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