Enlightenment

the purpose of the machine

was to demonstrate

the purposelessness of the machine

~

we stand around

amazed, naked,

finery swept from our backs

by the tempest

~

savagely

o

so savagely

rain falls

on the disappeared house

~

none of us sleep

which is why we were dreaming

when ...

~

the purpose of the machine

is to demonstrate

its non-existence;

only the sleeping, dreamless,

creatures that cry out

in the night,

find its cogs & wheels &

starting handles

to be of a beauteous

& straightforward

utility

~

gently

o

so gently

rain falls
on the disappearing house

after Trakl (loosely)

a creature calls

to another

creature. furniture creaks

nothing a

sleeps / a nowhere

in particular

ditch shivers

wraps itself

around about

darknesses

for warmth

of cold

some creature (re)calls

otherwise / other funiture creaks

neverything sleeps

neverwise 

Sonnet

Do you remember the city

we couldn’t enter or exit?

Everyone played the radio so loud

you could hear the gentle breathing of the sky.

(Liable to arrest

at any moment.)

The strangest thing, perhaps, was

fear became almost cosy;

a rustling of rags, a foot

for ever in motionless motion

kicking a window in.

Miles away a meadow,

shivering with the silvering of the moon.

At least that was rumoured