Philip Whalen
occasional dilemmas
What's perceived
Duckrabbit
nightjar (not a bird. Not a vase de nuit. Not
THE GOLDEN BOWL)
Blue
I applied the gentle but determined pressure of my right
forefinger to the mother-of-pearl button (the same as
total surveillance and repression.)
If there was anyone within, he ignored the summons of the bell
which I could hear ringing quite distinctly
Nightjar
A bird vase de nuit
a necessary vessel
I made certain of the address. It was difficult to turn
the thin pages of my address book, but I did not wish to remove
my gloves.
Rabbitduck
(reading from west to east)
The cocoa-fibre doormat seemed quite new. The porch lamp, high
and to the right of the bell-push was made of frosted orange glass
cast into the shape of a torch flame. A closely pleated green silk
curtain stretched tightly across the thick plate glass let into the
center of the heavy front door.
In fine, a marvelously double vision: total security is the same as
total surveillance and repression.
Olson told us that history was ended.
"OK. What is it you think you're doing?"
"I'm trying to wreck your mind, that's all."
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