The set above was designed by Jenna Ann Mac Gillis for the performance
‘The Desperate Characters of Mercer County’ which took place at San Diego Space for Art on November 10, 2012. Read all the lurid details of this Americana story here.
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I can feel poetry
rise out of silence
like an undeniable tide,
a Polaroid floats to the surface.
The words appear
Oh honey, just take out your lighter,
they are written in lemon juice
Loving you was like
carrying a cardboard suitcase
in the rain
In the absence of
I collect mugs by my bedside
Ride in empty buses
-straw bale leggings-
and always get to the theather
after the movie ended
I walk among the Saturday night revelers huddled around a screen
-the miniskirts march in lockstep
It’s date night in San Diego
a cold one too
knights in shirt sleeves have donated their coats
and presents are opened inside cars.
I steal glances and compose poems
that don’t help anyone tonight.
The lines start to sound
like a Gillian Welch song.
If you have a mind like a diamond,
expect it to cut.
I was in love with the dream of you
And now I am shackled to a ghost.
Some kinds of pain never die;
they can only ease a little,
and not every day.
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I’m seeing an interesting photo (a stage set?) and I’m a HUGE fan of Gillian Welch’s music, but I’m not seeing the connection. What am I missing?
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Ms Daffodil thanks for the visit to my red room. I was still working on a poem and have been listening to Gillian..the poem started sounding like one of her songs (or, perhaps, Kathleen Edwards’)…the set at the art opening I went was so appropriate with the straw bales and the aloofness.
I am posting the poem now and more info on the pic (trying to do nablopomo-posting everyday- but sometimes midnight comes and I don’t have all the pieces…so expect some revisions; ))
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Oh, okay, the straw bales and the aloofness. I can see that.
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