the editor

[sweetwater]

as for the editor whom
might be on metaphorical holidays
to forget the moment and add a comment
when one isn't seemingly warranted

the reading is always masked as an overwrite
and other provocations such as this

the editing taking time and over
durations of being re-read
becomes like a painting in the
re-defining of lines and colour

the shapings take on the particulars
of other peculiarities
leaving chance to a metaphysics
unexplained
seemingly more intuitive
and whether one has the instinct
for it

leaving things as they are
letting art take its place
and fall where it may
is a rudimentary understanding
of the philosophy of risk
and chance

some things don't work out
some metaphors are better prepared
and more explained than others

the day itself is as such
the same experience
in a different costume and candour

some moments seem to last forever
some lines seem only too forgetful
some people are never satisfied

the editor begins with a self awareness
that the beginning of a line of prose
has already undergone a kind of editing

and as for the philosophy of writing
it might only appear as more as a
philosophy of editing
as to what to include and what
to leave out

and the reading during this epic realization
is supposed to be self explanatory
as a self induced hypnosis
and a staring into images
that are seemingly provoked
by the absence of an otherwise
knowable truth

the painting is supposed to grab you
even if it does offend the sensibilities of reason

the journey from beginning to end
is supposed to supply it as ample cause for celebration
and for comment
and create an altogether spectacular creation

and where it fails to include
the possibility of being dust or pointless
seems to be the only risk that an editor might absorb

and for some realizations or poetry
being pointless sometimes is enough
lest it mask itself as some excuse
to just enjoy the art of reading

[Doreen Peri]

some moments seem to last forever
some lines seem only too forgetful
some people are never satisfied

I loved these lines!

The whole piece was an interesting analysis... took me for a trip...

thanks!