Sequence Theory

They pronounced it method. Light, for 
example. Wooden scars until a coda of 
blaming. Pages of illustrations. Backyard 
in the dream, an eternity of sound. The 
tabled information, a kind of abstraction 
translated alongside the sensation of 
meaning. In fact, serious & thoughtful
reasons to go on living. It is so easy to 
see the difference. (A conductor's score.)
Before the rudiments of listening, a basic
reticence, map of intervals. Written 
muscular words, agencies of hard-won 
distance. Painting bordered horizons.  



This poem first appeared in issue 18 (February 2002) of Xconnect.