Lars Palm (Sweden): Four Poems from notes for an airport

1 – (beginnings)

two un
attended black
bags in the
corner by the
entrance

who brought the
flies & why
don’t
they board
the 3
o’clock?

trying to re
member who
made the
film i stole the
title of


2 – (language)

"please do
not leave
baggage
unattended”

what is new?
what does not change?
what just dried
oh shite i forgot

guns aren’t
allowed in the
hand
(or)
baggage

"other than in
specifically
designated areas”
o the beauty of
airport language

"please do
not sleep
baggage un
attended”

good morning
"for farther
information”

just jot
down what
ever thought
or
phrase you
can catch



3 – (silly man)

does tom
wait? yes tom
waits

always when
writing these small
ones i think
of old corman
& maybe phil
whalen hides
some
where in these
shadows as well

that graph of the
mind moving
is dancing

toothpaste is (as
we all know) a
very dangerous
explosive

look an
ambulance
maybe some
one happened

going from
lorca & pérez
estrada to
ekelöf &
lindegren
across tarkos

lift elevator
carefully put
down shop



4 – (ending)

"in this air
port” in this
body in this
brand new
bag or
cadillac

& wiener
schnitzel
& a hairy
schnauzer to
you too


© Lars Palm 2007

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