Infelocity

Infelocity
---------

her brother was planning
another of his mystery tours
--of the wilderness--

leaving without a plan--
no communication
as to
--destination
--duration
--motivation
just a sense that he
loved to be
somewhere
_else_
--alone
--isolated
--lost in a world
where he disappears

in spectral ecstasy

la contessa fretted
and yearned for a brother who
could just be there
--in a chair
--on the balcony
--in a short walk to the Birchwood

from her post-surgery wheelchair
and a foot in pain
--she accepted
--a memorial day invitation
on the eve of the delayed exploration

she waited
--half expecting him to disappoint
--once more
...
then he appeared,
as silently as he would often vanish--
late
but welcome

il matto wanted to ensure that
la contessa was safe on uneven sidwalks
dusty potholes and savage curbs
so he grabbed the handles of the
wheeled chair and pushed her

navigating

--as conversation--
passed between brother and sister

il matto was content to simply
listen
--silent--
watching for the buckling of
cement and bituminous road bed

=-at the restaurant he was scoffing
at the idea of flushing
korans into toilets at
guantanamo--

"how could you flush
a koran down the toilet?" -- he sneered --
unusually cynical and sarcastic --
all at once -- he was not

overtly

political --

he drew the smoke from his
cigarette
and exhaled in the direction
of la contessa's allergies --

how could he not have known?

he talked of books he wanted
to leave her
---
and plans for nieces to care
for the cat

but the trip itself
--was to remain concealed--
--a mystery to be unwound--

when the meal was done
il matto took the dishes inside,
returning to find that
her brother had
taken control of the chair

and was headed
back to the tree house

il matto quickened his pace
and caught up
to the two,
suggesting the asfalt alleyway--

he figured it was smoother
and less susceptible to her brother's
casual disregard for the terrain

...

that's when it occurred,
the conversation on childhood --
his reminiscence of their time
together ... as children ...
sharing secrets ...
connecting in ways la contessa
had long tried to
establish once more ...

he was in a new place,
almost calm,
a little boy pushing a waggon,
with his older sister
enjoying the ride --

"did you know" -- he suddendly said --
"that the secret name you gave me
was to basis for all my computer passwords?" --

the computer scientist,
the champion chess player,
the mountain climber
and
--wilderness trekker--

had laid it out there, on the
chessboard --
one last move --

--castling--

that most curious of defensive
acts--

--the master
giving up the keys to the castle--

"infelocity"

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Day 21,646

Day 21,646 - 2010 1108
Belov-ED Days - 4,558
Sunday
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 07: Energy, Great Nurture, Accumulation, Great Storage
-------- Mountain (Tower, Building, Wall, Boulder)
--- --- Hand
--- --- The Unmoving, The Restful, The Ancient

-------- Sky (Stars, Planets, Birds)
--------x Head
-------- The Seeking, The Creative, The Intellect

changing towards

Fu Hsi 23: Elegance, Grace, Adorning, Luxuriance
-------- Mountain (Tower, Building, Wall, Boulder)
--- --- Hand
--- --- The Unmoving, The Restful, The Ancient

-------- Fire (Sun, Campfire, Hearth, Vision, Visions)
--- --- Eye
-------- The Clinging, The Clarity, The Divination, The Visions

Day 26,646 - Images from the I Ching: Mountain [The Unmoving] over Sky [The Seeking] (Hexagram 07 - Energy) --> changing towards [line 2] --> Mountain [The Unmoving] over Fire [The Clinging] (Hexagram 23 - Elegance) ... In this image, the Sky spreads out within a valley surrounded by Mountains ... Within the Sky nestled between mountains there can be increased moisture and protection from extreme temperatures ... These conditions could favor the growth of crops, orchards and livestock ... From this comes the nurture of humanity ... Streams and rivers follow the open beds within the valley floor. It is here that rich soil abounds, around which cities, industry and jobs grow ... There is a special sensation that overcomes us as we descend from a high ridge into a fertile valley ... It is our visceral, innate understanding of the ways that the Universe provides opportunities for us to flourish and find safe places to establish homes and communities ... From this we can discern that those elements of life with which we so closely identify (language, community, relationships, careers, opportunities, dreams) are facilitated, enhanced, prompted, blocked and channeled by the fertile valleys that we encounter ...

There is one old inner Yang(Seeking) line in the second position that is dying. It will give birth to a new young Yin(Embracing) line, moving the inner Creative Sky towards the Clinging Fire ... This Fire will light up the Mountain from below, bringing into full radiant view the magnificence that surrounds us ... This may mean that we have worked diligently to develop relationships, tools, careers, skills, homes or community as the opporutnities presented by the Universe have appeared. Now we can think of presenting those accomplishments to the world around us ... Light up that Mountain, that world, that looms above and around us ... Allow that flame that is within us to demonstrate that which we have accomplished ... Yes, there is also a time for that ... Il Matto ...

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High Tech Intruder

High Tech Intruder
(inside Cray 2 lab - 1985)
---------

Early in the morning--
behind security
and windows
shut down with shades...

Classified
Secretive

Hidden from the eyes of the
Uncertified

complexity

thirty million dollars
to buy one

supercomputers we called them then
untouchable
protected
like magic wands
and incantations

a cold war maze
entranced by Crays

but in one corner
oblivious
of its transgression

--its belly softly quivering--
was a mouse

watching me
watching it

as flourinert
cascades down plexiglass
and gallium arsenide

there's a cruise missle somewhere
awaiting this--

the mouse skitters underneath
the floorboards
--where cables
slither
--and dwell

it's 3:00am
and the sun is far away

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Dream 26,645

Dream 26,645
---------

i dreamed that we were
acrobats
on a trapeze ...
_you and i_

flying with the seemless music
of a silent night

imersed in the joy
of weightless
revelry

you and i--
--la contessa and il matto---
--through air
--through darkness
--through time

i turn over in the bed
and hold her

hovering
softly

just before the light

josjr (2010 1106)

Day 21,645

Day 21,645 - 2010 1106
Belov-ED Days - 4,556
Saturday
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 21: Family, Household
-------- Wind (Spirit, Breath, Wood, Tree, Forest)
--------x Thighs
--- --- The Gentle, The Penetrating, The Spiritual, The Inspiration

-------- Fire (Sun, Light, Vision, Hearth, Campfire)
--- --- Eye
--------x The Clinging, The Clarity, The Warmth

changing towards

Fu Hsi 55: Stillness, Mountain, Solitude, Meditation
-------- Mountain (Boulder, Tower, Building, Wall)
--- --- Hand
--- --- The Unmoving, The Restful, The Obstacle

-------- Mountain (Boulder, Building, Wall, Tower, Cliff)
--- --- Hand
--- --- The Unmoving, The Ripose, The Obstacle, The Advantage

Day 26,645 - Images from the I Ching: Wind [The Gentle] over Fire [The Clinging] (Hexagram 21 - Family) --> changing towards [lines 1,5] --> Mountain [The Unmoving] over Mountain [The Mountain] (Hexagram 55 - Stillness) ... The first image is one of Wind(Spirit) over Fire, a strong indicator of souls(people) gathered around the community fire, their breaths mingling beneath the open sky, within a shared cavern, in a meeting hall or even in a publich square ... This could be a place of worship, an evening meal or simply the beginning or ending of the day ... These are times when humans communicate, commiserate or participate in shared activities ... Warmth emanates from the fire and a sense of security can rise from the presence of kindred spirits ... There is strength within a community that has created a context for this sharing experience ...

Two Yang(Seeking) lines are dying bringing about both inner and outer changes. Both the Wind and the Fire move in the direction of Mountain, forming Mountain over Mountain, the Unmoving. A strong, supportive and healthy community can offer the stability of the Mountain, as well as the wisdom that comes down from the Mountain as the sages return from their meditations on high ledges. Even the most nefarious threats can be held back by this stalwart Moutain ... Il Matto ...

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Day 21,643

Day 21,643 - 2010 1105
Belov-ED Days - 4,555
Friday
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 58: Assembling, Gathering, Bringing Together
--- --- Lake (River, Brook, Ocean, Sea, Pond)
--------x Mouth
-------- The Joyful, The Happiness, The Expression, The Emotion

--- --- Earth (Land, Ground, Canyon, Valley)
--- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
--- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Yielding

changing towards

Fu Hsi 60: Repose, Harmony, Enthusiasm, Delight
--- --- Thunder (Lightning, Electricity, Viper)
--- --- Foot
-------- The Arousal, The Movement, The Action

--- --- Earth (Plains, Valley, Desert, Canyon, Ground)
--- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
--- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Yielding

Day 26,643 - Images from the I Ching: Lake [The Joyous] over Earth [The Embracing] (Hexagram 58 - Assembling) --> changing towards [lines 5] --> Thunder [The Arousal] over Earth [The Embracing] (Hexagram 60 - Repose) ... One of the things I enjoy about each image from the I Ching is that there is always a connection to the artifacts and activities of every era ... In Lake over Earth we have water that is contained or channeled in some way upon the Earth, like a sea, a river, a pond or a stream ... These channels and reservoirs, visually and functionally, are great natural analogs for network nodes and communication links ... Like computer and telecommunication networks, the images of Lake spread over Earth is an image of Assembling, Gathering and Bringing Together ... The Joyful, expressive, mouth of the Lake calls out, draws people into community through the Earth, giving rise to cities, cultures, languages, rituals and customs, the things which link us together into a network of nations, roads, continents and cities ... They are the neurons of our brains, the rivers of Earth and mechanics of the galactic that define us, our personalities and our destinies ... This is an image in which we can celebrate the interconnectedness of everything we are individually and collectively ...

The outer aging Yang(Seeking) line in the fifth position of the Hexagram is dying and giving birth to the Yin(Embracing line that will bring the Lake into the electric catalyst of Thunder crackling in the wake of fresh storms that recharge the Earth, nourish the green world and surround us all with the essence of the living ... Il Matto ...

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ah, the west

ah, the west
---------

someone speaks of the "west"
---of being lost
in another place
or time

missing something
that was there

---wanting it

through open doors--magic--
maybe we can go there
---
see it
feel it

magic holds us
im memory

seeks us like a dragon--fire breath--and all--
flames licking
at the hair we have grown
singing skin
since
grown harsh like leather
warm like smooth tires
tread almost invisible

memories rubbed raw
contorted
at the tip of tongue--beyond--

on my own I reach back
try to touch it
see it fade

wish it was mine
to have

and I think
that I should be able
to

fragments
streams of Burma Shave
advertisments

on highways
fuzzy brooks
of water
laughing

I want what _she_ is having...
a childhood door
to walk through,
one that lingers
softly
warmly
invitingly...

what I have are white lines
on asfalt
mile markers I would watch
ascend
descend

computing the passage
in my _west_
the tread on the wheels
boils
burns
sticks to my fingers
when touched

resistent to the scrub
of brush
of soap
of

nostalgia...

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Day 21,641

Day 21,641 - 2010 1103
Belov-ED Days - 4,553
Wednesday
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 29: Gain, Benefit, Increasing
-------- Wind (Spirit, Breath, Wood, Trees, Forest)
-------- Thighs
--- --- The Gentle, The Penetrating, The Spiritual, The Green World

--- --- Thunder (Lightning, Electricity)
--- --- Foot
-------- The Arousal, The Movement, The Catalyst

No changes

Day 26,641 - Images from the I Ching: Wind [The Gentle] over Thunder [The Arousal] (Hexagram 29 - Gain) --> No changes ... Internally, the catalystic force of thunder ignites the wind, and breath and spirit that envelops us ... We are inspired by the presence of dark woods and the smell of fresh rain that drips from the leaves of trees and settles into the shrubs of the underbrush. The energy of the storm infuses with the moist breeze and we gaze down the paths that radiate from the meadow that we may find ... It is peaceful, in an electric way, for there is much to explore, even some anxiety about the next step to be taken. Perhaps we are driven to enter the foliage, partake of dew-sweet berries or climb a tree for a better view. Our bodies quake in a context such as this. We can hardly contain the intensity, or the drive that pulses within us ... There is much to gain here, but wind and rain, electricity and storm clouds can force decisions to be made hastily, in fear or confusion ... The image, however, contains an element of nutrition and health from the rain, and our lungs can breath in the invirogated wind that sways the limbs overhead ... There are no changing lines here ... This makes it a good time to look carefully at each of the paths that become visible ... Pick a path, but prepare for the journey, taking advantage of the fruits the rain has brought ... the last few days have shone several images without change ... Ihis may be a chance to take steps deliberately ... Enjoy each one taken ... Relish it ... Il Matto ...

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Kindle, Ballot and Magnifying Glass

Kindle, Ballot and Magnifying Glass

despite the ads that tell me how to "see",,,
my one
---eye
with artificial lens
(AcrySoft IQ
---Model SN62WF
---Serial #11017294 028
)

Flinches at the very
---glint
---of rhetoric ... and glare[d]-->

arguments are as dim
...witted...
as those tiny ovals that my pen
_must_ penetrate
if I am to count ...
While being counted ... worthy ...

of citizen ... shipped away ... like
ballast ...

Jobs ... they blame the Chinese ...
We see myriad faces of India ... Somali ...
And recruiters with strong accents ...
We are all tied (together) ...
There is no us/them ::: rather us :::

yet we want to blame ... someone ...
for _our_
---our-ness...

i can't see the little ovals that I must
color in
---
||| between the |||
---
lines

my kindle stares (blinkless) on artifical/real
sized letters ...
---an ink(ling) of what can come
if i can just see (the damn little oval with
my well-lit magifying glass ...
an old man (you know the old man you used to see
---tapping with his (leki) hiking stick down
Franklin Avenue ... (oh yeah --- that's ... ahem ... me ...
[someone said] silent [walking dead we can sometimes be]

i transfer (liberal) names from kindle (e)ink
to dim ovals [gentle eggs of easter/muslim/christian ...
I'm not _really_ a witch ... gimme the gun ... let me shoot
that liberal health care bill ... bulls eye] ---
My eye is tired ... does it _really_
...want
---to see a sea of talking heads
and ticker tapes of some results
from a one-party media[cracy]?

i vote liberal liberally ...
me and my kindle and magnify[cent] glass ---
---it tells me through the crystal ---
that the little oval needs to be im[pregnant] with
kindle e[pen] ink or the scanner just won't see

so I scan the columns ... try to find
the hidden [easter] eggs and paint them with
goddess spirals [blue/black] something dark ...
---my SN62WF swallows the refraction
of the lit-lens magnify[cent] and color them
that dark color ---
of bloated
--gloat-- that self-proclaimed w[h]in[n]ers
_wish_ they had ...
but (in the end) the whole world ... will bleed ...
[dark] green and red [[[regardless]]]
of how the eggs will bleed ...

the scanner "saw" it all ...
the magnify[cent] glass closed up and
nestled in my pocket next to the cell[phone] ---
--- and my kindle slipped its grayscale softness
into the silence ---

my SN62WF worked hard to tell the difference
between a sign post, a shadow and trash can ...

my consolation is cancellation of one
conservative em[v]oting conservatively

and we flip the disk to the other side
---of---a/b---b/a---
media[cracy] ... Il Matto ...

josjr (2010 1102)

Day 21,640

Day 21,640 - 2010 1102
Belov-ED Days - 4,552
Tuesday
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 08: Peace, Advance, Unity, Greatness
--- --- Earth (Ground, Valley, Canyon, Desert, Plains)
--- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
--- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Yielding, The Centeredness

--------x Sky (Stars, Planets, Birds)
-------- Head
-------- The Seeking, The Creative, The Logic

changing towards

Fu Hsi 16: Approach, Promotion, Approach, The Forest
--- --- Earth (Ground, Canyon, Desert, Valley, Plains)
--- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
--- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Yielding, The Centeredness

--- --- Lake (Spring, Brook, River, Sea, Ocean)
-------- Mouth
-------- The Joyous, The Happiness

Day 26,640 - Images from the I Ching: Earth [The Embracing] over Sky [The Seeking] (Hexagram 08 - Peace) --> changing towards [line 3] --> Earth [The Embracing] over Lake [The Joyous] (Hexagram 16 - Approach) ... At the end of the first (Sky) octave in the Hexagram sequence (phase 8), The Embracing external Earth holds the superior postion over the Seeking internal Sky ... this is a position of balenced energy between these two polar opposite elements of the Universe ... This balence of Earth over Sky is often characterized by peace, harmony and security ... This is also an image of balenced tension between the force of Creation (Earth) and power of Creativity (Sky): the idea and its realization ... The head is subordiante to the centering belly ... The need of our physical, emotional and spiritual self will drive the logically creative force of the head ... There is much potential here for useful inventiveness ... No need for whimsy here ... This is a sign of practicality, mutual respect and shared accomplishment ...

There is one aging inner Yang(Seeking) line that will die and give birth to a young Yin(Embracing) line and this brings the inner Sky towards the Joyful Lake, a natural consequence of peaceful, shared accomplishment ... Earth over lake is an immage of an underground river or stream reaching, bubbling up to, breaking onto the surface of the Earth, an expression from deep within us of a rich and profound fulfillment of that which has compelled us, intrigued us and enriched us ... Il Matto ...

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Day 21,639

Day 21,639 - 2010 1101
Belov-ED Days - 4,551
Monday
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I Ching images

Fu Hsi 40: Ascending, Advancement, Growing Upward
--- --- Earth (Ground, Valley, Canyon, Plains, Desert)
--- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
--- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Yielding, The Centering

--------x Wind (Spirit, Breath, Wind, Wood, Trees)
--------x Thighs
--- --- The Gentle, The Penetrating, The Spiritual, The Soul

changing towards

Fu Hsi 64: Nature, Earth, Creation, Resonding, Embracing, Centering
--- --- Earth (Ground, Valley, Canyon, Desert, Plains)
--- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
--- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Yielding, The Centering

--- --- Earth (Ground, Building, Wall, Tower, Cliff)
--- --- Belly, Solar Plexus
--- --- The Embracing, The Creation, The Yielding, The Centering

Day 26,639 - Images from the I Ching: Earth [The Embracing] over Wind [The Gentle] (Hexagram 40 - Advancement) --> changing towards [lines 2,3] --> Earth [The Embracing] over Earth [The Embracing] (Hexagram 64 - Nature) ... After two stable days teeming with the bristling energy of Thunder, now the Universe brings the usual change in the midst of Earth over Wind ... This is a sign that could indicate a time ripe for advancement ... the Wood(Wind) is waiting just below the surface of the Earth, ready for the right moment to start its path to the sky ... A tree neither advances quickly nor inappropriately ... it has the time to wait ... Trees often need fire or ice or cracks in stone to signal the moment for germination, sprouting and opening to the sun ... We all have many plans, ideas, dreams that linger beneath the surface of our days ... waiting ... for that moment when they can rise to the surface and expand within our lives ... But even if the moment is slow to unfold, it is important to remember that they are there and that they will need to be allowed to flourish ...

The inner Spirit(Wind) possesses two aging/dying Yang(Seeking) lines that will shift the inner image to the Embracing Earth ... The Earth itself will be receptive to those things we need to do when the valleys, canyons and even deserts provide open passageways ... We, ourselves, are the only ones who can walk these paths and we are the only ones who can ignore them ... The Earth is receptive, but it is also indifferent ... an avalanche, a collapsing wall or a flash flood are only following the paths open to them, just as we must follow the paths open to us ... or ... everything will be buried, never seeing the sun ... Il Matto ...

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The Dream Of A Friend

The Dream Of A Friend

a friend spoke of a cemetery dream
and i thought of Italy
--his house
--our conversations
--associations feeding Pasolini
that feeds my mind
and there
--In the cemetery
--reminiscing on a life
--Revealed
--Unveiled
--In visions
Soft obscure

and internet
snippets
--do we understand the form?
--Pasolini writes of poverty

I feel the strings of history--protest--
wars I didn't understand
--the friend had paid _his_ price
--Pasolini _his_

we all wonder about that twisted curve of time
--how it all brings us
--somehow
--back

to a place where names like
--Springfield
--verse
--and dreams of cemeteries
accumulate
like bodies--resting?--vexing?--flexing?--

with the awareness--or not--
that

_anyone_
was present ...

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Day 26,621

Day 26,621 - Images from the I Ching: Earth [The Embracing] over Lake [The Joyous] (Fu Hsi 16 - Approach) --> changing towards [line 2] --> Earth [The Embracing] over Thunder [The Arousal] (Fu Hsi 32 - Returning) ... Within the outer Earth there is an inner joyous spring (Lake) that is on the verge of breaking through to the surface a...nd nurturing that which lives on the surface ... This is an image of Approach, Promotion, Forest ... The forest is a place teeming with life. This life can only exist when the waters from high places on Earth flow deep into the rivers running within the belly of Earth ... This inner river is there within each of us, we need only to let it rise up from our own depths and enter the world ... our contribution to community, relationships and self ... one old yang(Seeking) line within this inner Lake will die and rise again as a young, yin(Embracing) line, moving the trigram of Lake to Thunder, The Initiator, The Arousal. From within the Earth this could be a quake that destroys some old structure that has become rigid, tight and confining to us, liberating us ... This distruction of internal structures is a return to the raw foundation of our existance ... This is an opportunity to use what we know now to build anew ... And from where will this energy to rebuild come from? ... Why, from the inner spring, of course! ... Let's enjoy this new instance of ourselves ... Il Matto ...