13 November 2008. Dark cornice--aluminum against blue, sun.
Words. More so and more so--crusader castles on a Levantine shore--each stone labeled and numbered--reconstructable, according to plan... A small Roman cursive "r", or an "l"...the loopy wandering of forms, each one bent to signification. Civilization's tool, from the get-go. Counting sheep with knotted twine--another knot, another month's reward. Sustenance, an absolute...
And yet...
Edward Krasinski--lone figure on stubbly hill, narrow, carved against the light--an arc of crooked wire--dangling spools, or cups, or cans--some small thing, mankind's impediments--chains of meaning, marking the impossible, yes, but there it is--as in a sentence, or a song...
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