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The Palms by Matt Costello

RWS-SB 2001 November 10, 2001 Comments Off

there is a view. it is paid for. it is passe. it is just there. it is nice to have. it is not going anywhere. it is behind the curtains. A man pulls the curtain back and his startled black eyes turn white– sunlight enervated behind clouds. It is almost unbearable to him. But the […]

Space by Matt Costello

RWS-SB 2006 October 10, 2001 Comments Off

A silence unhampered by wind. Birds hovering at the feeder. You do not move, are afraid to move. Everything has converged to form a teetering balance. If you move, or even breathe, the birds fly away, the branches stir as if shaken by a current of air. So you don’t move. The birds eat at […]