Kit Kelen #338 - the fixed stars

338

the fixed stars

I'm bashing my head against a brick wall

(let's call that civilisation)

this is better than someone else bashing my head against a brick wall

(it's less distressing, and with the right care, getting the angles right,

it might even be less painful)

I'm bashing my head against a brick wall

this is better than bashing someone else's head against a brick wall

it's more civilised (a moral advance!)

of course this could be a group activity

but, for today, I'm just starting off by myself

I'm bashing my head against a brick wall

you could think of this as mind over matter

(you can kid yourself about all sorts of things)

what will we think of next?

I have sometimes been called hard headed

today I have decided to use more force

I'm bashing a wall down

(you get into the rhythm)

this clears the view

and the roof comes down with it

fresh air! and what vistas!

clouds come in

the world of nature!

no sign of real weather though

it's great to breathe

to see what's what

it gives you a chance to think

that's how you get a glimpse of the future

that's the gleaming thing

requires a plan

I have an idea

for all of this rubble

it's like somewhere

I could hang a lightbulb

(handy when the sun's

out of the picture)

now where could I put one of them?

need a rafter

I can see all before me as a puzzle now

something practical to be solved

I pick up a first broken brick

from the dust

that's how I start

just small

it's as if this pile of bricks

had been left here by fate

as a suggestion

I should have a roof over my head

I mix sand and water

with dust from the rubble

that's how I pat down my first course of bricks