The West

There might be nothing
the section of the paper
I save for later
about buildings, the
home, inside.
Outside too. Yard
The garden. Things that do
well. What I have in mind.
My favorite
radio show is garden
compass. It’s like gossip
about someone else’s
life and how
to save them and their
plants and their
flowers. It’s like Heloise
the road is long
I mean it. All I need
is to hear a certain
designer plans
to be alone for the rest
of his life and I
think I’m like him.
And I’m dying to see
that movie
how he does
every little thing.
It’s as simple as being
a sculpture, having
a life. This is not the book
of instruction I had intended
but this is
when the emptiness noticed
its own beginning like
that church I saw when
I was young
that was simply melting
This is for those who
would not name
that building. But simply
step in, noticing
when that has happened
an elaborate piece
like being a candelabra
that that is the road
you are on. I thought bring
your camera. I thought
don’t bring your camera
that’s what I mean.
There will be plenty for everyone
and my style is adequate
to that. Has been planning
this moment for years.
Ushering it in. Tonight I will do
books. I am leaving my house.
Which ones do I need
I think you can come
on the long & horizontal road of reading.