Gulley Jimson and I used to be best friends, even though he is made-up. Wayward human and color appreciator,he is a main character in Joyce Cary's novel trilogy,one of my favorites. Irish Joyce Cary studied to be a painter, served in the British military and civil service in West Africa (where I grew up). William Blake, intoxicating painting, a complete devotion to color and the creative passion, and a disregard for pennies and those without appetites - how could I not acknowledge these roots?
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
How We Know
I don’t suppose it matters, except to me –
And then again, each one in me changing,
Molecule by molecule,
All in how we count ourselves,
Our grains,
Our thoughts,
Our rush of water through time,
Palms cupped to dip and drink.
This moment I’m by a river,
Drying off.
The sun and I shine.
Tomorrow, maybe moss.
Glittering.
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