found - penultimate poem in manchester sequence

Somehow this sequence has got more dislocated and started to make less sense as it progresses. This poem, found, is the last of the prose poems (of twenty-seven, arranged in groups of nine) with only a final section summarising some themes so far to follow. That summarisiing section like pomona strand and low sun will be based on an accentual line of three stresses and will probably be around three pages in total.

found

direct late afternoon light on the side of a tower block clad in red brick. parcel to collect. a projection and simplification. orange and mango juice. record around three minutes of the sound of warehouse and loading bays being dismantled. walk as far as barton bridge before heading back towards town. see following page. short dark video clip of sound performance. relaxed atmosphere. rehearsal studios in ancoats. light rain. stand on middle railing to lean over water to take a photo. cooked rice with tumeric thrown under a tree for pigeons. found unused bullet from second world war in garden. part of towpath slippery in rain. deflated cartoon ghost helium balloon in canal at the water's edge. a number of car tyres sinking in mud. swan climbing out onto bank. sides of steps painted red. small sounds greatly amplified. misread 'dunican's bar' as 'duncan's bar'. pass territorial army base. paper jammed in fax machine. 'turn snib to open'. contemplating an illegal 1.4GB download of sound poetry. lambs gathered on square of slate in centre of field. left leg cramps painfully. low flying aircraft. limes. venetian blind no longer works properly. dog shakes chew toy. ordsall. sound of microphone dragged across stone.

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