also known as sallows or osiers. Soft, pliant, tough wood. A strong, vibrant life-force. And here in Walnut Creek, CA ten tons of willow imported from Vermont by commissioned artist Patrick Dougherty. (http://www.bedfordgallery.org/public-art/collection/patrick-dougherty). A must see. Like a meal with friends and conversation robust yet intimate. Like a new notebook with first gestures -- bold, skyward & deep into the earth. And always as with poems, meals or sculpture -- a window to see in, to see out.
What if observation and imagination blur, cross lines, as entangled narratives become more engaging than reporting the bare facts. What if our detective begins to talk about him/her self in the third person? These notes were found in the detective's second home in a discreet suburban neighborhood.
ReplyDeletehe's hold up in a place by the beach
it was all a frame, the neighbor's say
next time you go calling, park more than a block away
oh
and an ice pack will stop the swelling in no time
(Here there is a pause as the notes are stuck together and must be steamed apart to make sense of the torn and scrappy notebook, obviously hidden from prying eyes.)