the archives of f/k/a . . .

 

While I’m deciding which attitude to cop today,

here are a few from Tom Painting:

 

 

diagnosis
just about everyone
makes her sick

 

 

 

 

 

divorced

he finishes

his sentence

 

 

 

 

headstones
his wife at a loss
for words

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

my tongue

explores a worn tooth

the snowy hills

 

 

 

                             “snowflakeSN”  “snowflakesN”   “snowflakesN”

 

 

 

 

 

the flyswatter

hangs from a nail

winter stillness

 

 

 

 

christmas eve
in the taxi cab
a scent of pine

 

 

 

 

 

 

winter hike

the baby’s breath

warms my neck

 

 

 

“snowflakeSN” Tom Painting,

“the flyswatter,”   ”winter hike,” “my tongue” 

& “my tongue” – chapbook piano practice  (Bottle Rocket Press, 2004)     

 ”divorced” – Frogpond XXVII: 2; “diagnosis” – Frogpond XXVIII: 3

“headstones” –  hauku canada spring 2005

“christmas eve” – bottle rockets #12

 

 

 

sitting to meditate-

toilet and nose

start to run

 

 

 

 

waving from the river bank

waving back

cattails

 

      dagosan