the place beyond criticism
for my critic friends
it's empty out here
there's land
but no landscape
a scary tumbling
swimming millipede
seen as the roman bath filled up
re-examined
was a white feather
in moving water
air in trees
made rain all night
in the morning
the dry karoo
noisy weaver-birds
building again
this is the bare place
not even 'land'
not even 'empty'
peacock sound
help! help!
warmwarterberg spa
little karoo
july 1993