Blackbird drawn from memory without thought
quickly as it flew down itself ( from where?)
a feather in its tail askew
unfinished
tilts the angle of its head
smudges etch its trembling bulk
reflect its short uncertain stay
deceptively still it waits (for what?)
unfinished
while its bright eye watches
you.
"I prefer drawing to talking," said Le Corbusier. "Drawing is faster and allows less room for lies"
The help-yourself greengrocer by the Opera House has closed. One of the owners persists however. He is selling fruit and vegetables from baskets outside the butcher's shop next door. There is a of sense of impermanence and threat. What happened? "Rates and rent are now £70,000 a year" A lot for a shop without fittings or window, no more than an urban cave. I buy some lemons. "If I am not here next time," says the determined trader, I'll be outside the art shop in Monson Road. And what happens when it rains? He has no stall and there is no room for one.
quickly as it flew down itself ( from where?)
a feather in its tail askew
unfinished
tilts the angle of its head
smudges etch its trembling bulk
reflect its short uncertain stay
deceptively still it waits (for what?)
unfinished
while its bright eye watches
you.
"I prefer drawing to talking," said Le Corbusier. "Drawing is faster and allows less room for lies"
The help-yourself greengrocer by the Opera House has closed. One of the owners persists however. He is selling fruit and vegetables from baskets outside the butcher's shop next door. There is a of sense of impermanence and threat. What happened? "Rates and rent are now £70,000 a year" A lot for a shop without fittings or window, no more than an urban cave. I buy some lemons. "If I am not here next time," says the determined trader, I'll be outside the art shop in Monson Road. And what happens when it rains? He has no stall and there is no room for one.
2 comments:
A beautiful drawing, Plutarch!
Sad story about the green-grocer - this seems to be happening everywhere.
Love your Blackbird and poem.
We have a Greengrocer here, same story. His family is hanging on, but the city seems
determined to drive them out of business.
This must be the new global market place.... very discouraging.
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