8.31

dream in unmade yellow and blue bed opposite window

woman in grey car stuck on flooded curved dirt road

table of objects waiting, overlooking bed of dreams

direction of motion, body of viewer, touch involved

nurse walking out of ER in Memphis sees the surgeon

put pillow over still breathing Doctor King’s mouth

grey white line of fog against still shadowed ridge

line of pelicans flapping to the right toward point

8.30

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

sound of jet passing over pine branch in foreground

certain sense perceptions of each other, correspond

to stationary system when at rest, also “one,” then

grey haired woman holding heart shaped yellow petal

recalling column of sunlight through fog in channel

grey whiteness of fog against shadowed top of ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

8.29

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

red-shouldered hawk calling on branch in foreground

come to presence in field itself, place the name of

between the near line and wall, slipping away, last

man next to truck parked in driveway whose daughter

stops across street in grey car not recognizing her

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

line of pelicans flapping to the right toward point

8.28

dream in unmade yellow and blue bed opposite window

woman noting you will never walk a tight rope again

a view of the world which apparent, and in order to

mention of place, arrived at, left corner of canvas

man on left thinking of woman who didn’t anticipate

what she was going to say or remember what happened

grey whiteness of fog against still invisible ridge

line of pelicans flapping to the right toward point

8.27

light grey whiteness of fog against invisible ridge

motionless branches above fence in right foreground

recognize three drawings, some relation to painting

negative self, or person, only a little more breath

83 year old uncle refusing to eat kidneys shut down

having no interest in anything but his own memories

grey whiteness of fog still against invisible ridge

white lines of waves breaking into mouth of channel

8.26

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

sound of crow calling on branch in right foreground

bedroom elevated, a table pushed against the window

record vision, the object revolving, thought turned

man on left thinking of woman who didn’t anticipate

what she was about to say or remember what happened

grey whiteness of fog against still invisible ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

8.25

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

motionless black branches above fence in foreground

different individuals can to a certain extent, then

changing, numerical value following marks, one when

as long as we don’t grasp the questions being asked

outside the horizon of that which still itself like

grey whiteness of fog still against invisible ridge

line of pelicans flapping to the right toward point

8.24

grey whiteness of fog still against invisible ridge

motion of shadowed green leaves in right foreground

place that “where” which, allow something to appear

other area, blue slipping toward bottom left, trace

man in tuxedo at edge of the ocean conducting waves

happened 50 years ago today on Baltic Sea in Poland

grey whiteness of fog against still invisible ridge

lines of pelicans gliding to the right toward point

8.23

light grey whiteness of fog against invisible ridge

pink clump of amaryllis in field in left foreground

because we are present to that, then to describe it

at the same time, same in which, narrowing building

Ashbery on Dick Cavett so remarkably quick to field

wayward bunts Virgil Thomson who opts for monologue

grey whiteness of fog still against invisible ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

8.22

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

sound of jet passing over pine branch in foreground

referred to in letter and drawings, “identified” in

ones who are some, answer something about one, more

man next to truck parked in driveway whose daughter

driving by in grey rental car doesn’t recognize her

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

8.21

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

motionless black branches above fence in foreground

nearness of floor, narrow corridor passing by place

of possibilities, excess, visibility may well stand

perhaps a decent approach to realizing my potential

which falls well short of theoretical possibilities

grey whiteness of fog against still invisible ridge

line of pelicans gliding to the left toward channel

8.20

grey whiteness of fog against still invisible ridge

sound of crow calling on branch in right foreground

index of series of events which can be, speak later

there, and then from that when, without changing it

man’s dad throwing sister’s Ouija board into the LA

River woman responding “put it on your hips sister”

grey whiteness of fog still against invisible ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

8.19

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

sound of jet passing over branch in left foreground

nothing of the place that looks into it, here which

reflects across building, blue made tentative, this

for one thing can’t bypass current standing of self

consciousness which is a matter of one’s reflection

grey whiteness of fog still against invisible ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

8.18

light coming into sky above triangular granite peak

sound of water falling on rocks in right foreground

merge into actual gesture of, beyond all doubt with

other colors, dimensions, importance of large forms

someone wanting to make equivalent of motion not to

illustrate but enact what was happening in language

shadowed grey cloud above sunlit red orange of peak

diagonal white patch of snow on peak across from it

8.17

white patch of snow against triangular granite peak

sound of water falling on rocks in right foreground

light through half-closed shutter, order from which

that figure, descriptions of seeing it, takes place

what one says about thought being “measure” measure

of poems and days of writing them one after another

grey whiteness of sky above triangular granite peak

waning white moon by shadowed branch across from it

8.16

white patch of snow against triangular granite peak

sound of water falling on rocks in right foreground

light through half-closed shutter, order from which

that figure, descriptions of seeing it, takes place

what one says about thought being “measure” measure

of poems and days of writing them one after another

grey whiteness of sky above triangular granite peak

waning white moon by shadowed branch across from it

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8.15

grey light in sky above still shadowed granite peak

sound of water falling on rocks in right foreground

greater number associated with events, may be order

which it follows, must be further from, assume form

where one draws graphs of functions one talks about

peaks and valleys approximated with various figures

white line of snow on edge of shadowed granite peak

half moon in cloudless pale blue sky across from it