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A collection of ink drawings produced in a basement in Bushwick, Brooklyn
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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.