watching and being watched in big sur

from room by Sophie Lev

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coming back home to find
the bedroom light is on, and only a sigh
from the kitchen,
and the faucet is dripping in time

what a day just passed,
thought that i'd go to big sur
and photograph,
but i just sat,
and watched all the people taking pictures of eachother,

and when i played guitar a man with a camera must have found me quite angelic,
because he came to take a picture from behind me and i started yelling
could you take one on my phone!??? so all the people will know
that i am not alone

bought a sandwich for too much money
and i ate it on the scenic highway
there's a drone above,
and i wonder how it got here,
who's flying it and from where,
who's watching me remotely as i watch the ocean
who's taking a picture from up in the opem

and i think of what my therapist said:
"you know you're not alone in your head. but you need to feel it, too, in your body."

so i stay still, trying my best to listen
trying really hard not to make a metaphor of anything
thinking about death and intuition
and then i talk about death and intuition with a flower, a scarlet penstemon
it listens closely with its roots in the sand and i pull out the plant and fling it to the open,
we're both here relieving each other of our burdens

please relieve me of my burden
and i'll relieve you of your burden, too

we're both going to know something holy
in our body our body our body

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from room, released November 24, 2021

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