Plans Deranged by Time: The Poetry of George Fetherling

Border Catechism (excerpts)

Border Catechism (excerpts) What is the nature of your visit? To observe the passing seasons on the ground and to study geometry from above . . . I want to see the city close up and how it runs together in a kind of neon autumn quiet optimism wrenched from bankruptcy sales the miles of donut shops with karate schools upstairs cinemas becoming bingo halls when the people inside them find their concentration waning And yet I want to glide above it for one never knows a city till one learns it from the air and sees how small it is and who supports it with their lives and what a struggle it is to linger just a while longer in the clearing when the forest is so near and the aeroplanes overhead The Poetry of George Fetherling / 3 ...