INSOMNIA

It' s 5.30 in the morning
you're breathing and snoring
blends with the noises
in the street
I count the moles on your back
the hairs
on your feet
waiting for the bitter
to drip out
from the sweet

no significance

ALBERT GHANDI

FALSE WITNESS

Found written in the back of T.S. Eliot Collected poems 1909-1962.

SCHOOL

1.

The last pennies of summer were spent at the fairground. This made going back to school a little more bearable. They stood in line outside the main hall,
recounting their exploits in the fields and country lanes. Any big event took place in the main hall, which also functioned as the gym and dance hall. At morning assembly, on their very first day at school the Head Master had led everyone in the lord’s prayer; the deep mellowness of his voice when it echoed in the vast space had worked an hypnotic effect upon them, they’d believed every word. (They were after all only children.) They were lectured on the wrong and right way to brush their teeth, not to run in the corridors and to always be available for sports days.
Now they were starting their third year. The Head Master they’d learned from some of the older boys was a ‘wanker’. It was quite awhile until they found out exactly what that word meant. Although this didn’t seem to detract from the enjoyment they got from whispering it under their breath when they passed the Master’s office and the staff room. It was as if they were saying- You can pat us on the head, you can see us smile, you can think that we are happy here learning what you force upon us, and you can go on thinking that, because we are whispering curses to ourselves. We are dropping rotten eggs in the windows of your cars.

THE FOOT

Found slide.

There are 26 bones in the human foot (28 if you include the sesamoid bones at the base of the big toe). These are: the Talus, which connects to the tibia at the ankle; the Calcaneus, which forms the heel; the Navicular, Cuboid, and three Cuneiforms (Medial, Intermediate, and Lateral), which form the middle of the foot; the five Metatarsals, which radiate out to the toes; and 14 Phalanges (2-3-3-3-3), which form the toes.

POLKA-DOT SCARF

Found on Bear Beach.

EXCEPT SPROUTS

READ THIS ALOUD

Found in Chinese Household Furniture by George N. Kates.

KISSING BRIDGE

TULIPS

Found in Women of The Beat Generation. (Pages 209-291)

MUFFLER PARTS AND GROCERY

Found in a copy of The Karma Sutra.

THIS IS GARY

The Front.




The Back.

YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND

Found in Back Country Biking in the Canadian Rockies by Doug Eastcott.

FLYING HIGH

Thanks Sarah.

MY DEAREST DARLING CIGARETTE

FLORA

A short film by Jan Svankmajer.

THE FLOWER

Found in Ulysses by James Joyce (pages 170-171)

RETURN ME

THE GRAVE

Found in What is to be Done? by V.I. Lenin. (pages 92-93)