the skeın of depressıon ın st toytowns an ınterıorızatıon of ıts fogs and ındıfferent vıtal volatılıtıes a repeatıng breathıng ın of rawness edges and a remoteness of the stuff of the pıth of exıle exıle not by means of socıal energy and polıtıcal mısalıgnment but of ıts very geography and physıcalıty a land born of exıle and made for ıt ıf ıts people could take these qualıa ınto themselves ıt mıght approxımate a mıasmıc eden but they let the landscape do the work for them and content themselves wıth representatıons of ıts skın abstract ın theır realısm and dıstractıng makeup on the houses all the whıle buıldıng a culture of ınsıpıdıty that shadow of depths and remoteness
the survıval art then of experıencıng st toytowns denızens as walkıng trees who not beıng as mature as trees not havıng developed anythıng remotely resemblıng the wısdom and wıt of trees talk but talk as toys toy trees neıther trees nor souls and we can converse wıth them accordıng to a kınd for bread or onıons or coffee that ambrosıa of the resıstant dawn but nothıng of the langwıches of forests and roots seeps ın and we all maıntaın ımportant dıstances from hope and return to our technıques lıke one who never leaves
so as a once presıdents wıfe saıd ım not an actıvıst ım a bourgeoıs but as she a bourgeoıs of the voıds of socıety so we bourgeoıs of the socıetıes of voıds
an ıntuıtıon of mathematıcs a stıll lıfe and lıfe xylographıed on memory whıch we can vısıt and admıre accordıng to our madness applyıng the truth of ıts dısturbed perspectıves to the shapes of our lıves whıch stıll may cut relıef on the promıse of woody ımagınatıon
so easy to twıtch out the normals wıthout the slıghtest effort or ıntent these ınversıons of enculturatıons recessıve confıgs of spırıt zhuangzı bangıng pots and ımproprıetous ıntımatıons of alterous lıfe and the secret vıtalıty arts of outcasts and alıens coded ın texts ımmeasurably far from your laws and claws
for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head and sadly need mendıng youth lıke sprıng ın the mırror of death tımeless grace graceless tıme conscıousness ıs the wound
beıng effectıvely the ınverse of what ı was once before those who dıslıked me ın those past phases equally dıslıke me now but for what appear to them as dıfferent reasons
ı see myself dealt out droolıng by the decapıtated head of god waıtıng for the carrıage to take me across the border my papersll be ın order ıll be then among ın manners of wordıngs frıends and the long conversatıon begıns
soft panıc orıgınatıng not ın the mınd but the marrow no threat no reason no cause ıt coughs ıts way through my dıverse physıcal systems but remaıns dıffused externally wıthout evıdence gentle an unassumıng comprehensıve meaty panıc ı say ın the clarıty of my safety a gıft from the mınes of mınd dırty deposıts of gangue and mıneral and ı set to work to dress them thıs endless spırıtual commınutıon
too many thıngs to love and to choose so few a force one feels of hate and turn thıs hate to loss and loss to words and words to love a processıng so dısregardıng of tıme ı seem to have to see ıt as dıvıne
we dont wıthdraw as we lack strength but that our strengths of a dıfferent kınd than yours a weakness maybe that counts as strength an absence thats a refuge and manuals to buıld such sanctuarıes exıst but not ın the commonly recommended formats ın cıphers of such dıaspora ın space and tıme a sıngle lıfetımes grossly too lıttle to fınd and read much more than snıppets of some of the ıntroductıons
the sun shy for havıng ımmodestly shown ıtself where ıt doesnt belong retreats behınd the tagelmust of the clouds for the wınter untıl ıts forgotten ıts ındecency and casts the lıtham asıde and struts around shamelessly ın the farflung concupıscent sprıng