473> ser vs estar: th reziduel memewar of th hawkish variety uv branding i-urn | |
05 april 2016 > train horn in a'riverbrrating mhytyhm wakes us up like an alarm clock mid-aftrnoon blu sky lite flick'ring strobostacatoley cundoctor blaring horn x2 every 5 secunds probly cuz they hit a backho earlyr this week strands of trees little buds starting t' form back t' NYC 1-way @ least looks a bit less like winter then last time tho unseasonably cold out «now arriving in Wilmington» they announce wile we read th latest James Tate (Memoir of the Hawk) he rode b4 he died nice 4 reading on trains read a pom then gaze out th window + imadgin his vinyetted dramas playng out in these very rowhouses w/ tin awnings + malls + ball fields guys hanging out on corners sloped graveyards vinyl siding black bogs waddertowers autoshops east coast ugsitely lived here almost 20 yrs still dont git her we feel a fish outta hogwah ∀ll th dam cars + billbords selling this + that + discardid plastic + powerlines underpasses gravel axes rodes waht a terrible mess humins have made > Tate's got a knack 4 making th mundane surreal + verce-visa a certin reportorial logic quotidian pipes in a web leading 2 a refinery wires going everee way wich listening to Hey, Colossus on auto-shuffle (even in th quiet car always those who cant just shut up) a few nites ago we saw Autolux now superimposed ova bats in boatyards make us think of that terrorist marathon kid Boston finest shot th boat up nowhere near sea still expectid hogwah pouring out of th riddle of holes waht a way 2 go but he dint tho ¿think he got life in prison? may as well choose deth they shd give them th option ¿why put them on sewerside watch? way 2 menny ppl on this planit we think about overpopulation most every day if not waking hour wherever we go on this planit a constint remindr just pick'd up a bunch of passingrs now in Philly celebrating villanova's win last nite James Tate = a repsychler of junk turning them into antiques anutter man's treasure this pom (A LORGNETTE, A PARACHUTE) ∑ums up waht he dose:
—th tip of a milting iceberg if naut ya milt'd + @ th same time Tate = minimal + zen in anudder pom he reads th evening news «NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY» will shut up now on that note let th words + landscape flow thru us 06 april| NYC > staying in th same hotel we stayd @ 2-3 gothamic trips ago looking back thru our posts our 4th trip 2 NYC in as meny moonths cant seem t' quit her this time our window dont face out @ WTC o even th footprint but th inner courtyard woke up in th dark last nite naut knowing waht time our alarm clock only displayng th colon but no #s 2 either side ∀ll sorts of reziduel dream thawts flowing thru our hed back home we git up + put them down on paper (¿like Tate who we suspect also rites form a dream state?) in cuntinewing t' ride our Raft Manifest but dint want 2 wake up our better ½ here 4 work needs sleep + not even a pen + notepad on our bedside table 2 scribble notes 2 self that now (aft'r coffee + huevos rancheros) we pieced t'gather as:
> knot that she makes much ¢ense 2 u dear inurnet unflormat'd ∀ll outta contxt + running on in plaze + probly 2 change once we integrate cross th ∆elta form 0 — 233 (th pg count wich we know b4 even we start) this snippet abuv probly to go on pg 70 if we member correct > walk'dabout lower Maphattan up Water/Pearl neath th Brooklyn bridge then up Bowery as far as 14th then zig-zagged back thru Soho + Tribeca no street we havent walk'd yet as we did them ∀ll on our Maphattan Project but always got t' rewalk in ∆iffrent direxion/time of day/season etc 07 April> wrode in th afternoon then went w/S uptown 2 meet J @ a restraunt sposedly run by Lady Gaga's parents pretty crappy as u'd imadgine but cdnt git a rez no place else > our dreams of late halve come poring in pure landgauge no plot jus words wich never kin we rem'ember verbatum @ least in th rite ordr cept last nite had ∑umpin t'due w/ ser vs estar wich 4 us signuls th turning pt (in A Raft Manifest) when we ℝealeyes th verb «to be» ∃xists o waht «is is» @ wich pt ¿purhaps we terminate our moratorium akey on 5¢ense? havent d'sided strange thing bout spañish she divyds |
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