Rubble: The Properties of Dust: Lair

Friday, December 01, 2017

The Properties of Dust: Lair

Fremont Troll. Seattle, Washington. August 13, 2012.

Now we are in the lair,

the den, the bed

where darkness lies down to rest

unseen,

Where the strange exhaust of unnatural

pores lingers in the shadows

unseen...

To breathe the air here,

to take inside that bitterness,

is to fill up and clog arteries

with a hundred twisted desires,

with a thousand warped urges.

With the sounds of traffic overhead,

our hearts beat and our minds bend

to that slow madness.

Here, where even billy goats

smell fear and run away,

we recognize the troll

sleeping in concrete

behind us.

Under the Burnside Bridge. Portland, Oregon. October 6, 2011

The Properties of Dust

The Properties of Dust was a small book I put together in 2005 for a desktop publishing class at Portland State University. Many of these pieces were written specifically for the book project, and the rest date back to as early as 1990. The pieces were accompanied by a photo or two in the original book, but, in most cases, I am using different, more recent, photos with this series of posts.

The Properties of Dust

Watching a Woman From Across the Room

Moonrise