Amorphous

Amorph - Amorphous 39 x 39 cm

BOURGEOIS COMPLAINT

Obscure whispers from waves

and tree-tops confess their restless spirit;

then, as if to prove their point, depart. You contemplate

the Eight Sorrows plus their off-spring which

adds up to a total of sixteen. Numbers, though often oppressive,

enable you to grasp a nutshell’s infinite space. You’re

at home in theory, as they say; theory takes you for a ride

in a 1965 Galaxy 500 convertible, out on Fish Ranch Road

in the hills just above Berkeley, and dumps

you on your ass in the dust, near the rattle snakes

and joggers, laughing the whole time. So much for research.

If you must visit that white city perched

amid olive trees and citrus groves and hyperactive goats,

then go on, get out; we know

that your mind works differently from ours…

how does your mind work?

(Rumor has it that the rebels will seize the airport any day now;

trains have stopped running; food and clean water

are in short supply.) Rumor has it

that it doesn’t work at all, never has.

The White Stripes - In the cold cold night