VINYL POETRY

Volume 4, October 2011

BIRDIE
Emily PettitView Contributor’s Note

After Calming Down You Have an Old Feeling

It’s all position position and a push in a
certain direction. We are not calm. A feeling
like the daisies that wouldn’t die. It is not
automatic. Then all of a sudden, automatic!
This is an old feeling. A feeling that feels good
now. Like how lions do very cool things
and then are also scary. You can observe this
just after sunset. Just because you know
something doesn’t mean someone else does.
When do we learn this? An awareness of
another’s awareness. I think you think I think
look at this! Faint sources of light! And water.
Water may exist where you least expect it.
There is water in the lava. The lava like a lion.
Water in the lava. Hydrogen in the hills.
What sort of vision have you had? There is a
heat in my head. The heat comes in distant ships.
How far do you run when you run? There is the
distance between two points. There is the
distance in discussion. There other are distances
too. Are you calm? I am better at hearing
than I am at forgetting.