Third Frame
In this piece poets Jenny Sampirisi and Aaron Tucker have caught the energy of the explosion of pigeons in an winter alleyway that the image shows us, without becoming descriptive. The poem performs flight. At the same time it gives us an insight into the conceptual tangle of the urban context evoked by the photograph.
Flit in 3 Segments
1.
one
one
one
a garage door can be a mass noun
one
one
can burst from back alleys with
nozzles flared and firing can be a
one
one
space that hides huddled behind
or underneath can scrawl hurried
one
and sharp scribbled and angled
did you count them all
2.
shoo
fly
shoo
fly
liquor garbage queen and butcher
the usually flared affected never politic
don’t
bother
me
street firing street course a year between
space of be scene usually cameras summer of the
shoo
fly
butcher satirical malt is quality garage
pieces to and my or alley ethics
don’t
bother
me
3.
a city as strong as its discarded
