Thursday, August 10
EIGHTY-EIGHT AFTERS after the battle after a war and a light lunch on the terrace after the arctic after the formation of deserts after I sit in the dark (I see nothing) after the anti-planet or dark sun after the reign of caprice after another possible title after a “pointless vegetable existence” after incarnation after Carpenter, page 7 after windblown sand after the something-I-know-not-what after boughs of elm after bows of elm after live yew after dead heartwood after inside after one mind after outwardly white after inward red-orange after sedimentation after all these —shape —color —outline —extension after cold, dense, dry, fluid, heavy, hot, rare, resistant, soft after “inner light” after the burden after a false name after no questions after, as I said before, the battle after soul after the need of body. after herself after every moment after herself at every moment after the honey of her sweetness after her face after delicacies after the body’s needs after food and delicacies after a whole life from the very beginning after eyes after moaning after hands after hands with grief after tomorrow after religion after boredom. after the hours (tedious and tasteless) after Whitehead after time told after compression or tension after she started to her feet after dependent origination after that, as it may be after dry rivers after available food after unavailable food and drink after echoes of origin after legion after swine after atmosphere after only after always after wealth (worth?) after idealized versions after Atlantean memory after the speckled bird after existence after comparatives after a plant after the radius after the outer rim of the flower-head after proof after Pandora after nature after growing after being two after saving daylight after in between after wrought iron and mild steel after the immense extension of railways after chain after ladder after plot after thickening after abstraction after surface after the principle of constancy (Keith Waldrop, 1932-2023)