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Usually the second
name is abstract, the
name of a Madonna.
A naked woman leans
on a rock. Evolving,
gradually merging into
the blue sky. Sometimes a
bird sits on her shoulder.
Conjuration & invocations
are the basis of her formal
syntax. Earthbound, yet other-
worldly. Hanukkah gelt.
Not Esperanza but some
bird-name is revealed in the
first chapter. More Americans
believe in a literal hell &
the devil than in Darwin's
theory of evolution. The
second section describes
some practices children
engage in. Black magic.
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.
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.
Is the love
still physical
if, when the
face masks
are removed,
the body
floats
away?
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.
It was then that we
arrived, too late
to influence, but not
too late to interfere.
The world which
we see
clearly
is the curtain
in front
of
the
world which
Magritte clearly sees.
The
Companions
of Fear are
to be
found
at the
top of a
mountain.
Fear is
some-
where
below.
Only
her euphonium
kept her afloat.
All I
could offer him
was
water &
bread. But we
are good
friends, & I
forgive him
for walking out
on me.
The curtains
drawn. Same
thing on both.
Sky. The sky.
Neither is.
