tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405976090329467842024-03-07T15:05:05.454-08:00le point d'appuia magazine of ammunitionmonte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-58855939530934987812014-01-03T20:40:00.000-08:002014-01-03T20:40:17.139-08:00spectacles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
no binoculars, no camera.<br />but my bifocals <br />are on - <br />a set of lenses for the page <br />and another set <br />for the pewter bay.<br /><br />teals and shovelers <br />at the close edge - <br />colors nearly visible <br />with these slight aids -<br />a flicker of green head, <br />a trace of rufous breast,<br />in this dry shroud of mist.<br /><br />like years ago <br />peering <br />into a stand of doug fir - <br />the surface <br />of my eye <br />as dividing as <br />glass<br /><br />and how it seems <br />one can slip<br />from the embodied world <br />as simply as a bird <br />dips beneath<br />the sea. <br /><br />with relative ease the <br />rings of saturn can <br />be seen -<br />i've seen tahoe and the outer banks -<br />as clear as a map -<br />through the window of a plane - <br />the aurora borealis<br />and the copper queen mine.<br /><br /> and the tide keeps coming in<br /><br />the tide is coming in or the<br />the tide is going out and<br />you finally learn to see <br />through your own <br />set of<br />faults.<br /><br />under this laurel<br />on the grassy shore - the bay <br />indistinct from sky, <br />teal's movement defines space <br />and where we are is alive.<span class="fwn fcg"></span></div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-31876128987545015932013-12-13T10:46:00.002-08:002013-12-13T14:35:00.315-08:00a sonnet for Manila, Calif.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
13.12.2013 says dennis the small,<br />
fist pumped, glorious, in regal repose.<br />
<br />
these are the dreams of the fingers and the toes - <br />
beards entangled in barbed wire fence.<br />
<br />
it's not for lasting glory that we fix these leaks.<br />
20 miles per gallon and all the juice you can drink.<br />
<br />
herman melville, in a fatal leap,<br />
makes it somehow safely to the other side.<br />
<br />
each refusal keeps us warm - <br />
each remnant's where we hang our cloak. <br />
<br />
- a broken record's siren song. <br />
- a box of staplers interrogated by a flood.<br />
<br />
telephone call from invasive doves - <br />
the surf's ceaseless roar, the nearer shore.</div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-6994082383417383222013-12-10T20:14:00.002-08:002013-12-11T12:01:48.051-08:00This Poem is Titled 'Emily Dickinson's 183rd Birthday.'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<style type="text/css">PRE { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style>
<br />
<pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's what you do - </span></pre>
<pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Take what you have -
make it kindling. </span></pre>
<pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chop the table -
smash the chair. </span></pre>
<pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Split the trunk. </span></pre>
<pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Expose the heart. </span></pre>
<pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Build a fire -
stand within it. </span></pre>
<pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wait for what flies.
We follow the gull along ocean drive.
Dreams colonize.
Every beast is driven by hunger - we with an
instinct for god's own grief and a place in
our breast for beauty to abide -
a pigeon smeared across pavement,
with lifted head, strains to rise.
Desire is the mold that longs for the model.
Desire is the model that dreams of the mold.
From the splintered remains of yesterday's axework,
find in the wood grain a small bird's eye. </span></pre>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-40227971967641469292013-10-14T00:20:00.000-07:002013-10-14T00:20:22.437-07:00first few days of the new cycle (field report)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
a week since our completion of the yearly circuit<br />
and still we are finding these muddy flats<br />
under the<br />
generous bright paw filled and poised below<br />
north.<br />
geese have their seams across sky and chuck.<br />
let these few minutes stand for those.<br />
<br />
we find our instruments are not key.<br />
these largely un-moorable instants -<br />
the calendar flows like honey and the cupboard is bare.<br />
waiting for the next remittance.<br />
allow extra time as a tax<br />
on the poor.<br />
<br />
in the air we have seen all manner of great things.<br />
we find these waters fine, though bruised, and needing<br />
further care.<br />
<br />
our last entries are not final. if we take the temperature of<br />
the sky we will find a layered delight and more.<br />
every blackbird will find us - and still we<br />
hear of gunned down pelicans and their allies.<br />
<br />
we cannot speak this code much longer. please find this<br />
under the leaves, under the weighted winter moon -<br />
our plea is what any would consider - the lengthening day - the pearl blue corner of the set sun.<br />
<br /></div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-26218169536017513952013-10-12T23:13:00.002-07:002013-10-13T14:02:47.795-07:00 the wild jersey cape -<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b><i>an
introduction </i></b></span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">true, i was born in new jersey, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">sandy
soil, farmland, glass factories - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">ten
miles from the salt marshes and pebbled </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">beaches
and horseshoe crabs of the delaware bay -</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
the ocean a million years away - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">necklaced
in boardwalks, rollercoasters</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">now
casinos and condominiums </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">boarded
up motels and neon pizzerias</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">held two miles at bay from the mainland</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
the trees by causeways of</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">falling
down custard stands and </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">houses
up to their knees </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">on
the muddy banks of </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
pavement and </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">bays
that sometimes freeze -</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
the ice rises and falls with the tides - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
now and again snow </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">knocks
the common reeds, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">what
i thought we called winter wheat, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">into
the cracked and meandered sea -</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> <b><i>one
way of looking at it</i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
ran loose and free </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">in
the oak and the sweetgum </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
the hickory and </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">turned
my eye plenty </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">toward
the grey sky to </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">watch
the turkey vultures ride </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">what
thermals they could find. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
saw the difference</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">between
pin oak and pine </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
knew what i knew </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">from
an unremembered dream - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
ran loose and free without a map </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">of
the world and didn't learn </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
names of things - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
marked the way by the </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">slant
of the sun and the </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">sliding
perspective seen </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">mostly
from cars and </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">of
course tv.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">robins,
blue jays, buzzards and crows - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">gulls
and sandpipers, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">mallards
and geese. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">egrets.
</span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
can't think of another kind of bird </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
knew as a kid. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">ducks
paddled by the shore of the lake where i swam. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
knew the big dipper, the little dipper </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
that's about it. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">pigeons,
i guess.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
was thirty-five years old </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
on another coast </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">before
i learned </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
path of the
moon, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">from
my place on earth -</span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">not
a diagram or a description </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">in
a classroom </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">book.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> <b><i>two
more ways of looking at it</i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">you
can take jake's </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> landing
road off </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> delsea
drive </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">past
the hundred year old pines</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> planted
perfectly in </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> rows
and grown over -</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">to
the edge of the marsh </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> and
follow the leads </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">to
the bay.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">there
are too many kinds </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">of
memory to count.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">now
i can stand under </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
night sky on fire </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
whirling.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
galaxies, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> it
is proven, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> are
spread.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> i
can walk </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">through
the </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">moonlit
woods.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
am anxious to </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> sail
on my own </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> taut
wings -</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">now
and again a </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> long
fingered feather </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> scoring
</span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">a
frothy wave</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
can tell you </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">there
are hollies with sharp dead leaves </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">dense
at their base and berries </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">no
kid </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">ever
eats twice.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> <b><i>three
directions short a world</i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">in
1986 </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">we
sit </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">around
the table, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
four of us. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">jessica
sleeps in her bed. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
dogs </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">are
nosing </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
kerosene heater - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
cat is alert with </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">eyes
closed on the back </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">of
the couch. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
weather slants hard against </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
east windows. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">trees,
marshes, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">toll
bridges, hotels, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">motels,
beach houses, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">fishing
piers and spidery </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">amusement
rides </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">separate
the dining room </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">from
the surf. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">it
is easy to imagine </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">a
boat in trouble - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">some
pair of eyes </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">that
prayerfully watch </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
lights of the cape </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">grow
brighter. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">but
here it merely </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">winds
and rains </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">while
we listen to </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">joan
armatrading and </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">smoke
the joints flavia has rolled. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">rosanne
drinks red wine.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
watch catherine, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">her
brown skin, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">smooth
and timeless, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">her
hair cropped close to her head. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">she
laughs when </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">something
is funny. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">flavia
laughs </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">when
something is </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">sad.
</span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">talking,
we talk. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
watch them mouth the words. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">rosanne
is silent. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
the wind and the rain </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">whistle
and hiss </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
sometimes rise to </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">a
dull roar </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
our bottles clank </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
the songs behind it, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">like
the covered moon, </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">swing
by </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">as
fascists fight </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">for
scraps in
a world </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">that
is strictly
junk. </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><i>
</i></span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><i> <b>four
men three of whom are dead</b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b>
</b></span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">sometimes
it snows</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">sometimes
the long legs of a frosted wind </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">just coat the whole damn place in ice</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">its
a time of seething automotive violence and </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">maybe getting one's skull
knocked against one of those </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">rare
big cedars</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">or
maybe its just a mother's fist well aimed</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">its
hard to tell</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">once
the storm was howling across</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
delaware bay and i sat with chuck and eric </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">looking at tea stains on
rice paper </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">in his little wood shack </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">on
sunset beach - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">the
concrete ship sunk and battered </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
now getting battered some more -</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">for
years i carted a </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">tape
recording made that night - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">i
don't know where it is - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">chucks
handwriting on the label -</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> "conference
at swept away bay" </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">that
was in march </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">of
1986</span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">chuck
now dead - as well as his </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">old
pal bill - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
eric's a carpenter the last i heard</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">somewhere
in south jersey - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">no
one i know is sure.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
you think of the good </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">that
can come from just about anything - </span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">although
death is still death</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and
won't come to any other name.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">
</span></div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-20571342596887319492013-09-20T17:45:00.000-07:002013-10-14T00:21:32.087-07:00++++++++++<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
it's not the comforting heat <br />
of the hot sheet metal <br />
of the car door <br />
under an arm propped<br />
out the open window - <br />
the panamints on the right -<br />
speeding toward <br />
stovepipe wells.<br />
<br />
- a self-shattering dream. you <br />
know what i mean. <br />
<br />
the unease is palpable in the<br />
weight we all carry.<br />
<br />
our collective breath: where does it lead?<br />
<br />
yellow eyes - <br />
tongue lolling, <br />
as they say - <br />
<br />
a fish in the sea<br />
pursued for his life <br />
by a bird who will <br />
fly beneath waves. <br />
<br />
these naked clouds that cover the <br />
trees.<br />
<br />
now is a good time to love <br />
bare rock - the skeleton. <br />
<br />
the feather pressed in amber<br />
confirms<br />
we are real.<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-73086830420010151642013-05-15T15:40:00.002-07:002013-05-15T15:53:00.099-07:0015 May 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><br />
the actual world is not an imaginary friend. <br />
the moon in the sky is farther out than we can conceive<br />
but we can imagine what we imagine <br />
without end.<br />
<br />
we can walk to the foamy line where the surf <br />
runs up the sand and see the curve of our <br />
mother's side - the old wine-dark sea. <br />
<br />
and then after swimming in <br />
rosario strait - the taste of salt on her skin - <br />
her salt-dried hair: these mysterious traces.<br />
i could show you a photo of the day.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><br />
still we have a heavy heart - our errors and<br />
arrogance that cost lives - this empire of<br />
small shovels and pails. <br />
<br />
wind through leaves or my grandmother's<br />
bones - the ache is real. who doesn't <br />
dread the piercing wound - gutshot and <br />
too strong to be found?<br />
<br />
hunter says you walk following blood. <br />
says eat when you can. with teeth and talons<br />
on painted barn doors, writes free them.</div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-18045509219241944182013-05-10T21:49:00.000-07:002013-05-10T23:22:59.569-07:00coyote poem<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style>
<br />
<br />
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a
prologue to 'coyote poem'</span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">to
be posted</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">at
all meetings</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">once
the photocopying </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">budget
is approved (action item)</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">first
allegiance</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">eat</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">second
allegiance</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">more
coyote</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">third
allegiance</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">chorale
practice</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">fourth
allegiance</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">raven</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">fifth
allegiance</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">limelight
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(hint:
coyote likes life </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">stuffed
with</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cottontails.)</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">preface
to the coyote poem as requested by coyote:</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a
past reference in </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">verse</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">that
fails </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">utterly
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <i>Road
Runner, the coyote's after you.</i></span></span></span></div>
<i><span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span></i>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>
Road Runner, if he catches you you're through.</i></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“that
song, if you call it such,”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">said
coyote,</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">one
eye watching the </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ticker
tape, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">waiting
for a ship</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">to
come in,</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“wants
for intelligent rhymes, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a
meter that doesnt feel </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">like
the kind of wagon an </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">okie
would build </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">just
to get drunk in </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and
crash,” said coyote. </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(coyote
laughing)</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">said,
“this ditty </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">shows
a real lack </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">of
knowledge.” </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
said, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“i
hate this song. ugggh.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">it
makes me want to scream.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
wears glasses that</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">make
everything</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">move</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and
says </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“pop
music, pope music, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> poop
music.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
likes to listen to</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the
nuthatches and monk</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">trade
licks. </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">its
also true</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">is
sometimes so lonesome</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> yes,
coyote cries. </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
impersonates </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">smokey
r., </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">spins
on his </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">heel
– winks. </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">wags
his well-groomed</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">tail
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
says, “really, <br />i'm sad.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and
now, coyote poem, proper</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">on
the question of </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">where
to dig one's den</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">said,
“i fall </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">strongly
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">into
the category of them </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">who
say </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">if
its draws you, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">follow
- </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">like
the earth follows </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the
sun...”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
said</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“dig
your den</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">at
home” and </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">then
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
had to </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">run.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> after
dark, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">when
its only</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">headlights
and </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">taillights
and </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">those
bright yellow </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">eyes
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> coyote,
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">puzzled,
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">head
tilted, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">tongue
out</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> -
“you sure</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">kill
a lot of</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">rabbits.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> coyote
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">looked
over and </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">said
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“your
freeways are </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">why
she dont love </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">you
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">anymore.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“and
that,” said </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote,
“ain't</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">all.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> coyote
on edge, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">distracted,</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">looking
over shoulder,</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">looking
back, “can't you </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">think
of something </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">good
to say?” </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
pissing</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">on
the vinyl siding, cold fall</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">night,
steam rising, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">owl
screeching</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">said,
“there's enough in the </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">grocery
store to last </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">me
300 years -</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">once
you guys are </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">out
of the </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">way.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> coyote's
wet tongue, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">licking
- “wake up, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">wake
up - </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">i
was only</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">joking,”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> coyote
kind of worried, </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">kind
of sorry – </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cant
stop laughing.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“oh
brother,” coyote</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">said,
“i didnt </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">really
mean </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">shoot
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">yourself.”
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">6</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
under the stars</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">asked,
“who doesn't</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">like
old cheese? - who</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">doesn't
want </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a
few extra</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">mice
in the cupboard?”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">meteors
shooting </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">from
the back of</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote's
head and </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coyote
said,</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
“ssshh!
these new jokes</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">are
sleeping.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #ffe599;">
</span></div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-22859171315013741852013-05-08T20:20:00.000-07:002013-05-08T20:27:56.221-07:00dispatched<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(written on a computer)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">it's a dispatch from the last room that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">still has air.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">you do have to fear death after all.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">you can say</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">'i've got the whole </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">rest of my </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">life' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">in the end</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">that is the point.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">thrushes come back every year</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and still </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">these worlds can find ways </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">to incinerate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">just about anything -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">every story worth telling contains</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">a narrow passage. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">look at the blackened</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">remains of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">me or you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">fallen from our nest and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">cybernetically</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">repaired.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">these are some things i doubt i'll ever learn to fix:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">head gaskets and hard drives,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">whole cities flattened -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the grotesque phantoms </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">of infancy </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">***</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">neither foolish nor brave, the minutes are </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">lost into moments open and filled with </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">microscopic magnificences. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">songs of despair and joy - songs of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">protection that cannot </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">be torn - like a discrepancy in the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">facts a small paw </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">can exploit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">climb the face </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">of this thing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">dangle from ropes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">bolted to roosevelt's nose - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">have you seen the latest reading </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">from the dynamo? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">labratory peppers have</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">lifted their weight </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">a thousand-fold.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-53573961008927070092013-05-04T21:55:00.002-07:002013-05-04T21:55:38.525-07:00starfish double prime<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
its one of these things we call day.<br />your eyes are open and the orange cat <br />is waiting on the edge of the <br />next room.<br /><br />you almost set the world on fire and<br />then of course this song gets sung the <br />day after so much loss of <br />life and limb. <br />- the number of murders we see here and there.<br /><br />takes 2 more helpings and <br />the next meal is on me - fake blood and <br />heads with the dreamed of valhalla <br />whistling softly past their lips and the wind <br />in the trees.<br /><br />the eucalyptus of dresden and the lost semantics<br />of despair.<br /><br />listen to that wave - how cleanly she breaks.<br /><br />you might think that altamont<br />was the end of this or that thing - eagle, hawk, <br />swallow or bat.<br /><br />wait your turn for the next round and <br />the next round will wait <br />for you in turn - </div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-7305445040248729352013-04-02T22:31:00.000-07:002013-04-02T22:31:16.100-07:00Sanderlings forage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
sanderlings forage <br />the uppermost band of wet <br />sand, - probe for tiny <br />mollusks and crustacea, <br />inscribe dense islands <br />on the wind-smoothed beach. <br /><br />nearby birds in ones and twos <br />join the group and the group grows.<br /><br />torn fog's blown across the strand. <br />this world! so mysterious!<br /><br /> sanderlings weave world into sky, <br />knit all to each - <br />four ravens pass by.<br /></div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-42635021826619078782013-04-01T20:55:00.000-07:002013-04-01T20:55:13.077-07:00louisiana 2005<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
i could sing you a song of louisiana<br />of marsh filled platforms and houses stranded <br />by the side of the road - a great sea of<br />money sloshing between cars and locked suitcases -<br />how the football team cried!<br />five snakes drowned!<br />a proliferation of cranes pulls the old tin carcass <br />helicopters and dead cows, -<br />hamfaced shrimpboats - <br />plough the levees <br />for trees that read <br />the same forward <br />or back -<br />my song will be filled with caskets <br />and plastic mallard decoys.<br />this is a world of television sets <br />and refrigerators and decayed<br />relations risen like all boats.<br /><br />there are wider lakes still to come.<br />some keep some terrible scores <br />and the computers compute here as well<br />as kandahar.<br />airboats gunning engines in the great egret dawn -<br />crayfish ring each empty cup - <br />the moss' lament: this is not the end.<br />it is no small trick to see without steel structure -<br />and some may have to be shot on site.<br /></div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-9897249569125955142013-02-16T23:07:00.001-08:002013-02-16T23:07:31.557-08:00after the cold snap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />light winter rain ticks <br />through bay laurel.<br />
concealed, <br />i watch ducks. <br /><br />where does the bright <br />edge of this grey misted morning <br />enter the page?<br />the paper glows and <br />the black ink shimmers - <br />some duckweed still green <br />after the cold snap <br />clings to the bank of <br />the slough that drains to the bay. <br />too hazy to see the <br />other side. <br /><br />it's not a trick or conjecture <br />that we are real.<br />look around.<br />listen to that raven rattle his talk <br />somewhere above me and <br />the canopy.</div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-83716029932215744452013-02-05T19:16:00.003-08:002013-02-05T19:17:06.285-08:00studies in geneology<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
this morning reaches under <br />
the ribs - <br />
(last time i complain <br />
about these wounds, <br />
i'll tell you this.)<br />
<br />
i'd tell you the words <br />
my grandmother spoke,<br />
had she ever lived.<br />
<br />
try to see the oaks on fire, <br />
grandmothers<br />
in flames. <br />
<br />
the worst of it has passed. <br />
tongue lost, <br />
hair torn - <br />
<br />
these storied peaks<br />
<br />
and ridgelines like collarbones <br />
beneath her chin. </div>
monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-28156726785495249422012-11-21T09:45:00.004-08:002012-11-21T09:45:31.458-08:00Dorsey Doesn't Know Much<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> this story was first published in 1997 in Way Station Magazine.... no longer available... </i></span><br />
<br />
<br />
Dorsey Doesn't Know Much<br /><br />
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Dorsey and Nora sit at their kitchen table. Nora sets the time on her new wristwatch. Dorsey watches. Nora likes this, when she does some small, unremarkable thing, yet has Dorsey's full attention. Or used to.<br /> "Don't you have something to do," she snaps.<br /> Dorsey flinches.<br /> “What's wrong?" <br /> "I just don't like it with you looking at me all the time." Nora goes back to her watch. A new sort of watch. It tells altitude, temperature and time. <br /> Dorsey thinks his feelings are wounded. He imagines ways he might start telling her this. <br /> Nora knows. But she wishes she didn't. She wishes his skin would callous up more. She also wishes he would lift her up high over his head and spin her in circles until the dull kitchen smelled like taffy.<br /> Dorsey crosses the kitchen, opens the yellow cabinet above the sink and takes down a bottle of vodka. Two months ago Nora brought it home from a Christmas party. Dorsey was sick in bed. Nora deftly slipped the bottle into her handbag. She wrapped it in the Sunday comics and scribbled across an exposed margin; "To: Dorsey, From: Santa" She crammed it under his pillow Christmas Eve. So now, Dorsey wants vodka. Next to the bottle are two red plastic tumblers. He takes them down as well. He opens the fridge. <br /> "There isn't any orange juice," Dorsey says. He stands behind the refrigerator door, leaning on it. Nora doesn't look up.<br /> "So go to the store if you want."<br /> "I don't know if I want to or not," he says. He waits for her to turn her face his way. She doesn't. She lights one of his cigarettes and exhales in a way that Dorsey has come to call Noraly. Nora has always called his way of brushing his teeth Dorsily<br /> "There's never anything in this house when I want it." Dorsey slams the fridge door shut. Mayonnaise and jelly jars clank against each other. Nora gets up and leaves the kitchen. For a few minutes Dorsey looks at her emptied chair; he considers what he might have said differently. And then he follows her into the next room, bringing along the vodka.<br /> "If you're gonna throw a fit," Nora says when Dorsey appears in the doorway, "I don't want you near me." <br /> Decades before there had been an actual door between these two rooms; now only the jamb remains. Dorsey waits in the opening. Five hand-rolled cigarettes are laid out on the coffee table. Nora sits on the sofa which is also their bed and works on the sixth. The TV opposes the sofa, the twenty-four hour news channel muted.<br /> Dorsey comes all the way in. "Not throwing a fit," he says, "I just got a little annoyed." He sits down beside Nora. Dorsey picks up one of her cigarettes, rolls it between his thumb and index finger. The cigarette is packed tightly and the cotton paper is smooth. Like a distant memory. His eyes settle on the TV screen. <br /> "I'm sorry, Nora," Dorsey says, "I don't know." He unscrews the cap from the bottle, breaks the seal. Hands her the bottle. "Merry Christmas?"<br /> "Jesus, Dorsey," Nora says, "you'd be lost without me." She gets up and goes into the kitchen. Dorsey does not follow her. He tries to read the lips of the anchorwoman.<br /> Nora returns with the two tumblers, rattling them to let Dorsey know there is ice. "You can't drink vodka right out of the damn bottle."<br /><br /> Dorsey and Nora slumped together on the sofa. Nora leans against Dorsey's chest. His hands rest on her shoulders. Rap videos play silently on the TV screen. The vodka bottle, half gone, sits on the floor. <br /> "Hey Nora?" Dorsey's voice sudden, jolting. The dark room cannot absorb it. "Nora, you remember in high school, when we used to go out by Fairhaven?"<br /> "Yes," she says. Hesitant. In the back of Dorsey's first car. 1971 Mercury Monterey. Down by the old Alaska Ferry pier. Dorsey carried a scratchy wool army blanket in the car. The blanket carried a stale odor of beer and cigarettes and their body fluids.<br /> "Me too," Dorsey says. He drops his right hand down and lets it rest gently on her breast.<br /> "I have to pee," Nora says. She pushes his arm aside. Dorsey takes hold of her wrist. <br /> "Let me see." He rotates her arm until the new watch faces him. Little grey numbers flash 4:45 pm. "Be dark soon," Dorsey predicts. <br /> Nora gets off the sofa. She crosses to the narrow bathroom. When she passes the TV, she hits the power button. The screen goes black. When she closes the door after herself. Dorsey points the remote control at the TV and turns it back on. Mutely, a british band pogos in an overbright, highly colored set.<br /> Nora pulls the chain that turns on the light. At first the smell of mildew nauseates, but she soon is desensitized. She squats over the toilet, not allowing her skin to touch the plastic seat. And as she washes her hands, she checks her eyes for signs of age. The lightbulb shoots out naked photons like sodium pentathol. "Never were a beauty, were you?" Nora says into the mirror, softly, as if calming an anxious old dog. Abruptly her expression hardens. Her eyes narrow. Her jaw tightens. This face Dorsey calls her librarian scowl. Nora pulls open the medicine cabinet. Retrieves a tube of lipstick. A color she hasn't worn in years. In upper case letters she scrawls on the mirror, across her already maligned face, ASSHOLE. She drops the tube of lipstick into the sink where the cheap metal clanks on the enameled iron. Kills the light. Counts backward from five. Opens the bathroom door. <br /> When Dorsey hears the knob turn, he shuts off the TV, hopes that Nora won't hear the static electricity of the screen as it fades.<br /> "Nora, what's going on?" <br /> "Nothing." She sits on the sofa. Picks up the tumbler. Finishes what remains. With the cup held high, she watches small bits of ice slide down into her mouth.<br /> "What's bugging you?" Dorsey asks. <br /> Nora turns toward him. She stretches one leg over his lap, straddles him, faces him. She takes his face in her hands. Pushes his loopy blond hair back off his forehead. Then holds him there, his cheeks gently squeezed between her palms. <br /> "Dorsey, Dorsey," she says, finally, "Dorsey, you don't know very much, do you?"<br /> Her hands feel warm and kind on his skin. But her eyes. There is nothing Noraly about them. Her hands are warm and kind but her eyes are stripped of all content. Void. Uncreated. Eyes in which Dorsey no longer makes a reflection. <br /> "No," he says trying to conceal his sudden fear, "I guess I don't." <br /> Nora doesn't let go. Nora holds his face in her hands. <br /> Dorsey pulls away. He misses her touch immediately. "Be right back," he says. He lifts her from his legs, rises from the sofa. He walks into the bathroom and closes the door.<br /> Dorsey stands at the mirror. "She's right. I don't know very much." Dorsey tears off a small piece of toilet paper and wipes the lipstick from the mirror. He recaps the tube and sets it carefully back inside the medicine chest. He flushes the paper down the toilet and leaves the bathroom. He finds Nora as apparently vacant as when he left. He lights a cigarette and exhales slowly. <br /><br /> Nora leans back into the sofa and closes her eyes. The bottle is snug between her thighs. One of her hand-rolled cigarettes has gone out between her fingers. Dorsey is in the kitchen getting more ice. On his way, Dorsey stopped at the stereo. "Want to hear something?" he asked.<br /> And right now, while she hears ice cubes bounce into the tumblers, and pipes bang in the walls, and Leonard Cohen speak-sing about praying for angels, Nora checks her watch - 7:10 pm. 18 degrees Celsius; the sofa's elevation, as far as she and her watch are concerned, can't be distinguished from sea level.<br />
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monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-15836638679897067392012-10-24T16:13:00.001-07:002012-10-24T16:14:36.136-07:00ghosts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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is here – </span></span></span>
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is made </span></span></span>
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made with what is here -</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the
question of how we treat corpses</span></span></span></div>
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the place in this world <span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"></span></span></span></span></span>
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our traveling </span></span></span>
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and the </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">beat
of the earth </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">coincide</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">what
is here</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">was
here. hear the </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">nuthatch's
tin horn</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and
try to remember</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the
last hummingbird</span></span></span></div>
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saw - </span></span></span>
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what is made </span></span></span>
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made from the corpse of what is </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">see
the diatom dead</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">of
the sea. the seas die.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">i
see across the water</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">i
see the refinery at cherry</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">point.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ive
seen kinglets and chickadees </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and
sparrows collude.</span></span></span></div>
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the mainland – </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we
are the ghosts.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you
are a ghost. you are.</span></span></span></div>
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monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-66569970436398639502012-02-08T07:56:00.000-08:002012-02-08T13:14:01.956-08:00that fukushima thang<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>that fukushima thang</b></span> - from our intrepid correspondent, Ishan Vernallis <br />
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about a week or so ago<br />
i saw some article saying that they put a camera<br />
into one of the cooling tanks...<br />
and that they could not find the fuel...<br />
could not find the rods....<br />
which means that they have burned through the floor<br />
and are slowly making their way to the water table?<br />
it was my understanding<br />
(and i am no nuclear physicist)<br />
that if that happened chernobyl<br />
would look like a fucking joke.<br />
<br />
today there are reports that<br />
the temps have spiked in one of the reactors...<br />
don't know which...<br />
<br />
i just keep wondering which mushroom cloud will happen first<br />
fukushima or iran....<br />
<br />
in the mean time<br />
we feed the children<br />
steelhead</div>monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-70661475858823749212011-10-21T14:45:00.000-07:002011-10-21T14:47:14.308-07:00when will these criminals realize...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: #ffd966;"><style type="text/css">
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</style> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">monte merrick <mm@birdallyx.net></mm@birdallyx.net></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.01in; margin-left: 0.85in; text-indent: -0.85in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>when will these criminals realize you cant fight two wrongs with the same stone</b></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.01in; margin-left: 0.85in; text-indent: -0.85in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">30 May 2011, 20:19:01 PDT</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.79in; text-indent: -0.79in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">monte merrick <monte.merrick@gmail.com></monte.merrick@gmail.com></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">here we are in the age of formal </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">requests for the last place </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">we ever thought we'd look and it's, </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">you know, </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">cherry blossoms and that sort of thing</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">cups of green tea in the tanka of the day -</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">and we think we'll just go along this way</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">and wait for the next two or three things to die -</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;"> oh dont worry this aint gonna be </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;"> a ranting song about no </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;"> modern age - </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">these black cats have already crossed this path</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">this isnt the first time </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">we've seen the pulmonary</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">or the mainline or </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">that block of</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">osage.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">we have certainly been far enough from our mama's knees</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">to know money's never </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">going to grow</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">on trees</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">we know when the fire jumps up from the sewer</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">its time to start building some kites or </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">take your last things with you </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">in a clear bag to jail.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">"in the coldest morning yet" </span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">running engine, parked, red smoke rising from the bottom of the </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">night, and all the rest is spilled into the honshu sea and of course</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">the air is sweet on a day like this - old man TeeVee gliding </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">down over the dunes </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">with a little memo from </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">the day the bear will ask </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">what we mean </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">when we say think. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">what we mean when we say </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">"hands in the air or i'll fill you full of lead"</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">and copper and silver and gold and </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">uranium and arsenic and </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">old hay.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">here we find it rather a bind that </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">some machines dont know </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">how to shut themselves down.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">we can plan this for another time, you see - but that doesnt mean</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">the calendar knows. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">see you next to me in a broken heap </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">at the bottom on these boulders</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">in a storm called repair. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">spend the spring cleaning the spokes, spend the night</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">usefully. spend the night in tutelage. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">this is when the moon comes up. dont weight for another sign - </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">these things arent cheap and its a savvy muthafucka </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">who knows which way </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">the weathervane </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">predicts. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">some of these beats drop straight through - </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">the rest we contrive. </span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">spend all day in the internet, </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">a battle roar - a blank side. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">try on this coffin for size - nobody dreams of </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">a-waitin' the resurrection in a mass grave - or slipping forever</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">to the bottom of the ninth and you dont have to play.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">we let these phantasms make their own way home.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">we offer bread to the time of day.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">a little stick props a box and is tied to a string. </span></span> </div><div style="color: #ffd966; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif;">it's a trap, they all scream.</span></span></div></div>monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-31933202886217203162011-07-20T10:34:00.000-07:002011-07-20T10:34:58.345-07:00i once knew a cowbird named wolf<style type="text/css">
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</style> <div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">i once knew </span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> this cowbird named </span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">wolf</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> he comes in </span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">14 colors</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">- depends on whether</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">he's</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">in the flash, </span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">or up on the roof,</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> you dig?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">he takes his time </span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> with the oldies </span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">these days</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> and the last lantern </span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> glimmers.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> sun is rising and </span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">there's no stopping</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">that.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> wake and wonder</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> where your momma's at.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">in the words of charlie</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> also known as</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> slim -</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"disable the fucker"</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> or</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> clear the deck</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> and watch it</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Didot,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> spin.</span></div><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: x-large;"> </span><div align="LEFT" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div>monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-72584321819663950452011-07-11T18:01:00.001-07:002011-07-11T18:01:38.409-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jzMN2c24Y1s" width="560"></iframe>monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-7193524634386323312011-06-03T08:21:00.001-07:002011-06-03T08:21:46.611-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/16jujVqoVXw" width="425"></iframe></div>monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-81929309674349708352011-04-16T10:51:00.000-07:002011-04-16T10:51:48.791-07:00dreaming this now, part one<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">x<br />
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hiroshima to fukushima<br />
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please be sure to help us<br />
sincerely consider the <br />
following <br />
propositions<br />
<br />
this may require specialized equipment or<br />
beliefs<br />
<br />
it is not necessarily obvious to us<br />
if we are incapacitated<br />
by hunger or <br />
love<br />
<br />
please retain all rights to the <br />
next set of challenges <br />
now taking refuge <br />
in the details<br />
<br />
o, ancestors! who never <br />
wanted it to turn out this way.<br />
<br />
<br />
π<br />
you fly over<br />
the world at night and<br />
you see<br />
there below you<br />
the glow <br />
<br />
of this or that town<br />
industry, too.<br />
<br />
there's more than a few disasters <br />
making the rounds<br />
<br />
if we put the last thing broken <br />
on the scale<br />
our images will fall <br />
into place<br />
<br />
this has been coming since i dont know when.<br />
<br />
ask any mofo turkey for a real piece of pie and <br />
she/he will tell you the right thing.<br />
<br />
we call this the end of time, oh yes and <br />
<br />
lets talk about it <br />
for about <br />
another minute<br />
<br />
and then?<br />
<br />
we wake up <br />
into the dawn of this perfectly <br />
fine day -<br />
soon terns barking, geese <br />
departing.<br />
<br />
the insistence of the surf <br />
on the shore <br />
is a constant that <br />
can't be divided. <br />
<br />
we see the moon pull her this way <br />
and that <br />
and we say yes<br />
<br />
yes we say oh.<br />
<br />
<br />
ƒ<br />
option f: <br />
<br />
madman predicts: <br />
<br />
End of the World (as we know it) <br />
<br />
the ten thousand circles of yellow light <br />
in these few blocks alone<br />
moon looking with her eyes<br />
down on the dead <br />
and the not quite yet <br />
now praying to carved <br />
demons on the cornices<br />
of this civil despair, <br />
city-lit gulls like <br />
demons on the street corners,<br />
as glazed and worn <br />
as a pad on a brake.<br />
blogging into the stratosphere! <br />
to the very top!<br />
against our own <br />
repair.<br />
<br />
<br />
∆<br />
we can look back to <br />
these years - each fish <br />
rising <br />
to the top of a lake,<br />
white-bellied and bloated, <br />
as black birds fall. <br />
<br />
now poems so <br />
large they got <br />
whole modern cities <br />
and all of their beings<br />
burned to the ground -<br />
blowing in the wind. <br />
as if such was a <br />
suitable fact<br />
for a poem.<br />
<br />
these two guys are standing at the bar<br />
one leans back:<br />
'enola gay? - <br />
i think she got married and moved away.'<br />
<br />
(we might each have secretly longed to sit <br />
where the captain sits. a fantasy of power <br />
is as common as mice - but that's not <br />
where the action is.)<br />
<br />
this particle breaks as a wave<br />
and dives. <br />
those five gulls flying south <br />
above the crest of the dunes -<br />
and the loon crossing over from<br />
the bay.<br />
<br />
this is a story of westerlies <br />
and tides.<br />
and a modern lament:<br />
how do i outrun the sky?<br />
<br />
<br />
❽❶❽<br />
<br />
step into the wave, she <br />
steps into you.<br />
the ocean says,<br />
because, <br />
that's why.<br />
<br />
the ocean says these and <br />
those and this and that and <br />
each little and big <br />
live thing. <br />
<br />
the ocean says<br />
tentacles <br />
as long as <br />
the deck of a ship <br />
and the sailors all slide <br />
down - down to the sea.<br />
<br />
listen, while you sleep, <br />
to the <br />
beat of her nearby heart -<br />
open your window to the <br />
rhythm of the surf<br />
and you'll see.<br />
<br />
sanderlings evade the last of each<br />
wave. <br />
<br />
no one expects the ocean to think<br />
that another wharf will <br />
make the world<br />
go away. <br />
<br />
the ocean is just the ocean,<br />
she says.<br />
(as) she sees it, <br />
the ocean is <br />
just.<br />
<br />
she says rolling in, she <br />
drawls pulling out<br />
<br />
listen<br />
<br />
you can hear in the <br />
slip and slide of the<br />
wind and the sea <br />
on the grasses <br />
and the pines <br />
and the lupine<br />
and the dune, <br />
the crying of gulls six<br />
hundred miles away, and the <br />
amplified string of a<br />
distant guitar<br />
and the hum of the land as we<br />
sail through space. <br />
<br />
you can hear the world knock <br />
as persistent as a<br />
drum.<br />
<br />
you can step close to the sea and wait and <br />
the wave comes. that puff of wind blows <br />
the last bit of foam against an exposed <br />
bit of ankle - a tingling surprise, a <br />
sparkling breath. you find yourself awake <br />
in another of these moments, singular, <br />
alive and more frequently seen, that occur <br />
without passing and leave no residual <br />
time.<br />
<br />
<br />
☛❊☚<br />
<br />
</div>monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-83550819900579286162011-03-20T16:29:00.000-07:002011-03-20T16:29:11.733-07:00it might be that the average westerner only has bad information about Africa.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">According to Reuters, she is a rebel fighter celebrating the withdrawal of Gaddafi troops from Benghazi on Saturday. (Al Jazeera English 3/20)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Liberation of Aunt Jemima</i>, 1972 artist: Betye Saar</td></tr>
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</div>monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-57767909515097730652011-03-15T20:23:00.001-07:002011-03-15T20:23:11.165-07:00news from Japan, courtesy Al Jazeera<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FTMLSE7keeY" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></div>monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340597609032946784.post-48936317623621160042011-03-13T19:33:00.000-07:002011-03-13T19:33:58.121-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xiNIWCP5hck&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xiNIWCP5hck&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object></div>monte merrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927738039281628792noreply@blogger.com0