2.28

cloudless blue white sky above black plane of ridge

white line of jet trail by pine branch beside fence

pen and ink on wove paper sketch, sense of contrary

over here, itself nothing but for which, in thought

whereto and wherein and long since known or in fact

in the end if knowing means to have caught sight of

cloudless blue white sky above still shadowed ridge

wingspan of gull gliding to the left toward channel

2.27

cloudless blue white sky above black plane of ridge

bright whiteness of planet by branch across from it

show scale, insistence on person out of place in it

looking observe, had been or else, in foreground is

beset by questions, even by means of what little we

have discussed, do you mean the picture in the room

cloudless blue white sky above still shadowed ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

2.26

cloudless blue white sky above still shadowed ridge

motionless line of black pine branch across from it

these in the manner above are, which removes appear

between one another that, attention to, this system

person sitting on bench in trees looking out across

hills toward water sky eyes closed breathing slowly

cloudless red orange of sky above shoulder of ridge

shadowed white wave breaking to the left of channel

2.25

horizontal white cloud in pale blue sky above ridge

bird slanting toward lavender branch across from it

“object” transformed into form of, present “of” did

through, reversal, viewer drawn to parts of picture

if colors themselves carry the meaning or narrative

of painting, could please in an almost abstract way

blinding whiteness of sun beside blackness of ridge

lines of grey white cloud on horizon across from it

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2.24

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

whiteness of planet next to branches across from it

there would be and so on, having to be conscious of

how present the object is or can be, which, because

when I opened my eyes it was as if I was looking at

a framed two-dimensional painting of that landscape

pale orange of sky above shadowed shoulder of ridge

faint white curve of moon on horizon across from it

2.23

cloudless blue white sky above black plane of ridge

motionless black branches above fence in foreground

at least half a dozen new subjects, ten pen-and-ink

over here, nothing in the house, into which thought

father noting “you’ve been at see 3 days now making

20 knots, nearly 1500 nautical miles from mainland”

pale orange of sky above shadowed shoulder of ridge

white line of wave breaking to the right of channel

2.22

cloudless blue black sky above black plane of ridge

waning white moon below branches in left foreground

facts may have been other more, an age of so-called

stretch to depth of seen, stage picture, deep space

another word for the range of experience “alterity”

often called “otherness,” substance recently become

pale orange of sky above shadowed shoulder of ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

2.21

grey rain cloud against top of shadowed green ridge

red-shouldered hawk calling on branch in foreground

position with respect to, removes system of present

relations between, one to another, part of which is

before which all metaphysical representations break

down, always in this conversation on a country path

grey rain clouds against shadowed shoulder of ridge

whiteness of wave breaking across windblown channel

2.20

man waking from dream in unmade yellow and blue bed

trying to take photo of window someone else in room

taken as the “object” of, conceive of human subject

wants to talk about, mere thought, always return to

refuse to tell you everything you think you need to

know about what you need to know, conversation with

grey rain clouds against shadowed shoulder of ridge

whiteness of waves breaking across mouth of channel

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2.19

grey whiteness of clouds above shadowed green ridge

white-crowned sparrow perched on post in foreground

temporal in the sense of, needed to be conscious of

distinction between, from this point of view, kinds

whether it follows the track of physics or, present

of this other possibility, but also that we are not

grey rain clouds against shadowed shoulder of ridge

whiteness of wave breaking across windblown channel

2.18

grey white of clouds against invisible top of ridge

sound of jet passing over pine branch in foreground

“whether after you or me” as also, corner of garden

something there, added to it, different things from

play going on and on only took me 48 minutes to get

from the Marina Safeway to my driveway a new record

grey white cloud against shadowed shoulder of ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

2.17

man waking from dream in unmade yellow and blue bed

woman in grey car lost on flooded streets in Novato

seen though in part there only, only five here with

what we cannot see, later in the hands of, lines of

woman reading at Small Press Traffic on 18th Street

voice and clenched hand (hand not holding the book)

grey rain clouds against shadowed shoulder of ridge

white lines of wave breaking into windblown channel

2.16

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

waning white gibbous moon by branches in foreground

variant form, can however lead to position of these

parallel to axis of, time when, system of equations

10:00 AM Please call Park Ranger Yosemite (209) 379

1992 you have been reported missing from Mt Conness

grey rain clouds against shadowed shoulder of ridge

whiteness of wave breaking across windblown channel

2.15

pink white edge of cloud above still shadowed ridge

shadowed sparrow landing on post in left foreground

as which expresses lived, even if considered itself

“that thought,” this will be, as even one like that

being not only on mind and the outside world but on

the haunting quality of both, at least how I see it

red orange line of cloud above black plane of ridge

white lines of waves breaking into mouth of channel

2.14

pink cloud in pale blue sky above still black ridge

whiteness of waning moon above branch in foreground

which holds then together while keeping, subject is

following, neither reason nor logic, angle feelings

pleasure of volume being what feels to be a natural

outcome of who knows what, without being “resolved”

red orange of sky beside still black plane of ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

2.13

horizontal lines of clouds above blackness of ridge

white circle of moon next to branches in foreground

forward in order letters, half dozen following some

things once wither, still more, everything in which

does one read to acquaint oneself with material one

can then "share" with other ones similarly inclined

yellow orange line of cloud above shoulder of ridge

shadowed white line of wave breaking across channel

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2.12

cloudless blue white sky above black plane of ridge

whiteness of waning moon below branch in foreground

then from to some extent, fact that is another fact

watch, see from the back, appearing here the action

appears to be sounds phonetically transcribed words

before and after most of these opening lines number

pale orange of sky above shadowed shoulder of ridge

waning white moon in cloudless blue sky above point

2.11

cloud in blue blackness of sky above plane of ridge

white circle of moon behind branches across from it

after are so chosen that, one brought into position

which relative to system, such that moves, when let

ongoing practice of arrangement of letters in space

not construed as a “responsible political activity”

horizontal line of cloud above black plane of ridge

shadowed white line of wave breaking across channel