starr street sumi_2008

pan upwards//: (itisdark)thesky(stainedorangefromthecitylights)

Thecamerarisesandthelensfindsitswayinsideapolicehelicopter.

flashing redwhiteblue flash red flash whitethegrid,belownow,isflattened. erasingeachactionasitoccurs. thefiresalightinthesky.

1sthanddocumentation:geological cameras,photographers,courtreporters,diarists withoutwallsnow,theirpapersfalllikeash. Theearth’scrust-likeacarpet. Pulledoutbyagiant. Buildingsrattle. Platesinbuildingsrattle. Teeth.

Sisyphusreturns.Thehelicopterapproacheshimandcutsathisskullwithitsblades.

pan upwards//: (itisdark)thesky(stainedorangefromthecitylights)

Thecamerarisesandthelensfindsitswayinsideapolicehelicopter.

flashing redwhiteblue flash red flash whitethegrid,belownow,isflattened. erasingeachactionasitoccurs. thefiresalightinthesky.

1sthanddocumentation:geological cameras,photographers,courtreporters,diarists withoutwallsnow,theirpapersfalllikeash. Theearth’scrust-likeacarpet. Pulledoutbyagiant. Buildingsrattle. Platesinbuildingsrattle. Teeth.

Sisyphusreturns.Thehelicopterapproacheshimandcutsathisskullwithitsblades.

Collectivememoriesarenomoreinthedesertthaninourgreatcities.Riversconnectingthetwomeanderinhelixes, suspendedinthetundra,vaporousattheequator.

ACCIDENT:ThejanitorsatGrandCentralStationhaveusedmargarineinsteadofwaxforthemarblefloors.

Thesceneisamess,nothingbutcompoundfracturesrippingthroughpinstripes.

InMemoriam:theroomswillbefilledtotheirceilingswithsanddyedpink.

Familieshavemademakeshiftmemorialsonthesidewalk.

Somanycandles.

Afriendlyterroristgroupcomeslate.

Spreadingsodiumcarbonateandlimearoundthecandles.

Bydawntheimmenseheatfromthecandlesreactswiththematerials-and-formsacrystallineglassstructure encapsulatingthehistoricstation. Amemorialofchance.