#140 L'Usage de la parole

No fence
     high enough
to shut out
the world. Some
     seepage. Con-
struct, concept, the
     allocation of
words, even
when taken
     out of con-
tent.

#139 Le Panorama

A ball in the
air, no, a
bell. A horse's
bell. There is
a name for
them but not
the name that's
given here. This
is not a bell.

#138 Les Amants III

Is the love
still physical

if, when the
face masks

are removed,
the body

floats
             away?

#137 The Secret Life IV

Everything known
is in the room
beyond. This side
of the wall the
peacocks dance.

Finding the way
be-
tween is only
/ part of the
journey. The

rest is
recognizing
landmarks that are
/ not familiar. For
the well-versed

traveler
spheres are
a remedy for the
seasickness that
floats beside

them.

#136 On the Threshold of Freedom

It was then that we
arrived, too late
to influence, but not
too late to interfere.

#135 Le Beau Monde

The world which
we see
clearly

is the curtain
in front
of

the
world which
Magritte clearly sees.

#134 The Companions of Fear

The
Companions
of Fear are
to be

found
at the
top of a
mountain.

Fear is
some-
where
below.

#133 The Flood

Only
her euphonium
kept    her    afloat.

#132 L'Ami intime

All I
could offer him
was
         water &
bread. But we
are good
friends, & I
forgive him
for walking out
on me.

#131 The Palace of Curtains III (2)

The curtains
drawn. Same

thing on both.
Sky. The sky.

Neither is.

#130 The Search for the Absolute

Images &
things you can't
look in-
to. Gödel
again. The
absolute is so
uncertain. But
I have just killed
a small flying
thing that
landed on this
reproduction
in my Magritte
book & it is
now absolute-
ly dead.