P U B L I C A T I O N S

"Taking responsibility for ones own discourse since 1989"

in the beginning

next to portions of four bricks

a filthy thumbnail weights a napkin

chats about waiting in chairs at a reading to hear

then, turning the page a door slams

eardrum pulsing last cigaret looks

these are real corners

close at the scale of napkins

inside and out

a wave form

lunar lighting. stubble of stucco -

I could tell you plenty about stucco but

Corners and Napkins

is not concerned with stucco

some corners trap,

some corners - we do not know

some corners we do

for they Deify light

lime says cool

orange invites lizards to cross

green on the produce sign says notice

napkin relieves, assures

napkin will take a bullet for the Chief

napkin signed will verify invention

napkin tapping at corners of mouth

decides if to lie and emphasize

cloud billow sail

perfection can be routinely achieved in the photography of napkins

"4x6" colored papers are satisfying to compile

for the napkin photograph solicits its surface as one to write on

i love cycles of perfection to ruin

some of these corners are severe

they promise it is a cold cruel world

edges you would not like in a prison guard

we like the corner that wanders for god

that cant, that wiggle, is ours

in the end a pen takes to brick and flails

Corners and Napkins

By Chris Sullivan

32 pages, published 9/12/2012

(almost) All of these Corners were imported from the Art Department at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. These Napkins are from Clement Street in San Francisco. 32 pages by Chris Sullivan, 2003 32 pages