on the way to union station
barbed circles spiraling
with rusted wire
rim the corrugated steel fences
backlots of warehouses
freeways lined and divided and bound
on both sides
by imported flora
the haunting call of the whistle
the streakby fast treetops
the oleander and oak
the parking spaces of ticky-tack apartments
windtorn tarps on hurricane fences
white laundry hung on lowslung cord with clothespins
in a yard
by the tracks
final project for class [music&language]
with morton subotnick
poem translated into piano song recorded then collaged to
recreate experience of train travel
track four on limited edition release
"getting closer" songs and sound collages 2 0 0 4