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The Achievement

from Tundra by Enablers

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I notice him standing in a slight crouch from the catty corner.
His left arm’s extended straight out before him,
and with the flat of his hand he’s taking quiet aim
at a rope dangling from the back of a cube truck.

The hand moves up and down and from side to side,
anticipating distance, and wind, and the agility it’ll take
to overcome the two.
In his right hand he holds the broadside
of a small piece of cardboard, cocked at his ear,
ready for a toss.

He’s about five feet from the rope. Behind him,
the shopping cart is parked haphazardly against the curb.
It’s full to bursting with marginal scraps and has a forgotten,
tottering aspect, as though it had rolled there on its own.
He’s so attuned and so precise about the task, the separation
between spectacle and dream
blurs.
He’s a perfect actor.

A series of red lights come and go, and his hand
begins to work in diminishing degrees
now.
I cross south and then west, and I stand
on the corner behind him.
And his hands ---elongated, talon-like--- look
beautiful and dangerous at once, capable
of beautiful and dangerous things.

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from Tundra, released September 1, 2008

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Band Members: Joe Goldring (former Swans, Toiling Midgets, Touched by a Janitor) on guitar; Kevin Robert Thomson (former Nice Strong Arm, Timco, Touched by a Janitor, now Hazel Atlas) also on guitar; poet, writer, and narrator Pete Simonelli on vocals. Rounding out the line-up is drummer Sam Ospovat (Ava Mendoza, Brendan Seabrook, tUnE-yArDs, William Winant). ... more

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