Saturday, January 24, 2009


Wire - Map Ref. 41°N 93°W

An unseen ruler
defines with geometry
an unruleable
expanse of geography

An aerial photographer,
over-exposed
To the cartologist's 2D
images knows
the areas where the water flowed...
so petrified
the landscape grows
straining eyes
try to understand
the works
incessantly in hand
the carving and the paring of the land...

The quarter square, the graph divides
Beneath the rule a country hides...


Interrupting my train of thought
Lines of longitude and latitude
Define refine my altitude

The curtain's undrawn
Harness fitted, no escape--

Common and peaceful,
duck flat lowland
landscape canal canard,
water coloured--

Crystal palaces for floral kings
A well-known waving span of wings...

Witness the sinking of the sun,
A deep breath of submission has begun...

Interrupting my train of thought
Lines of longitude and latitude
Define refine my altitude
My Bloody Valentine - "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W"
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