Issue 16 : June 6, 2002
Social Study
there is no procedure for this
ask your self again about the place
the setting of your body
in a room with other people
their bodies moving or at rest
calculates the angles
like a submariner at the periscope
a one torpedo shot
a carriage of cats
rolls into your left ear so you turn
it is a gang of women
scratching the rug with high heels
this is no war no more a movie
than an old sweater is a king's robe
an urgent puzzle of amusement
a carnival ride with lights of colour
leaving your mouth disguised
as carbon dioxide and water vapour
garlic and exasperation
there will be coffee
and the long drive in the car
through a sleeve of black
- William J. Gibson -
Text copyright
© William Joseph Gibson 2002
bluetyger is Made in Canada
This poem first appeared in
The Texas Cantos
by William J. Gibson
Copyright © William Joseph Gibson 1998, 1999
Alburnum Press
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Blue Tyger Series #3
First Printing: July 1999
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