~ Do You Hear it? (The Laughter of Children)
“do you hear it?”
god asks the buddhas
as he gets back in
the front seat
and pulls shut the door
of a bel-air nomad
parked
motor running
beside horsetail falls
in the columbia river gorge
“solid,
like the shutter on a leica,”
says one damp,
shivering buddha
“no, not the door,”
says god
as he looks in the back seat
and sees the three buddhas
still wearing their
bright yellow rain slickers
with matching hats
smiling, god
shakes a lucky strike
out of the pack
from the rolled-up sleeve
of his white t-shirt
and tries to light it
with a match
from the book
he picked up from the
counter at the cafe
the match does not light
and the chevy
smells like wet sulfur
“no divine spark?”
snickers one of the buddhas
the other two buddhas
are shaking,
snickering as well
god takes a sip
of cold coffee
from a styrofoam cup
“i’m trying to make
a point here,” he says
as he conceals his face
"do you hear it?"
it becomes quiet
intermittently
the wiper blades
sweep across the windshield
the buddhas sit listening to
their breaths
the pistons in the engine
& the roar of the water
hitting the glistening rocks
...
time passes
…
“the laughter of children?”
asks one of the buddhas
in a timid voice
“exactly,” says god
horsetail falls
columbia river gorge
kodak e100vs
color slide film
zero image 69
pinhole camera
please take a look at some videos:
pinhole landscapes with the music of luis eduardo aute
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wsSVbQTU9I
portraits of perú with the music of rammstein
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VCD25zDCgE
portraits with the music of silvio rodriguez
www.youtube.com/watch?v=88kZIM6zXn0
road trip with the music of onqoto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlarTgBpbDg
~ Do You Hear it? (The Laughter of Children)
“do you hear it?”
god asks the buddhas
as he gets back in
the front seat
and pulls shut the door
of a bel-air nomad
parked
motor running
beside horsetail falls
in the columbia river gorge
“solid,
like the shutter on a leica,”
says one damp,
shivering buddha
“no, not the door,”
says god
as he looks in the back seat
and sees the three buddhas
still wearing their
bright yellow rain slickers
with matching hats
smiling, god
shakes a lucky strike
out of the pack
from the rolled-up sleeve
of his white t-shirt
and tries to light it
with a match
from the book
he picked up from the
counter at the cafe
the match does not light
and the chevy
smells like wet sulfur
“no divine spark?”
snickers one of the buddhas
the other two buddhas
are shaking,
snickering as well
god takes a sip
of cold coffee
from a styrofoam cup
“i’m trying to make
a point here,” he says
as he conceals his face
"do you hear it?"
it becomes quiet
intermittently
the wiper blades
sweep across the windshield
the buddhas sit listening to
their breaths
the pistons in the engine
& the roar of the water
hitting the glistening rocks
...
time passes
…
“the laughter of children?”
asks one of the buddhas
in a timid voice
“exactly,” says god
horsetail falls
columbia river gorge
kodak e100vs
color slide film
zero image 69
pinhole camera
please take a look at some videos:
pinhole landscapes with the music of luis eduardo aute
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wsSVbQTU9I
portraits of perú with the music of rammstein
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VCD25zDCgE
portraits with the music of silvio rodriguez
www.youtube.com/watch?v=88kZIM6zXn0
road trip with the music of onqoto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlarTgBpbDg