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( COUPLINGS )
What is the Risk?
seduction
or suspension
total destruction
or infinite pause
either way
a disaster
———
Samples:
Leda Atomica
by Salvador Dalí
//
The Incomplete Truth
by Damien Hirst
.
or suspension
total destruction
or infinite pause
either way
a disaster
———
Samples:
Leda Atomica
by Salvador Dalí
//
The Incomplete Truth
by Damien Hirst
.
Touch Me
reach out
run your hands through
a child's glossy hair
a tuft of grass
as it sways
in the wind
.
run your hands through
a child's glossy hair
a tuft of grass
as it sways
in the wind
.
The Fall
muscular
lithe
poised to strike
and wrap me
in a last embrace
.
lithe
poised to strike
and wrap me
in a last embrace
.
Tyger Tyger
"In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?"
———
William Blake
.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?"
———
William Blake
.
Artist
the rules are so clear
defined
except...
through my eyes
they have a way
of running wild
.
defined
except...
through my eyes
they have a way
of running wild
.
Penetrating Stare
is that all you see
when you look at me
.
when you look at me
.
Invisible
no clearer am I
to you
than a shadow
hot skin
chill marble
neither do you feel
or see
.
to you
than a shadow
hot skin
chill marble
neither do you feel
or see
.
Enter
at your own risk
and peril
.
and peril
.
I AM LOST
if I take flight
blinded by the brilliance
of hope
Icarus's fate will be my own
———
Sample:
Kate MccGwire
.
blinded by the brilliance
of hope
Icarus's fate will be my own
———
Sample:
Kate MccGwire
.
A Moment of Doubt
if I carry you
suckle you
love you
will you see me
.
suckle you
love you
will you see me
.
When the Smoke Clears
what will be left
we wondered
aghast
staring at that September sky
when the blue appeared
aglitter with fluttering papers
and nothing else
screams of anguish
disbelief
filled the street
.
we wondered
aghast
staring at that September sky
when the blue appeared
aglitter with fluttering papers
and nothing else
screams of anguish
disbelief
filled the street
.
Self Portrait with Hair
I dislike
going
to the salon
having to talk with people
to whom I have nothing
to say
———
Sample:
Zanele Muholi,
Phaphama, at Cassilhaus,
North Carolina, series
Somnyama Ngonyama
(Hail the Dark Lioness)
.
going
to the salon
having to talk with people
to whom I have nothing
to say
———
Sample:
Zanele Muholi,
Phaphama, at Cassilhaus,
North Carolina, series
Somnyama Ngonyama
(Hail the Dark Lioness)
.
Un petit mort
one more
or one less
pigeon
in this world
.
or one less
pigeon
in this world
.
Child's Hand
I remember
the heat
of a little hand
upon me
not a thought
just the sense
that my body
is an extension
of her own
.
the heat
of a little hand
upon me
not a thought
just the sense
that my body
is an extension
of her own
.
Hard Folds
if I could pause
a fleeting moment
retrace the folds of your shirt
as it falls to the floor
.
a fleeting moment
retrace the folds of your shirt
as it falls to the floor
.
Gone
I have been ensnared
by your siren song
but did you ever call to me
or was it just a dream
.
by your siren song
but did you ever call to me
or was it just a dream
.
Fragments
I have reassembled the pieces
fingering each like a worry stone
fitted it into place
I have smoothed the edges
have built a carapace
solid and unyielding
but chaos
ever threatens
to break loose
———
Samples:
Giovanni Battista Foggini
"Cardinal Gian Carlo
de'Medici"
Victoria & Albert Museum
//
Tobias Rehberger
Cafeteria Design
Venice Biennale
.
fingering each like a worry stone
fitted it into place
I have smoothed the edges
have built a carapace
solid and unyielding
but chaos
ever threatens
to break loose
———
Samples:
Giovanni Battista Foggini
"Cardinal Gian Carlo
de'Medici"
Victoria & Albert Museum
//
Tobias Rehberger
Cafeteria Design
Venice Biennale
.
Trapped
we like to think
we are free
to choose
to live
to be
but, looking back,
I am thinking
perhaps
not so much
.
we are free
to choose
to live
to be
but, looking back,
I am thinking
perhaps
not so much
.
Wild
leave it be
don't try
to tame me
.
don't try
to tame me
.
Perfection
somehow
the difference
between my imagination
and reality
doesn't parse
———
Sample:
Bunny Rogers
(legs)
.
the difference
between my imagination
and reality
doesn't parse
———
Sample:
Bunny Rogers
(legs)
.
Just the Two of Us
if there is
a strong wind
I might just
disappear
———
Sample:
Arcangelo Sassolino "Momento" Galleria
Continua Paris
.
a strong wind
I might just
disappear
———
Sample:
Arcangelo Sassolino "Momento" Galleria
Continua Paris
.
Splayed
do you seek beauty
or pleasure?
can we find them
together?
———
Langoustines:
Table,
chef Bruno Verjus
.
or pleasure?
can we find them
together?
———
Langoustines:
Table,
chef Bruno Verjus
.
Order...
...and disorder
are relative
———
Sample:
Textile by Anni Albers
.
are relative
———
Sample:
Textile by Anni Albers
.
A Leap of Faith
how much simpler
it would be
to believe
.
it would be
to believe
.
Choices
do you feel
brave
.
brave
.
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