Automatism

mechanized desk, bed-side lamp
at my back L' ARC de TRIOMPHE
by Demonchy in antique gold frame

I've always admired Edouard
Manet's Dejeuner sur l'herbe for its
allegory and his supple greens

in 5-minute installments (super 8)
done in Tampa, Mexico City,
New York and Boston, unedited

in the morning city writing
with nothing, hope it wears off soon
so we can return to the charts
keep track of the disaster's many
fronts, make escape routes viable