JosephNils: May 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Cypress Ghosts

It gets dark over the MR GO.
We're waiting for the light to fade down even more.
Not the magic hour,
but proper dark.

Frank comes down with Maw Maw.

He steps onto the deadwood platform

and tells a story about a water moccasin.

He adjusts the pic in his

magnificent

afro.

"That boy walked on water," he says.

The frogs begin to sing.

Fish jump. A crane...

The cypress ghosts begin to speak.

And, now, I can smell the swamp.

I can smell the oil.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

GMAIL Chat I had with Nick

Nicolaas: hi
Nene: hi. what are you doing?
Nicolaas: i'm in slidell.
Nene: at your grandma's house?
Nicolaas: yes.
Nene: is it fun?
Nicolass: yes. i'm doing research.
Nene: what are you researching?
Nicolaas: money and cause and effect.
Nene: you're researching money and cause and effect?
Nicolaas: yes ma'am.
Nene: wow! that's pretty complicated.
Nicolaas: well, i haven't done it yet.
Nene: are you doing research for school?
Nicolaas: no...just for fun.
Nene: just for your own personal edification?
Nicolaas: yes.
Nene: well, have you discovered anything interesting yet about money and cause and effect?
Nicolaas: melatonin 3 mg.
Nene: what? are you cutting and pasting things from your email?
Nicolaas: i don't know. i'm crazy.
Nene: i'm crazy too.
Nicolaas: i know. everybody is crazy!