make yourself uncomfortable
1)
no one can tell me
which way the wind blows
I got a little lost
the buildings kept changing colors and the
rooflines skipped
like a computer
glich
is that burdock
or just some bushes
a crate of peaches
covered with snow
the rain it raineth
every day
listless and grey
far away
2)
for those of you
who have been wondering
the television
will not be
revolutionized
3)
I walked through the market
the smell of food
no car. no mobile phone. no gun
no personal entertainment system
a bag. some waiting
in line.staring at
high arched
scrollwork
sky
4)
do you do this every day
do you half understand
do you try and give up
are you embarrassed
do you lose patience
does no one notice
.........................you
learned to be
uncomfortable
5)
if there is a freight train and a passenger train
at different speeds down the same length
of track............if I have a vision
of trains on a length
of track is there is a stop
signal if
the signal malfunctions
the guage is narrow
the President
dying
that's how it is
is not an argument
that's how is was
also not
6)
what was the last thing you made
before you......nothing
after you........music
gardens discoveries
...................an empty
space
.........a green
...................and orange
...................the last thing
...................a profit a
petrochemical
...................what was the
last thing you made
7)
clear blue sky
of an autumn day
yellow leaves
gone brown
to the ground
regular panes
of glass and wood
water...waves
some fog
some grit
.......in the
air a swan
.......flying
under the
.......moon
8)
the theory
is we conspire
to disbelieve
the existence
of those
most
.......cleary
responsible
in the diaphanous
mirrored
rooms
9)
a warehouse of peaches
covered with snow
the secret police
of every land
drive home and
shut the garage door
and eat
in anonymous
peace
10)
I don't yet know
........how to do this every day
how to fix this
........half understanding
and one of those words I
........try to give up
I always forget
........we are so embarrassed
the rain raineth
........and we lose patience
from clear blue sky
........no one notices you
learning
to be
uncomfortable
eternity aside
no one
ever
tells us
which way
the window
blows open
ahead
..........................Gwendolyn Albert
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