temporal nomads (poems by william allegrezza)
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temporal nomads
william allegrezza
xPress(ed)
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temporal nomads by william allegrezza
Cover Art by Jukka-Pekka KervinenCopyright (C) 2003.
Design, Typesetting and e-Publishing:xPress(ed)
Espoo, Finland
Copyright (C) 2003 by william allegrezzaAll rights reserved
Electronically published in Finland
ISBN 951-9198-34-2
WWW: http://www.xpressed.org
email: [email protected]
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about
this series is about the nomadic nature of time and knowing,about death in the greek poets sense,about the way the mind meanders with the myth of logic,creating openings just large enough to inhabit.
the progression is the order in which the poems were written; thus, thepoems trace "la vita delluomo." further more, the poems were all writtenin the span of a month.
thanks to the editors of Red Coral, Blue Fifth Review, and ampersandfor originally publishing some of these poems.
chicago, il
march 2002
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tempo
we are in the moment of finding that you are nothingthat being is at last nomadic forgetting perched on the edgeof lake water that slowly moves in the afternoon sunwhen flight is not appropriate nor is believing that icecontains more than ice or that space grows longwith the attempt at understanding that time is thrown withleaves in random circles without any accompanying figures
and then
the beginning thatargues for the end
like a cycle oftracing
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english ledges
and tooto be lost among the city islands covered with
maplesat the appropriate spot for the sun
when the cycle beginsin the cold
rearranging the fieldfor the shifting
borders that unnoticedallow the voiceenough room tohear itself inthe language ofothers or inits own echo
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lyric
this regional silence of planes &straight lines
tr icksusintobelievingthatmotionisdifferencewhen
no straight voy age is possibleonly sidetracking
on back highwayswhere pickup beds
and tow-hitches are companyfor words
and music
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calla lilies
all response is notingthat death repeats a single trace
fortothentheendisnoworpastpresentisacar vingofspacewhile
words turnchaotic chances of
systemic error
the totemis notour answerto thelast ofthe godscr ies
under fences spreadingbut not denying necessity
as flowers
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(calla lilies continued)
growingin seemingly random
patter nsunder
a canopy
retraction orplanetar y abstractions that ask us to believelife is foreign or is red planet dust blowninto the constant motion of here
whenplayfulness reveals
plants on the blockor
childrenwaiting for the boom
to wipe fear away
when contact leaves usin awe
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mesquite revisions
division
here is number
I listen intentlyto a voice over speakersthat sings greetingswhile
the wind
arrangesleavesandplastic bags
as a story repeats
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water drive
aswerespondagainInLonELYgEstUREsa central piecenear game boardsscatters along populated linesunder building towers
motion is always from here tohe re t o h er eas if destination is destination
li ke br eak ing in cre atio nan edi ti ng of bound aries of
de ad han ds and dro psof w at er fo rmin g the sa me
sp ace for fe ar or re leasewhe n we di scover
f li g ht
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homers campfires
the utteringof nothing
in anexpansive moment
when the bordershifts
againfarther
into
open fields
wheretypes
lieface up
burningin mid-july
dallassun
under
limbsthat
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(homers campfires continued)
relyon
shadows
for shape
wherefeet
restwhen
rainmoves
in wallsfrom
the center
through
light
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dcouvrez
archangel parrots dance the tangounder the limbs of honey locustsin august when bus stops wait for visitorsand candycanes talk of midnight helpersstacked near the rusting tailpipe ofa once iced over char iot of martiansdressed in red with swir ly capsthat signify some crazy motto carved inmonuments far to the north
where the gods dip fingers in cygnet lakeand spur rhetoricians to arguethe pertinence of heraclitus
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red stick
though desert oaks remainwe do not
for the lines that through hands becomenotes
speak of creation under starsand we forget the rules of engaged
sentimentsand leave
variegated leaves
pile them next to courtyards doors
& believethe logic of this system
refusesto find
chocolateshidden
with clerical humor
in clubsmeant
for decision
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asking
centipedes flakes bearingsdallas bronze farfalletime lightning busescats sheets maplescanada cups vespashandshakes guitars beerbooks tables mountainstrains boats childrenhair gum silver
fire rivers mudsubways towers windcurrent gulf highwaysfields religion cowssound desks gunsmuseums paintings woodrestaurants guards bicycles
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a. h.
scrambling through daysthat lead into each other
whenfor a brief moment
a motion clicksand we
find ourselvesin flight
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return tide
replacing other lights when shadows cease and park paths begin to changewith the season and shift to lead somewhere down broken avenues that turnnames into fragmented tales that are told late nights in dim light onporches where bug zappers shine an ominous blue and ring with the cashingin of life over beer and dead flesh near where the grass grows and themowers shift their feet for balance as if speed were control with lowermotors racing towards bridges meant for trains butleft now as refuge for the last bluebirds winging their way across the longplains where the mesquites look like skeletons and the blues transfor ms
hur ting mississippi strings into miraculous buildings when wor kers gatherat corners early mornings in south chicago or l.a.
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egyptian water
wine tipped from the cupand lights hung over the harbor
whenthrough tiny holes
we tell timeby the sound
of its slow drippingand remember
that statues
of godsgather
in storage roomswaiting
for scholarsto visit
or forthe final destruction
ofhere
as it
expands
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under release
inhabited words attempt to createa fiction
of unrestin wester n cities
in the dark of nightfleeing the
samemob
gathered
inworn halls
againwith
titlesthat
arguethe corruptnature
ofthe
city
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the french
lines of motionwith the sound of airplanes in flightor printers wor king
or lecturers dancing before silencewhen outside the snow melts
and the winter fadeswith canvasses
or drinksthat fall from the edge
as shards of glassthat search for a moment of transitionlike
a body for a countrya signal of state turning rampant hormones
into hands that rush forward in deathpiling bodies
before a camera thattraces its origin
to factor ies in the east
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song
left in abandoned roomsin the south
when youth faded into the daily humof bricks and trees
in a space that was altogethermythic
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rooms
four teen and four whenthe kitchen stops before isles
and traffic speakswith rhythms of power and "passion"
in live motionas lilies rising or bearings over tracks
lost souls in judeccanear grassy park reliefs
where planes buzz
and fake gold holds torches of peace
four teenwhen no back countr y peace forgives the
meander ing lie of games under water oaks limbs orlate runs in atlantas central forgetfulness
where plants climb on trellis railsand children ask neon signs
for incenseand decision
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sight over knowing
bicycle wheels turningholding
holdingin seasonal rain
flowers and hands at restappearance
somewherebefore finding
reason
stoppingwhen the wind blows
memor yand invitations
sour& mixed
you are not here
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release
somewhere in words are stratasthat shift from here to hereas if motion undercover is extension
and resting bulbs are the resurrectionof roots that transfor m continually
from nothing to steady beliefwhere no foundations remain
fir m after the voice
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head into the desert
the aligned handswork through
visions
and we listento cars over bridgesand trains in the station
where children gather for addition
the for mula for life is extensionwith no order
butcontinual footsteps
on wet streetsthat lead through
different barriosto a door
wherea lover waits
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yanaconas
you could ask for pillnwhen the columns are dense
when thirteen is your number and youare infiniteon wings
as the circle closesand you raze the ending with a crythat sweepsover legs
between clearingsas roads covered and
dr ums playingnearbywhere the ruseis barbaric music
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daze
to have happenedin time
with broken bits of glassscattered on a partially caved roofnext to a washboard left on a wallandto be wor n of newness& grow silent
becoming unhinged
while holding the gods masksin a cornerwhere freedom is forced withtea and sweet breadswhile the open roadsubjects you to here
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here
suddenly the movement is hereand we know that reaction is notappropr iate
so we pull the bags togethertur n off the lightsand leave the studio for anotherless cozy arrangement
yet before we get anywherethe earth begins to turnand we find ourselvescovered
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floors in music
we crossed ourselves
"Ill be attending to his language"
in translation of trains running under parisian streets
shes accomplished in teaceremonies and film
pound here is stamp one
"to connect the brace to the corner,"
stop what you are doing and break the dull educational whine
oh, to be free in July when fires rape the fields.
of her, he had no words that could sing.
up in cards phones broken keys in downwards trills
then in sunlight, I asked the girls for a picture.
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flight pattern
migrationmoments in flow
borders turninginto other borders
along multidirectional raysin creation
of spacewith words modeled continuously on
fragments
that piece togetherin patterns
with currentsthat are not in and out
but passage through