Jody (stalled)

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here.) Where the first fifty went, I don't know Duplications Copies Insurance No, contagion. I see -- I don't drag you. --- What? -- I don't drag you. I'm not touching you. --- You are touching me. -- Um, She is touching him --…

Exhale -- I can't see. Pause -- Where are we? Pause -- What is this? - This is what's called cross-over. -- Mmm. Pause Inhale -- Where are you? Are you here... - I'm here, see. Stretch out your hand. -- Oh. Pause -- Your face. - Yes. Pause -- Why are we here? -…

- I know you're there. Pause -- How do you know? - Because I brought you here. Pause -- Very good. - Will she wake up? -- No. - Did I interrupt you? -- Not really. And in any case, I brought you here. - I don't quite understand that. -- You and I we...…

- ...it was 2 AM in the morning and I'm there freezing my ass off. -- 2 AM? - Yeah but he's out there anyway, two jackets, toasty warm. -- Wait, where was this again? - Kyoto. -- Oh wow. How was it? - Nice, it was nice. It was real good. Cold. -- Yeah?…

- Are you asleep? -- No. - Mm. Pause - What's keeping you up? -- Nothing. Pause -- You. - I'm keeping you up? -- I want to be up. And awake, with you. - Doesn't the medication make you sleepy? -- Yes. Pause - So you haven't slept at all? -- No. - Joe...…

- What does it feel like? -- Hmm? - Right now. Pause -- I'm at rest. - Oh? -- Not moving about. - Is it because we're lying down? -- Not just that. Pause Inhale -- When I'm with you... - You've been with me all day. -- Maybe it is because we're lying down.…

I want to take care of myself Do things for myself Getting the body to move - difficult Once it's in motion though, there is a kind of momentum I can keep doing things Slowly One at a time Open fridge Close hand over items Lift Close fridge Turn to bench Place items down Prepare…

I can hear waves Waves breaking on a beach The still, cool air of Spring False dawn illuminates the sky I can hear breathing Lying across me, leaning on my body, a woman sleeps Her head resting just below my shoulder Slow Inhale Exhale Hair falling across the temple Down past the ear and to…

Two are in the car, in the back I know because he told me I wonder how that effects things, now that I know I wonder if he wasn't here, whether they still would be He's asleep in the passenger seat Does that mean they're asleep? Can voices and figures be passed-on like this? I…

Life like a slideshow, only not restricted to the visual sense Smells Tastes Temperatures Each slide lasting only moments before changing Some barely glimpsed or felt Others linger; a tree, a door, the wetness of rain, the smell of skin Then blackness Blackness that cannot be measured A blackness...