May 18
1
despite hunger and panic
while incidents occurred
in nonrandom sequences
the bursts could be avoided
when moving together
fear is an extremely strong
bonding agent to retain
intention under wraps
no-one will guess
what he’s now contriving
alone in complete darkness
and whimpering is audible
2
expanses of land furrowed
by occasional breaks in the texture
which we had thought even
after settling in comfort
might be maintained
where some will inevitably
return to familiar haunts
expecting no further visits
he shuts up shop
as the pressure dissipates
following the marks
of previous hostilities
May 19
3
the fragments isolated
from the main body
experienced as a species
of embarrassment
neither planned nor wished for
being all the while aware
of something unidentified
like a swarm on sunlit
passages between two
otherwise unrelated fields
through which processions
unexpectedly arrive
4
desolated by new slights
the fabric of our defences
shifts to another medium
in which expectation is all
that is going to happen
anyway you cut it
will be forgiven in a
climate of benign
urgency always building
so sheep and similar animals
congregate at entrances
alone but somehow listless
5
keeping most things
in full view
the weather turned
exaggerated obscurity
triggers deep unease
among everyday concerns
that pass in gentle
time-lapse may be truer
when popular enthusiasm
for damaging materials
gets out of hand
columns and rows erased
6
suddenly comes to
wondering what time the next
change occurs at deeper levels
the influence of our beliefs
squandered unthinkingly
taps and circuits fully open
readings grown critical
they have just no idea
where the statues fell
out of their time
a sense of hidden presences
resolves to follow on
7
mild comforts abound
down antiseptic causeways
it is the carriage first
attracts notice
verisimilitude goes unquestioned
throughout extended passages
obviously nothing happens
relying on luck
scrambling past fiendish
obstacles to progress
proliferate beyond
gigantic monuments
8
they stand for nothing
more valuable than steel
housings give solace across
intervals of dull
errors are already inexcusable
foodstuffs intercepted prior to market
they dip their heads
the relevant statutes stipulate
reconnaissance by fire
the scars shine brightly
rain softening their hoods
in arrested motion
9
always in process
items are identified
falling from the higher levels
until clamped
some individuals are touched
by sudden vortices
the true state of affairs
precipitates hysterical
action at a distance
has always been a product of
firm but transparent boundaries
a nervous tic
10
serial violence
among the assorted treats
distinguished actions
on display for purposes
the deadblow hammer
effects dynamic masking
for ease of use when durability
is called in question
sight and hearing
must step up
shapes altered by causal history
have much to answer for
11
furtive though not concealed
by intervening objects since
when storms arise
is no time to search
out the complete accounts
from undivided attention
to the wretched state of it
persisting yet despite
oscillations in the basal
regions specialized for
budgetary issues
must take precedence