Saturday, October 11, 2008

Neighbors

1. The skulls of men are several microns thicker than those of women, as are their bones.

2. They are at essence inverted birds, dense, flightless and clumsy.

3. We could wink at the stupidity and brutality of the object. It is separated from love, and the pains of conjunction. It grasps itself, but slowly.

4. Into the surge of the sea on the rocks, the lizards rush headlong.

5. The clothes are gone at this time of night; there is no material for us to touch. We hope to kill our neighbor, marry his son, eat his cattle, drink his blood, and vomit in the bed of his parents. But we realize only vectors, and are unable to fix any point, only continuous points.

6. Our neighbor's tomato grows on its vine. It has no understanding of any one thing surrounding it, yet it moves into space freely, feelingly. Our neighbor plucks the fruit, moistens his lips and empties his bowels. To his mind, his force is not abstract, or deferential, but open and secure. Our neighbor pictures his daughter, and knows, from this picture, that he possesses her.

8. Our neighbor opens his cupboard, finding it much as he expected it.