Clarinet
The African Blackwood gets up her nose and behind her fingernails. She imagines monkeys leaping through the canopy as the lathe spins. Shavings zoom out like miniature Masai spears when she drills tone holes. Dark jungle ponds appear as she polishes the body with wire wool. The soldering iron throws out heat like noon in […]
The kiss
The kiss Oh, what a mouthful! Smile so delightful. Lips so inviting, two pillows parting. Press on, press in, let it all begin. So soft. But beneath lurk tongue and teeth. Beware! In a fight both are sharp and bite.
Sunless
It rained again today a rigid scud of cloud across a wash of grey. Wind pulses from the south, insistent pressure waves that T-Rex sensed, head raised from routine to face a new day, after the asteroid struck. I worry about such things, but there’s nothing on the news.
Day 24. Paying attention
Discussing his creative process, Charles Simic says: “When you start putting words on the page, an associative process takes over. And, all of a sudden, there are surprises. All of a sudden you say to yourself, ‘My God, how did this come into your head? Why is this on the page?’ I just simply go […]