September 23, 2009 by stevenperez
These gaping standards serve
A decaf of words left stale
Spectacles of shoes for you to gaze
And to the left a constant criticality
Please do not sweep in this place
Tables do not employ but raise
Muse me your foreign language
I cannot speak cannot understand
It is growing from the corner
Our screens over run with weeds
It is not distance but a lack of proximity
When you are there I am not where I wish to be
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September 23, 2009 by stevenperez
A reading of holes
reveals
this is deeper than previously assumed
hang here
this line waits
ending a night starting
keystrokes
this melody haunting
as if from a cup
holding above green
grounds our feet
what great awareness
what great vice
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September 17, 2009 by stevenperez
Your space is flowing word like
Trickle through, there is nothing here
An empty page, alone type set
Look the ink is on you
A south paw curse among us
A broken clip slips down
This will carry me to tomorrow
A sustenance of syllables
Singing clearly me me me
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September 17, 2009 by stevenperez
There is space in the middle
Your touch can go here
I hold gently this book
And watch your hands on the wall
Each page grains again
Feeling memories crunch
Tickle and blow away
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September 17, 2009 by stevenperez
This hand goes red around the corner
A box labeled here absent-mindedly disappears
Why do clocks tick and not move
Dry walls stick numbers round
And your feet move stairs
This fall the davenport will change
The floors repaired renamed and you
restored
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September 4, 2009 by stevenperez
a childs foot feels heavy
a bed awaits arrival
to the left a bench
and you on it
when we spill cups
we never clean up
This Street
It’s coming back
a street light a pay phone and the corner store
here there is no sound indicating change
rather a pressure moving south bound a
child in the yard and the sky overhead
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September 4, 2009 by stevenperez
A bit faster a bit faster
and the sky falls
The fences a man and the fences
If i speak I say fences and the sky falls
from our feet a segue and
apologies and the song signs on
speaking sky fences and falling I say
street signs and you sing on
the field the grass and blue
a toddler playing street signs sings
a discreet suv
screaming beneath our feet
the sky has fallen
When we ask about peace
We say ladders and cool in the shadows
When we asked where you went
We say inside and go inside
looking inside we find windows and rays
and lights from the kitchen
when we put it on the floor
we say peace be with you
you ask ask what happened in between
when there is silence
there is still the sound of breathing
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April 3, 2009 by stevenperez
I just got back from a great week with my wife on vacation. On Saturday we started things off with a trip to the San Diego Zoo. I had never been to a zoo before this so Haley enjoyed pulling me from exhibit to exhibit watching as I stared in awe at the elephants, laughed at the monkeys, and ran like a frightened child away from the snakes. Sunday we left after church to head out to Mammoth. This was Haley’s first time on the mountain. I got her set up in her snowboard and away we went. After a pretty frustrating first run she recouped and ended up progressing really fast. It was a joy to see her pick up something that I am passionate about. It reminded me of my first times on the mountain and the excitement and joy you get from your progression. You can see some pictures from our trip to the zoo and to Mammoth on my flickr account at flickr.com/sperez
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March 23, 2009 by stevenperez
Pay attention to the lines that follow
patience
cadence
and tempo
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