A while ago I was in Wales
studying with an artist that walked
and for some days
before I met the artist
I walked the coast
Putting in long miles
Growing proximity to the place
We would meet
the coast of Wales
(you probably know)
Is up and down
Dramatic shifts in scale
And breath
As I walked
i was tracking so many things:
The sea the cliffs my footfall
What was ahead
The incoming storm
The sea the sea
my pack was full
and I was up so high
the descent to the sea
steep
I made a new rule for walking:
do one thing
walk
or
look to the sea
(this is how I knew I had entered mid 30’s
rules for safety-walking)
but to walk
and track one thing
heightened my attention
Body antennas alert
attuning meeting with place
Organizing a distanced dance date
A friend is concerned when i roll on the
Ground
Over and over
What if someone SPIT
There
Where you rolled
but rolling is more considerate
of all that is happening
than placing my hands
on a shopping cart
rolling through the vegetable aisle
backing away from the potatoes
because someone else is there
we need to touch this earth
correction
i need to meet earth
And smell it
So I roll + walk + twist
to know that I am alive
And the earth is alive
And we will keep seeking
Desiring
this moment and now this
For so long
desire
was not a part of my life
except to win at sport (go usa)
flag waving win win win
later, stumbling to my knees in the rain
forest I look up to see plant entwined with
plant all reaching
hungry
towards light
hunger is desire
survival is desire
lately, we walk in
formations
(6 feet apart)
Desiring (shouting) change
How is desire confused with
Off limit things
(fireworks)
Happy fourth of July
Fuckers
I am asleep by 10
On the 4th
Because I am walking long distances
Daily on seasonal roads that are really sand
definitely not plowed in winter
I want to be seasonal
wild come winter
And by winter
Where will we be?
But that is not part of desire
worried future thinking
Gut sensing mouth open breathing in
What is needed now
And now now
That is desire
Plants entwining reaching up
We do that
CAN do that
Now
I smile with my eyes to the person
Also looking for potatoes
As I reach for mine
It drops and rolls
down the aisle
heads toward the greens
I follow