"within" |
{this the result of a word association game that was played some time ago...}
My friend Kas and I used to walk home from middle school through the alleys. These little shoddy service roads lined with ...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:45:00 PST |
the new guy |
{This is the story of a new co-worker of mine and how he came to work in book publishing. This is how he tells it, in third person. I replaced his name and the names of his family to respect...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:07:00 PST |
an animal sheepherder's mechanic torso |
Cardboard dragon sister sidewalk cement chews landscape.
Pineapple cake weapon fighter.
Potato eye hurricane archaeologist.
Toenail chest cavity brick.
Hearts pump well shotgun silence.
Tin man a...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:36:00 PST |
strangely potent... |
Schubertiana
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In the evening darkness in a place outside New York, an outlook point
where one single glance will encompass th...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:18:00 PST |
anticipatory |
Now, leaves are like toast glazed thin with apple-butter.Other places, trees have been up-rooted, tops dipped in purple, then replanted, leaving us to watch time, a cherry-chestnut syrup, drip down br...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:23:00 PST |
waking... |
I awoke to a bird perched on my big toe. His wings stained my ceiling and walls like jelly. Getting up, I knocked my head on the weather and then watched the rain wash him away. Drum drops pitter-patt...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:38:00 PST |
my harlem backyard |
The fifth day of rain has made the square space behind my back window a stone-bricked cradle of color. The weeds and other undesirables that make up the ground floor of this vibrant bedding, although...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:23:00 PST |
Windows |
When the father came outside, all was still. His steps from the house were each considered and taken with purpose while the sound of the wide, heavy boots crunching gravel into dirt magnified in the b...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:22:00 PST |
Well put... |
"It's almost like looking at a cloud and in the sky and seeing a giraffe there. You know that your imagination is making things a little more interesting for you and that there's some power there and ...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:30:00 PST |
shape (n.) |
Shape (shap) n.
The characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour. See synonyms at form.
Something distinguished from its surroundings by its outline.
The contour ...
Posted by jake sees shapes on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:00:00 PST |
