Saturday 17 November 2012

Bus note 28

First philosophy:
trying to consider the difference between
the right and the useful
        after mopping up large pools of piss
        with blue old-corporation paper towels.
We pass the Rainbow Casino.
Imagine velveteen inside with yellowing leaf hands
shaking on green baize and outside painted lifeless white.
        Nothing more shows up till after my stop.
A little later, the door will close on unhinging evening rain
and I'll be properly done in.
        No serious kind of Cartesian, me;
        blurred person on blue sofa in this room.



     

6 comments:

  1. The book in hand on the 127 (Portland Road) was Meditations on First Philosophy.

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  2. Terrific poem, brilliant "felt" leap of texture and colour from the sopping piss drenched old-corporation blue paper towels to the imaginal velveteen/yellowing leaf/green baize interior and outside lifeless tomb-white of the Rainbow Casino.

    One does enjoy a rainbow.

    Really the place improves with recursion to its preliminary state of rack and ruin.

    Just read the grand opening photos backwards.

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  3. Thanks, TC.

    As to the Casino, you're right: rack and ruin worked a whole lot better.

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  4. Could you go to this, bring your friends?

    Carcanet Press invites you to celebrate the launch of

    Collected Poems

    by

    EDWARD DORN

    on

    Thursday 29th November

    From 7pm
    Introduced by Iain Sinclair with readings by Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, Tom Raworth, Lee Harwood, Tom Pickard, Elaine Feinstein, Justin Katko and more.

    LONDON REVIEW BOOKSHOP

    14 Bury Place,

    London,

    WC1A 2JL

    020 7269 9030



    The event is free and all are welcome.

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  5. I'd love to go. I'll see how things are fixed at work.

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  6. Thanks for sending notice of this, Susan.

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