Archive for July 2006

Reading Jules et Jim on My Balcony

By Joshua Chalifour, 14 July 2006

Neither young nor old,
as Hispanic melodies reverberate
from a temporary sunday’s
Colombie in the park,
A man and woman
South heading a little way. arms
Full of boxes (two each)
filled with
thick glass Clicks,
in lock step with
their side-by-side gait.

(Black pansies and rose begonias
rustle near my toes,
using their surrounding breath fronds
to [...]

Scorching Sun Express Post

By Joshua Chalifour & Heather McLaughlin, 5 July 2006

With deep voices, camels crawl systematically on a wire that stretches from our start to their finish. We paid for tickets and laundered the first money to get rid of our dirty pockets. Because an urban rhythmist said that some understand, we’d thought we could ride these camels into the sunset.

We also signed up for [...]

An Inclusion of Strangers because of a Dog’s Joke

By Joshua Chalifour, 1 July 2006

A surprising inclusion happened during a brief moment on a small corner of sidewalk. As Heather and I walked toward the cross-street, a couple walked toward us. A woman stood on the sidewalk, facing her shop’s window. Its overflowing wooden rectangle of flowers drooped a degree toward the street. She kept a hose running lightly [...]