from Osip Mandelstams Black Earth

                                             . . . black eloquence of wordlessness in labor.

unfortunately Mandelstam  Russian  did not witness an black American chain gang

although he was disappeared into a Stalin labor camp

who knew if they sang while they worked

the next year Mandelstam was declared dead

 

    when he physically labored behind that wordlessness there were hardly ever others around him  his mind churned

           thoughts agitated  reran   and MyGawdwhen time was called before he left job sites he penned on a clipboard  bulletpointed key words phrases that would remind him when the time came that he could elaborate them

              ELABORATE

one could kindly break it down for their own edification

    It is not unusual hed say to no one I wish could take my brain out of my skull place it in a box an bury it for a couple of days

 

wordlessness  is not in his vocabularyhis lexicon

                                                                               1020,  Wednesday,  8  10. 25