house outside of home

(seattle, ballard bridge, feb. 2011)

an odd caption on the back of a postcard, such as : the Flatheads, among other Native American nations, once met a substantial share of their survival needs by hunting these massive creatures : or handwritten : are you the city's golden boy, yet? : all the bells & whistles of this short city : he is thinking of all the fish in all the seas : their blue backs beneath a monument of water : in the spring the flowers will rise & rise : they all die :

(seattle, feb. 2011)

i blink &/ am unable/ to see myself/ blinking : the sun is still shining today & the water hasn't moved an inch : if there were a hill higher than mine, i'd run up it : if there were a gun in the glove compartment, i'd grab it : if there were purple outside my doorway, i'd bathe in it : if i had a smaller hammer &, perhaps, a pin, my fingernails would be more easily removed : then the day could be continued as it should : unshielded :

(seattle, feb. 2011)

it is sunday now, & the mountain is still there : it is monday now, & the mountain is still there : it is tuesday now, & the mountain is still there : it is wednesday now, & the mountain is still there : it is thursday now, & the mountain is still there : it is friday now, & the mountain is still there : it is saturday now, & the mountain is still there : it is sunday now, & the mountain is still there : it is monday now & it is tuesday now : it is tuesday now & now it is tuesday : & it while my house continues roaring on this earth : & it while my mouth blooms choked with loam : & it is tuesday now : now it is tuesday :