Kevin's Watch

T0: Sarah (Who Lives Down the Lane)
From : Ted X (Marks the Spot)
Date : Yesterday

Subject : Mechanical Clockwork Shadowbox

Set my jaw to the side. Pursuing new forms, new symbols
and new patterns. False symbols will attract people,
but will not rust.

I have seven pencils to write this book.
I have seven more to finish this work.
Some people talk too much, some people have nothing to say.

People can be separated into three groups.

Race Horses
Plow Horses
Soap Horses

Of course horses love sugar. I keep a few cubes in pocket.
Out of pocket expenses. This will be submitted.

I heard that song today. Transmission received.
I love that song. I think it is about magnesium.
Maybe it is about copper mines.
The county keeps spools of copper stored
in the county storage sheds.

Radiator. Ventilator. Tarnishing sets in,
so the varnishing can begin.
Shutters set to be shuttered.

Be honest, be truthful, never lie.
Left is fire. Right is safe.
Why is that so hard to remember?

I found a way. Constructed my construction.
The project is under way.

I have not seen you since graduation.
You likely do not remember me. Six houses down.
I know your brother. I know you may not remember him.
I am hoping to correct that.

You may not remember that
this is not my first letter to you.
The postman is tired of me pestering him.

I created a numbering system
for remembering all of this.
But I lost the codex somewhere. Or sometime.

I would rather find a differing power source.
Too unstable, kept under a corner table.
I was warned. Need to buy more wiring.
The corner store is closed. It gets too dark, too soon.

Please enclose your new address
with your forwarded letter. Or by post.
Stayed a letter of protest. I expect a package.
The distribution caps to save place
and to save space.

Please meet me under the pavilion.
Last day of summer, we can lay on the lawn.
You pick the year. Watch the clouds over the steeple,
open the door...

There is a clearing. The fence is down.
Snowfall fell by the river some early morning evening.

There is a clearing.

Please reply by letter box or carrier.
I do not have a phone. I am all alone.

I had a wife but could not keep her.
She tapped, tapped on my bridge.

There are essential salts.
Electricity runs through and echoes.
Scattered thunderstorms predicted this week.

I hope this letter finds you.

Well, time to fire the engines.

Wish me luck.

- Ted.

T0: Sarah (Who Lives Down the Lane)

Sarah is Sarah Bresnahan. Sarah is a name I have always liked, Bresnahan is from catcher Roger Bresnahan of the dead ball era. Sarah has been in most of my writings.

From : Ted X (Marks the Spot)

Ted X is from a cartoon I wrote, the owner of the star of that cartoon, Lucifer Sam.

Date : Yesterday

as a kid, I had some trouble with the concept of linear time and time zones.

Subject : Mechanical Clockwork Shadowbox

a combination of words I love.

Set my jaw to the side. Pursuing new forms, new symbols
and new patterns. False symbols will attract people,
but will not rust.

my interest in symbols, my hope for magic in the right combination. I have been a realist since a very young age. makes my belief in God, hard at times. rust as a concept started at my grandparents house, age four or so. various times left to the elements. he was a carpenter.

I have seven pencils to write this book.
I have seven more to finish this work.
Some people talk too much, some people have nothing to say.

had I been born in this era, I would have been labeled autistic. numbering was a stress relief concept I used as a kid. I stopped talking for year, 4-5.

People can be separated into three groups.

Race Horses
Plow Horses
Soap Horses

the horse thing comes from the school I go to every year for the prison.

Of course horses love sugar. I keep a few cubes in pocket.
Out of pocket expenses. This will be submitted.

I heard that song today. Transmission received.
I love that song. I think it is about magnesium.
Maybe it is about copper mines.
The county keeps spools of copper stored
in the county storage sheds.

I know what the song is about. the spools are a true story.

Radiator. Ventilator. Tarnishing sets in,
so the varnishing can begin.
Shutters set to be shuttered.

rhyme scheme that I love, and placement. shutters shuttered is another I use a lot.

Be honest, be truthful, never lie.
Left is fire. Right is safe.
Why is that so hard to remember?

I found a way. Constructed my construction.
The project is under way.

construction, constructed.

I have not seen you since graduation.
You likely do not remember me. Six houses down.
I know your brother. I know you may not remember him.
I am hoping to correct that.

all true, about someone who doesn't know.

You may not remember that
this is not my first letter to you.
The postman is tired of me pestering him.

I created a numbering system
for remembering all of this.
But I lost the codex somewhere. Or sometime.

childhood stress relief.

I would rather find a differing power source.
Too unstable, kept under a corner table.
I was warned. Need to buy more wiring.
The corner store is closed. It gets too dark, too soon.

they finally did close the corner store this year.

Please enclose your new address
with your forwarded letter. Or by post.
Stayed a letter of protest. I expect a package.
The distribution caps to save place
and to save space.

Please meet me under the pavilion.
Last day of summer, we can lay on the lawn.
You pick the year. Watch the clouds over the steeple,
open the door...

pavilion was at my grade school. the church is down the street.

There is a clearing. The fence is down.
Snowfall fell by the river some early morning evening.

there was no fence, but I believe the clearing still exists. but the river is elsewhere.

There is a clearing.

Please reply by letter box or carrier.
I do not have a phone. I am all alone.

the second lines were true for many years.

I had a wife but could not keep her.
She tapped, tapped on my bridge.

two different children's rhymes.

There are essential salts.
Electricity runs through and echoes.
Scattered thunderstorms predicted this week.

I hope this letter finds you.

Well, time to fire the engines.

Wish me luck.

- Ted.