Friday, February 15, 2013

The Distance To Now


Like when we walked home from the bar
And the sinking-sky obscured
Our distances–
Its like that.
Fogginess of the sky and skull
Even certainty can be complicated
With what lays before us.












































































I who 
am dead
call to 
the living
little 
brothers
how absurd
your walk 
is
unencumbered 
& adrift
you run across 
life’s 
stage
your words 
are manacles
& cage 
your mind
I know 
enough of you
to sense 
your pain
freely 
& fiercely
I move 
into a deeper 
space
where none 
will reach me
here 
I strike 
a blow
an imbeciling 
fluid
from inside 
my body                                
covers 
the ground 
between
& blocks 
all entry
birds 
like little 
knives
dive 
down the sky
le mal
du ciel
the phrase
I hear
& fly from

- A. Artaud