He followed the guidebook
carefully, replacing
the listed sites of interest
with the actual items
when he found them. Houses
that had a history, a row of
shops, fountains, parks, the
plaza with its famous
wall of shame. Once he had
the scene he could fill it
with inhabitants. Just as
the book did when it decorated
cathedral ceilings or described
the inside of a hall. Otherwise
facades, or acts of stagecraft.
Walls that flickered into being
as he approached & hid what-
ever lay behind. He saw
the railway station & walked
towards it. Climbed up the steps
& found it was the concourse
where the world came to an end.
Melancholy
"I used to think that
relativity could be
described as the last
sausage left under the
grill," they said to me as
we shared a beer. "You
know, the relatives have
been around & eaten us
out of house & home.
"Then I came across the
oeuvre
of de Chirico, &
realized it had more to
do with whether there
were clocks in the pain-
ting, & were they larger
than the artichokes or
enigmatic people they
shared the space with."
Today's list
(aka
The contents of my shoulder bag in the time of Covid)
two
apples (5.)
note
book (3.)
rubber
gloves (5.)
three
ballpoint pens (3.)
Covid
mask, not worn but unfurled, ready (8.)
a
rolled up reusable shopping bag (5.)
glasses
case (empty) (1.)
a
second mask (8.)
elastic
knee brace (6.)
two
handkerchiefs (2.)
pocket-size
tissues (2.)
J.
G. Ballard's The Day of Creation
(7.)
packet
of antibacterial wipes (8.)
ticket
to double header rugby tests, played three months ago (4.)
a
third mask, this one N95 standard
(8.)
sheet
of Panadol Osteo (6.)
a
second shopping bag (1.)
vaccination
certificate showing double shots plus booster
(8.)
ticket
to a guided tour of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens over two years ago (4.)
instant
hand sanitizer (8.)
eye
drops (5.)
deductions
from the above
(1.)
I'm a jackdaw
(2.)
I always have to have something to blow my nose on
(3.)
It's important to be able to jot down thoughts when they arrive
(4.)
I quite often retain mementoes of experiences I found special
(5.)
Just in case
(6.)
My knees are fucked
(7.)
It helps to keep a book by a genius writer with you
(8.)
Covid's not going away
Newspapers can crumble into fragile
yellowed fragments. None of them
are palpable, except for a delicious
kind of fruit pie which can appear on
the menu at any time. Material goods
don't just disappear. Waste
production
& management impact the oxymoron
that the concept of social nature
turns
out to be. The Colorado River slowly
removes rocks to form a sector
crucial
for trading goods & services but
one
which ignores the welfare of
performing
animals, the Grand Canyon, the
adverse
effects of the phantasmagoric world.
incidental molasses
In
his commentary on The Odyssey, a
Cyclops
did not note that Odysseus
often
has only two choices, death or
victory.
He was backed up by George
Bernard
Shaw who never said that the
path
to victory is a logical one. Odysseus
stayed
silent, did not opine it will never
be
found in the Master List of Logical
Fallacies.
George Bernard Shaw did not
add
that the end of history is not an ori-
ginal
one. Neither they nor the Cyclops
noted
permission to reproduce material
must
be sought in writing from the Cen-
ter
for Nonprofit Studies & Lycanthropy.
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