Monday Sep 26, 2005

0
notes on The Gospel of Eve

Snow white.
Ash grey.

Gods'
Little
Green
Apple. Grapple

With retaliation,
Resentment

Toward the children,

Angry at the snake.


(When "anemic" broadens
Into "spare", spaced into
Scintillation, we congratulate

Subtlety, outsize position
Into clean metaphor, boring,
Determining that stance, in part

Is being chastened by warning
Mildly mannered when bruise would do,

Shamefully tame.)

*

The lion is yawning.

Disgrace is dawning.

Dust the awning. Mow

The ceiling. Be

A pretty girl. Grill

A gift. Shit

Rose petals. Learn

Metals

By their

Scent. Learn

Vintage by it's taste, waste

The day
Sniffing

Zinc. Clean

The sink, inhale

The sword.

*

Mending creature is a gift of the vivid

Not a cloak of the faithful.

She shivers at the borders of light.
Something of collusion in scarps of pleasure
That fail to keep her warm.


(Naked view, gaze from above amused.
Envy of zealotry, parade of perfume

Old robe frayed

Where it's loosely abused.)


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vuokko:
Haha, no, that was an accident. I'm really sensitive to certain smells, paint fumes being one of them. I get migraines. (Yet another reason I rarely use paint in my work.)

It's a piece about expectations of feminity in the workplace (BE NICE, LOOK PRETTY, DON'T PLAY HARDBALL, etc.). I'm recording myself answering calls and being really nice to assholes, then writing about it as part of an installation.

Why did Hirst get sued? I know about most of the others, but not him. I know about the art student who vandilized his work, though... gets me chuckling every time I think of it, even thought it was a cruel thing to do.

Yeah, now all I have to do is finish the piece and buy a shitload of Wild Turkey. smile

Lovely poem. Mind if I save a copy?
linkismyhero:
I've been recommended meditation in the past, especially as a way to deal with anxiety... I've never given it enough of a chance though, and I don't really know how.

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