loop 


Down the road Up the hill Into the house 
Over the wall Under the bed After the fact 
By the way Out of the woods Behind the times 
In front of the door Between the lines Along the path 

echo 

In the way it was in the street 

it was in the back it was 
in the house it was in the room 
it was in the dark it was 

fat fate 

Be at That this 
Come as If when 
Stay or Soon then 
Ever happen It will 

look 

Particular pleasures weather measures or 
Dimestore delights faced with such sights. 

here 

Outstretched innocence 
Implacable distance 
Lend me a hand 
See if it reaches 

time 

Of right Of wrong Of up Of down 
Of who Of how Of when Of one 
Of then Of if Of in Of out 
Of feel Of friend Of it Of now 

moral

Now the inevitable 
As in tales of woe 
The inexorable toll 
It takes, it takes. 

eat 

Head on backwards 
Face front neck’s 
Pivot bunched flesh 
Drops jowled brunch. 

toffee 

Little bit patted pulled 
Stretched set let cool. 

case 

When as To for 
If where From in 
Past place Stated want 
Gain granted Planned or

have a heart 

Have heart Find head 
Feel pattern Be wed 
Smell water See sand 
Oh boy Ain’t life grand 

oh oh 

Now and then 
Here and there 
Everywhere 
On and on 

winter 

Season’s upon us 
Weather alarms us 
Snow riot peace 
Leaves struck fist. 

duty 
Let little Linda allow litigation 
Foster faith’s fantasy famously 
And answer all apt allegations 
Handmake Harold’s homework handsomely 

gotcha 

Passion’s particulars 
Steamy hands 
Unwashed warmth 
One night stands 

west acton summer 

Cat’s rats, Mother’s brother 
Vacation’s patience, loud clouds 
Fields far, seize trees 
School’s rules, friends tend 
Lawn’s form, barn’s beams 
Hay’s daze, swallows follow 
Sun’s sunk, moon mends 
Echo’s ending, begin again 

far

“Far be it from Harry to alter the sense of drama inherent in the almighty tuxedo ...” 

“Far be it from Harry” 
Sit next to Mary, 
See how the Other 
Follows your Mother 

pat’s 

Pat’s place 
Pattern’s face 
Aberrant fact 
Changes that 

four’s 

Four’s forms 
Back and forth 
Feel way Hindside 
Paper route Final chute 

sentences 

Indefatigably alert when hit still hurt. 
Whenever he significantly alters he falters. 
Wondrous weather murmured mother. 
Unforgettable twist in all such synthesis. 
Impeccably particular you always were. 
Laboriously enfeebled he still loved people. 

words 

Driving to the expected 
Place in mind in 
Place of mind in 
Driving to the expected 

here 

You have to reach 
Out more it’s 
Farther away from 
You it’s here 

data

Exoneration’s face 
Echoed distaste 
Privileged repetition 
Makeshift’s decision— 

.

Now and then 
Behind time’s 
Emptied scene and 
Memory’s mistakes— 

.

You are here 
And there too 
Being but one 
Of you— 

scatter

All that’s left of coherence. 

echo again 

Statement keep talking 
Train round bend over river into distance 

door 

Everything’s before you 
were here. 

summer ’38 

Nubble’s Light a sort 
of bump I thought— 
a round insistent 
small place 

not like this— 
it was a bluff, 
tip on the edge 
of the sea.

air 

Lift up so you’re 
Floating out 
Of your skin at 
The edge but 
Mostly up seeming 
Free of the ground. 

echoes 

Think of the 
Dance you could do 
One legged man 
Two legged woman. 

there 

Hard to be unaddressed— 
Empty to reflection— 
Take the road east— 
Be where it is. 

echoes

Sunrise always first— 
That light—is it 
Round the earth—what 
Simple mindedness. 

star 

Where 
It is 
There 
You are 

.

Out there 
In here 
Now it is 
Was also 

.

Up where 
It will be 
And down 
Again

.

No one 
Point 
To it 
Ever