canopy

Time is physical. I have been cutting these ropes a long
time. I have been smearing my palm along
time. “I have finished my screenplay.” “It’s about
 
Well, some contend foliage amounts time
some, and mood entirely. I have seen that tree, I have written
that I’ve seen that tree, I feel fine.
I take truths down easy now. I have a notebook. I list them in it.
 
No distance forms your small and yellowy home but time. In it
an event unfolds, and
if you’d like, visualize hands unfolding it, smooth, creases, sure. I’m going
to
             archive
my voice now
but keep watching, I’ll keep talking
you through
             it.
Vincent Van Gogh. Olive Trees, 1889. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Logan Fry lives in Austin, Texas, edits Flag + Void, and has recent work within or forthcoming from Fence, West Branch, TYPO, and The Seattle Review. His first book, Harpo Before the Opus, will be published by Omnidawn in October 2019.
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