Goeysterhoevenhoofensnare

  not once or twice or three times repeatedlyrepeatedly in his dream  it wasnt his voice saying the name   A Name

as it continued he thoughthis dreamed-selfdreaming-self thought An echo 

                                                                                 but its strength didnt waver 

pronounced pronounced

   pronouncedNO   Ahnnounced

                                     Who  the announcer 

behind the repetitions he could hearbarely hear and see a symphony performing under a concert shell it innards mother-of-pearlmade him think abalone 

                                    suddenly it stopped playing

shiftedput away their instruments 

everyone produced harmonicas 

                                 

   they began playing again he could still barely hear them they played at the edge of an enormous green lawn

from where he stood a dirt pathlike talcum between shrubsbrush lead to the greenfield to the shell to the tuxedoedgowned performers 

                               he wanted to hear the harmonicas over Goeysterhoevenhoofensnare the speakerspeaking louder 

                          his dreamed-self refused to wake his dreaming-self refused to wake him

he began towards the path and reaching its mouth it licked its lips  which gave him pause

then immediately some fifteentwenty metres down the pathleft small birds kickedup and flitted out of the brush a tall metreanahalf muscular walking bird followed themstomped into the middle of the path DODO  Dodos dead Long Live Dodo 

       gatekeeper   perhaps    

a silver linked-chain hung limp from its necktrailed back from where it emerged 

the chain went taut

                     a naked twometretall ginger woman holding the leash stepped onto the path behind the Dodo

Goeysterhoevenhoofensnare hadnt ceasedthe harmonica symphony still played she was a handsome woman wellproportioned 

                  spoke to him inside his headher lips unmoved  she welcomed him forward he kept a keen eye on the Dodos jaws the Dodo appeared to hear and understand   Come forward   DOWNDodo crouched    Come forward

 

just beyond Dodo strike he stopped

 

    she smiled 

it wasnt malignant

it wasnt kind either

  Sit she said as she sat herself 

                                   then lying backunsettling earth it smoked around  her Dodo ignored the talcum curlinground and over it  its black beady eyes steady on him

she was a vision

                     odd he didnt find himself interestedaroused by her 

he didnt sitGoeysterhoevenhoofensnare he didnt want to place himself at a disadvantage in jeopardy

Sit she insisted

answering her inside his head No thank you

Sit and Ill tell you how to stop the soundstop the name repeating in your head

he smiled  You mean like this 

                               his dreamed-selfdreaming-self woke

he took the pen and tablet from the bedside table and wrote  Goeysterhoevenhoofensnare

                                                                                                          not that he thought hed forget

0630,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  26  10. 22

1329,  Thursday,  27  10. 22 

Godspeed You! Black Emperor  Mladic  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cza3QPEG7Mk