Indirection

I imagine he's worked his way down south
Far away from Hamilton, Ontario,
Where he can ride his Harley all year round
(Except in hurricane season).

He's probably still making his bread
By showing slides of Joel-Peter Witkin's
Carved up Mexican corpses
To 19-year-olds
Who want to go out and document
Old barns and such.

He gave me the only grade
I ever earned
And even though it was a D+
I don't hate him for it.
We all have bad years, after all.

To this day I still try to see the world
As my camera sees it--
With one eye flattening depth
Seeking photons
Trying to get good exposure
Balancing a composition
Looking for a good place to stand.

Zeus, the new cat.


Willis, the same old asshole.

We call Willis a jerk but he's still a very outgoing and entertaining little bastard.

The music I played
Stays between the walls, the cat,
My guitar and me.

In me, something grew.
Roots stretched down into my heart.
Music filled my ears.

You sold me coffee.
One hour makes a diff-er-ence.
Cigs with-draw-wall blues.

Soggy paper sky.
Halloween wind starts to howl.
Bone trees shake and sigh.

Infinite choices.
Billions of roads stretch onwards
At each turn I take.

Seeking quiet space
In the middle of a crowd.
People float like clouds.

Quietly walking
Away from a bad habit.
Hope it don't catch me.

Came a little late.
Saw you sitting, waiting there.
Eight years seems so short.

(or is it long?)

Driving in your car
Over back road hills, past trees,
Horses in the fields.

Sixteen bar freak-out
Separates moments of calm.
Turbulence tonite.

Trees with brighter hues
Than televisions can make
Taunt the dripping sky.


Feel free to comment with a haiku about your day!

Salmon room quiet.
Neighbor calling his dog back.
Drive with windows down.

The flies get one more
Chance at life, wheeling in the
Golden autumn light.

I've been working on this for the past couple days.

This is only a progress report. As you can see, I still have a lot left to do on this one. Working with this much detail is kind of relaxing and kind of annoying at the same time.