he liked to play with wordswith
books
books were his favourite friends
while they were
around he wasnt unhappy or lonely
not
that he was prone to loneliness
others assumed because he was alonelived
by himselfdidnt socialize frequently he
was lonely
they were projecting
if they were by themselves they
felt lonely they needed to entertain or
be entertained
since a boy a book was pretty
much all he needed
he read about poets and
writers painters using a technique in the 50s cut-ups in France Paris the Latin quarter at the Beat Hotel 9 Rue Git-le-Coeur Brion Gyson shared it with William S.
Burroughs
he was a fan of Burroughs
he began playing with his books
randomly he opened onedropped his
eye onto one page or the other and recorded a portion or a whole sentence of
what he read on a piece of paper with a red BIC pen
later he began to ask questions
before he played
he turned the book over and over
in his hands asif washing them with his eyes closed and when the time felt rightthe question
turned in his mind he began
he was in a new relationship that
only he and she were fond
friends and family werent
fans it wasnt their relationshipwas
it
he asked his quiet leafed
playmate if eventually they would accept their relationship not
that it was important if they did or not
he opened the book Anais Nin Reader dropped his eye in it
-- winter evenings his luxurious home was heated
like a hothouse
he closed the book then reopened
it to another random page thats how he
played cut-ups
-- which drowned all vibrations
-- necklaces and bracelets of shell, gold and silver
medallions and carved heads and amulets, animals and bones, all these caught
the light as she moved
-- this was a dream
-- I heard a sound on the river
-- You said I was too young
-- doesn’t he hear the new voice of the new man
in his son?
-- I found the palm trees
-- appeared with a large pot of paint and he was
stirring it with a stick
-- using dreams is a kind of electronic echo sounded
to chart the depths of the unconscious
-- the real climax of production
-- more important, creation
creation
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