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By Jack Joseph Smith
into forms of the living. Nothing seems to rest as
wind shuffles the earth and the earth breathes into
its inhabitants. Moving over to trees he pulls the
limb holding redwood or sequoia points
onto his tongue, he again raises his eyes toward the
sun's seeming supremacy. Laughter as though he were
alive in all books of legend; he prevents a falling
within disbelief; gathers his intention and walks to
the light tropical woods.
It was gentling to him so, that he desired woman
to see the softness happening. The moss and the way
of the bird pecking through the dew to insect, fading
with the wonders of the morning. The form, under
which animals conform their homes to the architec-
ture of timber, while bending wood forms to final
curves above; Here he remained singular unto the ghost
of Eve who whispered (pick fruit as you do not think)
for strange peace is this empty feeling in the veins
of your hands?
He could be exalted and allow a handsome loveliness
overtake him, but the call for other eyes to make it
real was in that part of his body which for all man
circles sex. The answer to all things just before
action that can never carry with it, lamented even
in a gesture; Ever pretending to be suspended over
melody, over sea, or flown by away, not fitting for
God or art, in later life could take him from belief
that his dream and what was there to live in was all
there was.
He considered land and being abiding with no thought
of an outside world. Each man and women and child,
their own imposition, no reflection or chance outside
of your own possibility for function. At no time could
half seem be completed. Too much already was exerting.
Maybe the first day of birth for memory was a constant
as awaiting to wail. Alone he found he could not make
love to animal, and only boat was worth dying for. For
that one needed a family. Sometimes this was an answer;
giving himself greatness to possibility. Hands poised,
eyes naturally set back; the feeling back to the eyes