Pat Jourdan
At the Reading
Percussive plainchants — golden piano wires —
read from the podium with light and microphone off,
glasses up on hairdo. Black velvet jacket.
"A culture tired of its narratives"
announced in a fractured way;
list of grasses and flowers;
something about time and existence. Lots of textures. Allelulia.
Via immanencia "to rise out of a night of prayer"
(nom de guerre!).
"some pillars and a boat, sandglasses, gold leaf"
then, into the beyond, "banana-eating horses climb waterfalls"
"I of all this acquit myself/ draw my eyes off".
Small images or hints. Items from all over the place,
nature/ religious/ textural, collide.
"Roy Orbinson calls from a burning bush"
portions of sense occur but soon get lost
like someone with Alzheimers
"ink floats on top of milk"
— don't try this at home.
We look away.
Stacked chairs clatter and crunch.
read from the podium with light and microphone off,
glasses up on hairdo. Black velvet jacket.
"A culture tired of its narratives"
announced in a fractured way;
list of grasses and flowers;
something about time and existence. Lots of textures. Allelulia.
Via immanencia "to rise out of a night of prayer"
(nom de guerre!).
"some pillars and a boat, sandglasses, gold leaf"
then, into the beyond, "banana-eating horses climb waterfalls"
"I of all this acquit myself/ draw my eyes off".
Small images or hints. Items from all over the place,
nature/ religious/ textural, collide.
"Roy Orbinson calls from a burning bush"
portions of sense occur but soon get lost
like someone with Alzheimers
"ink floats on top of milk"
— don't try this at home.
We look away.
Stacked chairs clatter and crunch.
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