Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Leave Room For The Gaps


















So, I went to The Met to say Good-Bye;
Not the Final Good-Bye, but to begin a sort of 'Long Good-Bye';
I am leaving.
Soon.
I think.
I hope.
And I must pay tribute to the tribute I will leave behind;
I will return.
Soon.
I think.
I hope.

You, who's eyes look away as much as they look towards;
You, who rolled carpet;
You, who will not follow, for fear of leading;
and
They, who owe me for what they no longer have;
Will come with me for "as if it was a purse" it is ready for travel;
And I;
As I do;
Live with the over-the-shoulder-flicked: "No Good-Byes!".

But
That which is unchanging - if not for mood of light;
That which enters from the 'six inches in front of your face';
And stays visual  not animate;
That, we say Good-Bye to.
If I choose;
And I do.



Look, the bottom line is, that the Dribble above probably wont make that much sense. To you. It does to me, cause I know The Key to unlocking it's meaning. I will read it back knowing that it is Fiction simply spiced with Reality. You, who does not make sense of it, will ignore the Fiction, attach your procedure of Logic to the Reality part - because it is familiar to you - and will not be able to see the forest for the trees.

Too bad.

For if you could understand it like I, you would see it for the Dribble it is.....

All therapy lies in the process - the complete process - so the Subway ride uptown is where it begins for me. Underground trains and I have had a fractious relationship over the years, but they have always brought me upon another story and this forgives all their misdeeds. One pops back above-ground few blocks east of The Park and must walk past toy stores, street vendors, the elderly in Parisian Brown fur and the hotel job I never did take. This utility of traverse is perhaps best endowed with purpose and if one uses the time it consumes to select the appropriate album on the iPod to soundtrack the visit itself, such purpose will be achieved. Cross 5th and gallop up those off-grey steps, suggest your own 'Suggested Admission' and in you go.