Experiments... - Section Eight

experiments of sound with the invention of people

lines written by Jesse Cooper ’00, arranged by Jan Greenfield ’02

Open the dishwasher.
Open your involvement with the morning.
Put up a sign saying you are here,
never tell anyone anything you do
cause what can you say about something
that is so informal and shouldn’t be felt
thoroughly, in the case of disaster.
Tell it to another sort of object.
Don’t ever tell yourself.
Tell me so quickly I spin.
Just for kicks.
You’re not so serious yourself.
i’m gone.

5x7 missing from my loop.
Operate yourself with the sort of time
given to you by your mismatched shirt cuffs.

     Sleep on the rug.
     Reflect.
      Understate.

6 is ok.
Ok is for it going ffffffover.

Get fover it fister fox.

     get over
     it
      sister.

sister socks still stocks up with soap.
Jane says wash it down with detergent, sergeant.
So we can all go on and on and sing our song and ....

Jesse: "I wrote the text for it and Jan sort of rearranged what I had written...It's almost a meditation based on the physical act of using a typewriter. I really love actually using typewriters and will free-flow write on them. What comes out is very noncommittal: images, statements, and phrases. Jan gave it a structure, which was probably good, because it comes out very free-flowing, without a form in a way, somewhat colloquial, somewhat narrative"
Jan: "The inspiration was just basically being locked up inside 4 walls, up for 48 hours, hanging out with Jesse Cooper. And the typewriter - that's probably the key element in all of it."

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