“We must count…” “We must count…”
We must count in Babylon. Surely in Babylon we must count, count the days and the dead, the chambers of the palace, its stones, its steps, its flaring lamps, must count the clouds, the petals of the flowers, the hours, we must count the hours as they pass so slowly for the young, so swiftly for the withered masters of this place, ardent assassins of speech hidden away. Surely in Babylon we must count the gardens tended, the towers raised by slaves in this city soon to be dust, count the days and the dead. Must we count the dust?
Aug 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Michael Palmer
Madman With Broom Madman With Broom
The realist crows return at earliest morning. And the madman with broom,
Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Michael Palmer