beans. Skinny conversation clambers over holdless rock.
Spine curved to work slopes. Impossible to set
right again (see blind osteopath) and none are very good with figures. 18:00
the nonsense hour (go home!), a siren
song of sugared something: another’s photos better than mine. Could hang from
metal rod suspended overhead. Could walk into desert seeking appropriate stone.
No music for these habits, no opening to stitch. Open a request. Insert a cell.
Get back to me when you can.
Office unmoored, gravity suspended. He floats
across the studio, a paper in his hand.
I would like to give you what you would like. I
would like you to like what I would give you. I give you what you would give. I
like what you would like to give. I would give what I you give. I would like. I
would.
You are not open. You should update your
profile. You will be evaluated by your colleagues. This word is difficult to
pronounce. I’ve been reviewing the feedback. It took one hour and five minutes.
Can you help me?
Grapes, chocolate, almonds. Each appointment a
different color. Do you think I’m
improving? Translation loses everything, a pile of words to be swept up.
Continuous, continuously. You are invited to chew, to suck, to savor. Your eyes
are tired, your neck relates oddly. Source documents are the only ones worth
reading.
Would not recommend him without his weight:
belly bespeaks a character going lost at the end of a desirable era. Imagine
him thin! Would anyone listen then?
All the rooms have names except the ones that
don’t and these are fishtanks and not recommended for certain kinds of meetings
Must send it in every manner or something left
out. Push at 5:52, give almost melted chocolate to people with numbered wishes.
A difficult market. Fat cows and thin ones, what it says in someone’s holy
book. Put post-its to represent what the people say they want. Put post-its to
represent chewable units of exchange.
Misunderstanding as practice: it’s time to
revise your dreams. No, it’s time to review your dreams, maybe you don’t want
to change a thing. This very day. This very minute. Confusing if you think
about it. Confusion was key to the dream: I hadn´t committed a crime but
thought I might be accused. Then thought I had done it and wouldn’t be caught
after all.
He was a counter of trees. He wanted to think
in her language. He showed inappropriate images at table. He choked on the
exam. It went down the wrong way. It was supposed to clear up. Two punctuation
marks are converted into a smiley. This is as automatic as digestion.
What you believe vs. what is.
A test to give evidence of personality. In
every moment you must choose, and this is what you are. Statements about the
self. You are leaving traces everywhere.
You should leave your shoes at the door. When was the last time you washed your
feet?
Green highlighter, can of coins, blue post-its,
heart lollipop, Greek horses, the card that lets you come in, not enough
exclamation points, scroll down a little, do you want to correct the text?
Hidden body.
Forgetting will not exempt you from routine
transfers. Could add better blood or submit to blue light, neither option
pleasing to the tongue.
Those who are never satisfied roam freely or
sit comfortably in blue chairs with rollers chosen by an appropriate one. Do
you hesitate to express your opinion? Do you put the needs of others first?
Won’t you have a piece of chocolate? Testing the boundaries of productivity is
our fondest wish. We’re passionate about a space for painting milk bottles to
resemble the giants of the town. You’ll be happy when you start forgetting.
Lean back in your chair and start to count.
