Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Vanishing Point by Jonathan Brannen

on the edge of seeing
their actual occuring

the event
not the observer
“takes place”

a sense of space within
geographical space

sunlight diffused rooms                                                                                             --




one step follows another
proceeding

                        no step escapes the preceding




{what solitude is meant to designate}



                       
                        desire moves like a verb
                        at its most noun-like


                        desire desires desiring


                        desire moves like a noun
                        at its most verb-like


                        desire desires desiring




                                                when if not when

its inaccurate light gathering
                                                                across

                                        the paradox of becoming




the present precluding past and future




            from the farthest reaches of my heart
            catch
                                                my breath





the circles I move in




                        {the individual as a montage
                                    of loosely assembled parts}
mental postures
evoking ritual from routine

                        the mask wears the role
                        the player wears the audience

the passengers develop destination syndrome



now more than ever



they never blink
                        they never lie




                        in case it collapses under scrutiny
                        yesterday resembles yesterday




            alien glyphs of remnant ice

            rising and falling on the river surface

            seen from the bridge above

            shaped by currents below




winter channels the basic colors
self holds a problematic place




                        painting as a light source
                        the lighted object seen in profile



a hundred doors



                                                viewer and vanishing
point





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