Poems by G. E. Schwartz

WILL WE REMEMBER A WORLD INSIDE

… All outside of flesh is only our ambience to consciousness,
mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of space/time:
here a father, there a lover, here a stranger, there a friend
as the river of extent/of continuity, of eddies and cataracts
from its Big Bang beginning to its Apocalyptic end,
mountains, continents, oceans, and stars all in collision,
omitting, temporarily abiding together then gliding away
into disorder and dissolution for nothing, nothing will stay.
We are lights to ourselves alone, watts in our own dark,
and we guide ourselves deathward, our thoughts photons
shot light our understanding of every lepton and quark
accompanying us on our pour along in currents of chaos,
this light the magic of imagination, the fire of dreams,
our sentience itself an unquenchable metaphysical spark.


FREEDOM

My room is decluttered, and I can advance
Freed from death, now twisting its slow course
In time. Talk to me before time grips us. Death
Will be long and no one will come to free us. So
Evade the years with seething. Drift into Spring,
Or stay as stones at the breach of the valley.

OUR NOVEMBER

What a roaring season! Best to stay low
Along the ground, dig in, pile heaviness
Between us and its swells on our rubbing
Bones, listening to each crest of sound,
That something running this show, through
Stubble-tortured fields cut by another season.
Hold tight in the house, its shaking wood,
Its steel aperture. Go to the kitchen where
Oven warmth will take you in even in this
Darkness to wrap about you, climb through
Time as the black clot of this season beats
At all it can beat at with all its heavy cries.

Poem by Jimmy Crouse

AN INTENSITY OF 1.4

The letters have been syllabically counted so that dictation is controlled at an intensity of 1.4.


We tried to handle these improvements ourselves. We believed
that they were our responsibility. We acknowledge the fact that
the expenditure was larger than we expected it would be.
It would be inconvenient if we had to demonstrate how the
assignments were made. Under the circumstances, the exchanges
should not be neglected. The investigation shows that some of
the expenditure was irregular but the administrators were not
irresponsible.

We acknowledge that we are doing this on behalf of our clients
and have no interest in the insurance company. Our investigation
shows that the first inspection was prejudicial to the interests of
our clients. We have no responsibility for the insurance company
and no jurisdiction over their investigations. However, our
clients have a substantial interest to protect and we must demon-
strate that there has been no negligence on our part.

The administrator is in need of additional information before
he can give you a certificate. Under the circumstances, you
should do all you can to establish identification. What you are
doing is not only peculiar; it is very irregular. Why not go over
everything with him now? I believe it would be advantageous to
you to do so, and the representative of the insurance company
cannot find it objectionable.