for Bas Jan Ader
He tumbled from a roof into shrubs (intentionally!) another
Time he rode his bike off a ledge into a canal and filmed it
The postcard shows the artist weeping I offered a tribute:
Just staying in the present kayaking over the backs
Of soft-shelled turtles until Mary Jo stopped over for lunch
Seagulls still littering the bay Ader’s small yacht capsized
Two months into his journey I filled two thermoses
With coconut water a spinning clock like a low-floating
Cormorant disappearing under the sea surface
We happened upon a sturgeon swimming like a bomb
Seeking earth In Search of the Miraculous Mary Jo’d started
A large watercolor pine needles with yellow and blue flowers
There are no demarcations between thinking and dreaming
She said it’s a miles-long flat surface with feelings
