(Reworked)Paperfall
Posted: 29 Feb 2020, 21:57
V4
Paperfall (Reworked)
1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl
shredding A4 paper is speechless.
Her performance of white cataract
matching her fluffy gown.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
amplified sound that paperflows
and pyramids as a cone,
on the ground, a thin trickle
tributary of paper-river, the chosen path.
Sachico Abe sits atop a building
letting fall feathery strands width of 0.5. mm.
For fifteen years she has meditated thus.
The asylum my mother was in, hid the sharp pointed.
Is this real or surreal, such serene mental balance
meditation that only the innocent can get addicted to.
I look at the house and the paint
she has to be outside, so she can be watched.
‘Shredding’ is being amplified into speakers,
it is the sound of slashing scissors.
Feathery strands of vanilla
transport to an alternate universe.
iii
I re- look at the stone mansion
at the pale blue windows.
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
I visited the Mission hospital once as a child
Amma was laid out post shock on a stretcher
I thought I was in a mortuary.
That night I never slept.
https://mymodernmet.com/sachiko-abe-cut-paper/
V3
1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl is
shredding A4 paper
white as
her fluffy gown.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
white cataract,
that flows in a river
on the ground, a thin trickle
the path it has chosen.
Abe is the performer
for fifteen years she has meditated thus.
I look at the house and the paint
she has to be out, so she can be watched
‘Shredding’ is being amplified into speakers,
it is the sound of slashing scissors.
Feathery strands as thin as 0.5mm
transport to an alternate universe.
iii
I look at the stone mansion
the pale blue windows.
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
This serene and insane artist
has continued her asylum habit.
Surreal pillars pyramiding into the balcony
Sachico Abe, dreamlike, sits atop a building.
https://mymodernmet.com/sachiko-abe-cut-paper/
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V2
1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl is
shredding A4 paper
the same colour as
her fluffy dress.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
white cataract,
that flows in a fall
on the ground a thin trickle
the path it has chosen.
Who is the painter
what his art?
I look at the house and the paint
what brings her out?
‘Shredding’ is painted so well,
it is self-contained.
iii
I look at the stone mansion
the pale blue windows.
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
Is she in her right senses
serene and insane?
I remember this painting.
forget Sachico Abe, the artist.
1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl is
shredding A4 paper
the same colour as
her fluffy dress.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
white cataract,
that flows in a fall
on the ground a thin trickle
the path it has chosen.
Who is the painter
what his art?
I look at the house and the paint
what brings her out?
‘Shredding’ is painted so well,
it is self-contained.
iii
I look at the stone mansion
the pale blue windows.
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
I remember Sachico Abe
forget that this is a performance.
Is she in her right senses
serene and insane?
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1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl is
in the act of shredding A4 paper
the same colour as
her fluffy dress.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
white cataract,
that flows in a fall
on the ground a thin trickle
the eyes the path has chosen.
Who is the performer
what is her rendition?
I look at the asylum,
the closed blue windows.
‘Shredding’ is a penitence
it is a process that calms the mind.
iii
I look at the stone mansion
residential hospice, grey architecture..
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
Is she in her right senses
serene and insane?
Any repeated action ought to
soothe the tumult within.
Her long flowing dress
colourless as her paper
What if it extends
to the crest
and she falls head down
across the ridge of the balcony?
Paperfall (Reworked)
1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl
shredding A4 paper is speechless.
Her performance of white cataract
matching her fluffy gown.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
amplified sound that paperflows
and pyramids as a cone,
on the ground, a thin trickle
tributary of paper-river, the chosen path.
Sachico Abe sits atop a building
letting fall feathery strands width of 0.5. mm.
For fifteen years she has meditated thus.
The asylum my mother was in, hid the sharp pointed.
Is this real or surreal, such serene mental balance
meditation that only the innocent can get addicted to.
I look at the house and the paint
she has to be outside, so she can be watched.
‘Shredding’ is being amplified into speakers,
it is the sound of slashing scissors.
Feathery strands of vanilla
transport to an alternate universe.
iii
I re- look at the stone mansion
at the pale blue windows.
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
I visited the Mission hospital once as a child
Amma was laid out post shock on a stretcher
I thought I was in a mortuary.
That night I never slept.
https://mymodernmet.com/sachiko-abe-cut-paper/
V3
1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl is
shredding A4 paper
white as
her fluffy gown.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
white cataract,
that flows in a river
on the ground, a thin trickle
the path it has chosen.
Abe is the performer
for fifteen years she has meditated thus.
I look at the house and the paint
she has to be out, so she can be watched
‘Shredding’ is being amplified into speakers,
it is the sound of slashing scissors.
Feathery strands as thin as 0.5mm
transport to an alternate universe.
iii
I look at the stone mansion
the pale blue windows.
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
This serene and insane artist
has continued her asylum habit.
Surreal pillars pyramiding into the balcony
Sachico Abe, dreamlike, sits atop a building.
https://mymodernmet.com/sachiko-abe-cut-paper/
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V2
1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl is
shredding A4 paper
the same colour as
her fluffy dress.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
white cataract,
that flows in a fall
on the ground a thin trickle
the path it has chosen.
Who is the painter
what his art?
I look at the house and the paint
what brings her out?
‘Shredding’ is painted so well,
it is self-contained.
iii
I look at the stone mansion
the pale blue windows.
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
Is she in her right senses
serene and insane?
I remember this painting.
forget Sachico Abe, the artist.
1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl is
shredding A4 paper
the same colour as
her fluffy dress.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
white cataract,
that flows in a fall
on the ground a thin trickle
the path it has chosen.
Who is the painter
what his art?
I look at the house and the paint
what brings her out?
‘Shredding’ is painted so well,
it is self-contained.
iii
I look at the stone mansion
the pale blue windows.
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
I remember Sachico Abe
forget that this is a performance.
Is she in her right senses
serene and insane?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1
The speed of the falling paper
cascades in an arc.
The Japanese girl is
in the act of shredding A4 paper
the same colour as
her fluffy dress.
11
Lady! Looking so intense
steadfast with scissors
white cataract,
that flows in a fall
on the ground a thin trickle
the eyes the path has chosen.
Who is the performer
what is her rendition?
I look at the asylum,
the closed blue windows.
‘Shredding’ is a penitence
it is a process that calms the mind.
iii
I look at the stone mansion
residential hospice, grey architecture..
There is a step ladder—
wooden and idyllic.
Is she in her right senses
serene and insane?
Any repeated action ought to
soothe the tumult within.
Her long flowing dress
colourless as her paper
What if it extends
to the crest
and she falls head down
across the ridge of the balcony?