12.31

pink red line of cloud in pale blue sky above ridge

towhee landing on redwood fence in right foreground

edge of what light almost as if, materials possible

appear, marginal present, landscapes and atmosphere

woman standing beside rock at edge of cliff appears

door out there above water wanting to go through it

blinding orange circle of sun coming up above ridge

windblown whiteness of wave breaking across channel

12.30

reddish pink of clouds in pale blue sky above ridge

sparrows pecking up seeds from bricks in foreground

event therefore objective statement of events, only

once light in empty space or, in another way, ratio

action “there” an objectively present thing instead

event experienced along with “seeing” idea of light

yellow orange circle of sun above shoulder of ridge

shadowed line of swell approaching mouth of channel

12.29

diagonal white lines of clouds above shadowed ridge

waning white half moon by rose branch in foreground

present in presence here, already the trace of form

talk about painting, that connection, listen figure

woman at table with coffee and fruit Vasari’s Lives

sentence about the exactitude of detail in painting

bright yellow circle of sun above shoulder of ridge

white half moon across from NO PARKING ANYTIME sign

12.28

dream in unmade yellow and blue bed opposite window

mother walks in having just returned from somewhere

ears exist, as collection of parts of composed body

here the sky, earth there still, weather approached

multiple relationships between parts whose likeness

and difference pull them at once together and apart

first orange edge of sun rising over shadowed ridge

lines of birds flapping to the right toward channel

12.27

diagonal line of cloud in pale blue sky above ridge

sparrows pecking up seeds from bricks in foreground

view distinct for finish, scale of a page more than

itself, in this way takes something in, person with

man recalling Beatles song went something like will

you still need me will you still love me now I’m 77

yellow whiteness of sun rising above shadowed ridge

wingspan of osprey flapping across mouth of channel

12.26

reddish pink of clouds in pale blue sky above ridge

waning white moon next to rose branch in foreground

who at the age of thirty, in the face of the public

simultaneously, pictorial language, view point whose

woman in blue hat asking what are the words for sun

comes up above ridge maybe clarification of essence

bright yellow orange edge of sun rising above ridge

two cormorants flapping to the right toward horizon

12.25

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

waning white moon next to rose branch in foreground

event where, time as soon as the clock simultaneous

look to horizon, reaching consequence of such, once

looking up at cloud above ridge writing things down

a documentation of what’s happening happens in time

blinding yellow orange of sun coming up above ridge

shadowed white line of wave breaking across channel

12.24

light grey rain cloud against still invisible ridge

sparrows pecking up seeds from bricks in foreground

name on the basis of what word, perception comes to

coming into contact with, maybe there, bend in road

relation between “away” and being “there” concealed

here is turned toward nothing at the edge of ground

grey rain cloud against invisible shoulder of ridge

lines of gulls flapping to the right across channel

12.23

sunlit lines of clouds in pale blue sky above ridge

blue jay pecking up seeds from bricks in foreground

object of some other kind which, separate existence

emphasizes loud, in a low voice, monotonous opposed

mother yelling you’re a liar at son’s wife who says

don’t speak like that to me in front of my children

white edge of sun in clouds above shoulder of ridge

shadowed swell lines moving toward mouth of channel

12.22

clouds in pale blue sky above triangular white peak

wind moving through shadowed branches in foreground

view garden, yellow house night given over to words

recalling it, language in hand, person present when

how the word unfolds as pieces relate to each other

occurrences in world observed in the present moment

white circle of sun in clouds above triangular peak

pale blue sky above tree-lined ridge across from it

12.21

blackness of rain cloud in front of invisible ridge

sound of drops falling on bricks in left foreground

assuming awareness of his life, moving to listen to

perceives subject matter, faces and figures, system

sound coming out of balloon as the man lets air out

woman licking fingers makes harp strings bird calls

faint grey of light coming into cloud against ridge

white line of wave breaking to the right of channel

12.20

parallel lines of white clouds above shadowed ridge

white-crowned sparrow on bricks in right foreground

frame of reference, takes place anywhere time which

is its antecedent, senses sharpened, such a concept

waiting at this time of year for father to get home

her mother playing Stephen Foster song on the piano

blinding white circle of sun over shoulder of ridge

shadowed swell lines moving toward mouth of channel

12.19

light grey whiteness of fog against invisible ridge

golden-crowned sparrow on bricks in left foreground

sphere of what is closed, late as well as meanwhile

here, mirror landscape painting, momentary material

woman on phone whose husband didn’t come to opening

doesn’t deserve to sit next to the artist at dinner

grey whiteness of fog still against invisible ridge

white line of wave breaking to the right of channel

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12.18

dream in unmade yellow and blue bed opposite window

something about the white house sliding into street

conscious, in so far as I know my body in the world

color at one moment, tone of one form, other voices

different sound produced by any number of sometimes

only one each minute described in a particular tone

pale yellow orange of cloud above shoulder of ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

12.17

sunlit red edge of cloud above shadowed green ridge

sparrow calling on black branch in right foreground

reproduce in pen and ink, made three small drawings

logic of the object, hear the saying call, physical

woman in brown shawl recalling something about cars

shifting shape to pass each other driving down road

yellow orange sun in clouds above shoulder of ridge

white lines of waves breaking into mouth of channel

12.16

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

motion of shadowed green leaves in right foreground

contact made with himself which, instinctive way of

picture, heads on bodies, appear each one at a time

second one knowing about what first one was talking

about when he said there’s no one to see or talk to

yellow orange edge of cloud above shoulder of ridge

whiteness of wave breaking across windblown channel

12.15

blackness of cloud against invisible plane of ridge

motionless black branches above fence in foreground

follows from relation to addition, placed at origin

unit of measure, ordinary now only, after the event

here and then what follows this and from this which

is at the same time possible to be completely there

grey black rain cloud against still invisible ridge

orange line of lights on horizon to the right of it

12.14

light coming into clouds above black plane of ridge

first bird chirping from branch in right foreground

word in response to word, becomes more of something

“disturb” the wrong word, moment not there, certain

it was not very long after this that there occurred

the second of the events that rid us of that person

grey rain cloud above still black shoulder of ridge

whiteness of wave breaking across windblown channel