ALT small hours
big time
3 oblong panels - black on plain paper
specks - paint - a texture kin to static
I cannot recall the purpose of this drawings
but it feels positive to relay the night to you
ALT small hours
big time
outside - the roots of a privet recover
from the shock of being dug up
( this action broke my spade )
meanwhile - a flint that resembles Phobos
sits on a tower of bricks - it is a clear night
ALT small hours
big time
stepping out for air / 3am Monday
night beasts are out - muntjac close
a car parked up at the top of the road
and that owl is back
ALT small hours
big time
stepping out to look at local stars
against the angles of houses and posts
the lights are off in the kitchen
a spider drops swiftly from the ceiling
ALT three minutes watching the sunrise
clear and stately on the marshes
Turner, of course, was right
and Space remains the Place
light casts across town
we set to our morning tasks
ALT small hours
big time
that owl is back on it
declaring himself from the trees behind work
scanning the branches
with torch at 0257 - no, can't see him
ALT small hours
big time
Dennis Hopper on an unwatched screen
a dark room with moving shadows - 3am
a metal chair with starlight
in a strange house at the end of the road
ALT small hours
big time
from the night shift with binoculars to Orion
there Alnitak, Alnilam, Minitaka then
switching from shortwave to FM
at 0048 for the Shipping Forecast
ALT small hours
big time
cherry trees are in blossom at the back of the supermarket
beneath them two men are squaring off
do you want some? I said do you want some?
do you want some you fucking cunt?!
ALT small hours
big time
moving familiar shapes around paper
three dark oblongs, hunks of flint, chalk, local clay
sticks, stars etc - it's a pleasant game to play
planning a garden after D. Jarman