Someone’s taking a photo / There’s a sunset

/ there’s a model railway / there’s a creeping

feeling / a girlfriend / what? / A wall has

fallen down and there’s less wall now/ break

/ There’s a buzzing noise – it carries / high

pitched / Lamppost / There are five

lampposts in view/ Inview / There are five

main corners / Five sites of impact / One is

over the hill, one is actually on the bridge /

But there are none in the water / There is

absolutely nothing in the water / A baby

animal is being hilarious / Everything’s

going well / Things seem to be growing well

/ Greener / Taller / with attachments  / out in

the open / with fresh air and lungs / A

lurking doubt / A dip in the landscape /

Opens out into clearing / An opportunity to

shout something / and hear it again later /

break / There’s twice horizon / / Looking at

shapes of flocks of shapes of birds /

swooping diameters in agreement  / Cologne

to path / From there to there / A sinking

feeling / A girlfriend / leaning against a tree /

Hold a flower / Smile / big tits / There are

some fancy lanterns and 6 flags / Each flag

represents a stage in falling over; stumble;

flap; arrival; quiz;  regroup; brush knees /

break / Now over to the left / Now once

more / without shoes / Now with more

adjectives / Now great freaksome weather / /

Insuperable structures tumble fantastic/ cally

/ It’s like hu huh hoooo  / All down the hill

and out onto the next hill / Like this forever /

Every Thursdays/ Like oooowuh ooowuh

/break down Each new hill seems to

comment on the last one / The gradient

meets at / moment of realisation /  then instill

that minatory thought / You’ve got

absolutely none left and you desperately

need some for tomorrow / Then you stand

atop of one hill / b’tween 5 marks of

disappearance/  And is and is /  All the

people you’ve ever said hello to / assembled

in a line waving  ‘hello’ /  pause / It’s a

quiet time of year /  No catastrophes / just a

small fire / like the one that ruined June’s

wedding / sorry June it was an accident /

Here and there / and there the train / and

there the lying down / Follow a washing line

/ Sometimes round here it’s just one thing

after another / Like / for instance / The five

silhouettes / the five main reasons for this

picture / in poses to look like karate / the five

clicks / flash and / the sixth time they did it /

was hilarious / Later they noticed it in the

background / Nobody knew him / the 5th

stranger of the day / pause/silence /

Everything’s going along / there’s a rhythm

to the day now / everything seem s a lot

longer than it was / longer than a oo baby

baby baby / The rocks have gone / the rocks

are detached from the cliff / The families have

lost interest in each other / each rock looks /

looks / looks / like a face /  Each rock looks

like it’s dancing / Seems to say o oh o oh /

Swimming on a little further / along the

washing line / point to the tree / hold up the

souvenir / smile / hands on hips / we’re both

in this one / we’re both on the boat / A

sinking feeling / There’s a notice about the

broken wall / repeated 5 times along the wall

/ it says / Sometimes round here /

break/over /there are some leaflets going

round / it brings them closer / to a new

beginning / to a superlative / closer to a barn

dance / pause/divert attention /  Meanwhile

/ over the hill / in the distance / There’s a

count down /10 seconds till the big one / In

the mean.time in the distance make your way

to a A sunset / falling over a model railway

and / pause/meander out of this / /Now

with All the lights turned off / and all the

nouns rooted out / it’s about time / it’s all

about time / out / Round here / it’s just one

thing / two things / sometimes / up to 10 /

pause/abort-abort / it’s just ten things /

after another / and here / to there / and finally

/ / just 

nothing but water /

 

 

 

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