it is 2:19 in the early morning
we have been given some reason to
expect some rain. it could
arrive at any moment.
i am waiting patiently to hear the sound
of thunder.
i have hardly slept at all.
i have been working all night,
newly inspired by fresh projects.
i am transcribing my next to last journal
for mike journeaux or desjarlais
i am translating appolinaire
his "zone", a classic french poem.
i am trying to learn to be precise.
i am a literalist, keeping close to my words
by definitions, by association
often i have to look words up...
both english and french
i have a decent dictionary
i was promised a much better
by a friend who has defaulted
perhaps for no cause of his own
i write new poems as i work
this is one of them
i hope you enjoy it
my old reader, my sole friend
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