6/22_p2

if all the dead were piled up would the pile stabilize itself in that the rotting and collapse of the bottom corpses would counter balance the addition of fresh ones

can’t stomach another coffee
shadows on the wall


first verbal image while taking a piss — second while bringing coffee cup downstairs (physical) — third (visual) on seeing shadow of balustrade on wall
waves of tiredness
walk along the shore — lake very calm today — ferry to burlington — day before yesterday — lake ride rather boring — alternation of beauty and boredom on the lake —
eyes scan the room — things to pick up — beautify the room — fix up the house — this room isn’t too bad
need to make some art works — design for sculpture
floating ideas — hard to make concrete — visions of sculpture in landscape — wanted to make one for Larry’s house — visual image of Larry’s property without house
Lawrence and Joyce — literary criticism — art theory — things weave in and out — book woven of words — the weaving of Ulysses — the weaving of Penelope — put together and take apart —

the music of the wake

the books of the book
the books at the wake

the wake of day

feel the fell of dark
feel the fall of ...

<omitted word plays>

I wake and feel the fell of — the fall of
feeling more awake
ideas getting more banal
usually circle back to the mundane

what I didn’t do and what I have to do etc
things to do

sequence burning out — another ending

where does one go from here
where does this belong

pull fragments together or leave them dangling

a chapter
a fragment

jun 1980
where do i go from here
where do i belong
6/80-8