subject:
(circa 1982; 1987; 1993; 1994; 1997; 2001; 2004: 2006)
today a gecko
core eclipsed and spiraling
over rusted balcony spindles
hornito baskets (salmon, fuschia, white & gold)
picking at a scab that belonged to the neighbour's dog
(a dachshund, silly little thing)
selected and edited twice
the dog is brown
the gecko is pink
with dashes of indigo on its eye, its toe pad
crossing lines (cf. the yellow boa constrictor-like sun in
the upper right-hand corner)
from September to November; January to March; throughout
July
the dog is sleeping on an armchair, striped with bands of
black and purple
the gecko is mostly pink, licking the fragile shell
the boa constrictor is caught beside a green-leafy
vegetable-like cloud
suspended from a monkey tree,
a silver lake, a catechumen, a lighthouse
flashing in the background,
it's autumn
and rain pellets pound along the railing
and a rainbow arcs over the house the catechumen watches
ending in a snow-fleece cloud (a bush)
the wind is blowing back the neighbour's mullet (orange,
hung with shade)
it is the subject…