THE TIME HAS COME TODAY (AND) ~

 

A N D:

M A S H A    G E S S E N

RE-READING GEORGE OPPEN ~

Waking Who Knows






the great open




doors of the tall




buildings and the grid




of the streets the seed




is a place the stone

is a place mind



will burn the world down alone

and transparent



will burn the world down tho the starlight is

part of ourselves



_______________________
Primitive
George Oppen
Black Sparrow Press, 1978





a photograph to love —
George & Mary Oppen
Pt. Reyes, CA. 1977