Saturday, June 16, 2012

Picnic food. How does picnic food mimic the editing process of a poem?

The genesis of perfect picnic food is what's in the refrigerator in real time. Here you go -- open said refrigerator (take notes as a detective would), take something out, put the remainder back. You have more; you have less. You are no longer clueless.

The page or digital screen is the refrigerator. Take something out; put something back (sometimes even the same amount). You have been editing that sweet, dear or spicy poem all morning and now you are ravenous.

Begin at the beginning -- open the refrigerator.

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  1. PERSONAL MYTH (1)

    On the far shore are lights and small houses to which you take your beloved again and again in your dreams. The walls are whitewashed with the light of another day. The purple flowers you have pushed against the window glow with the sun behind them. You walk down the the large yellow field wondering what is in the basket and when to stop and open it.

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