Day - After Rimbaud Poem by Victor Grauer

Day.

Day on fire invisible | water | day on ice.

Partly cloudy water to drink.

The well is dry.

Dry.

Sun.

The day on fire.

The day visible.

| Cascading | sun | water heavy laden green-blue

Trees are bent all in the same direction,

| Immobile | blue-grey stone.

They are as quiet as a stone.

Stone.

Cloud.

The day on fire silent | North |

Of where we are

White sky | sea | gone

One cloud heavy laden | green-white cascade.

Cascade.

Bird.

The day is on fire

Of fire.

It's a fine day clear cool

One pellet of fire drop of visible fire

| Descending | we ascending

As though we were ascending

Countless bead steam.

Bead.

Steam.

Day fire | open | flame tree upright shimmering

Substance is melting itself

Is burning like an unburning tree in full leaf

Each leaf a flame dropping and suspended in the tree spider web dew

Night, no, day, ice, no, fire

Articulate loud web and stem.

Stem.

Summer.

Summer day of fire on fire

Electric webs

There's a feeling of intense heat coming from the webs

From the stems, the trees,

| Sky lit | descending

Consuming

Visibility.

Consuming visibility itself.

A bird in free fall | flame |

Ice refracting ice | water | blue, green, yellow, pale yellow

Pink, white, absence of white

Pure light, pure seeing, not seeing anything

Driving, stop sign, casual glance right left

The day | still | on fire sign.