listening jarred

jar's travel far

(everything comes from somewhere)
















the wind can no longer be heard through the trees

(silence fills the branches)




seeing leaves is as much hearing leaves


stop. watch

(searing thieves)



mind's eye
mind's I
I see
I mind

they capture

(seize)

all that sounds


to

produce sound

(under wraps)

control sound

(containment of synapses)

preserve sound
(digitize)

assign a role
(label, name)

protect
(from the same)

project
(illuminate)




stuck behind panes

(reclusive)


obtain



am I obtuse?

THE ARCHÆOPTERYX

A good restoration of the oldest known bird,

Archæopteryx (Jurassic Era).

It was about the size of a crow;

it had teeth on both jaws;

it had claws on the thumb and two fingers;

and it had a long lizard-like tail.

But it had feathers,

proving itself a true bird.

crow sketches

sees us

black inky movements
sketching across the ground

turn, turn,,,,

stop.

stare.

hop skip hop
hip hup hup

up
.
.
.
up
.
.
perch on wires,


gawk.


swoops from bough to bough


stare.



swift cackle!



flail.


watch, search, scavenge,,,,

communicate.


(gentle clicking)



lurch

leer

urge


(bird dirge)


can always wait.


say what you see!

(or just watch)


is it urgent?


(listen)



~

-black costume
-anklet claws, bare feet
-ears and beak shadow mask eyes up peck peck
-wing tufts
-fitted body with loops and places to attach stuff
-slick suit
-tail clackers laughing
-concise language
-movements

hibernation station

within winter's cold & deep, the sun is setting low.
hidden somewhere, a bear lightly sleeps,
her body full, aglow.

(zen-like patient, waiting for the thaw)

her mind's eye often wandering, to places beyond her den.
sleepwalking shapes of dreamed imaginings,
plenty and
often

~

"One of the most celebrated hibernators is the American black bear (Ursus americanus). It can go for as long as 100 days without eating, drinking, urinating, defecating, or exercising."www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sa...ernation.html

"A slumbering bear has all it needs within. "

meditation guru!

what do bears dream?