Coda

1-10

1 People rush to their houses2 Black clouds roll in from the sea3 Windows slam hard

4 I know better than that

5 All the trees are white6 The old land is alive7 Waking up in the water

8 Everything is bright9 The movie house is never empty10 People cry while being whipped

11 The sun smiles as it bums12 The earth moves willingly onward

13 The blind riding in a car14 Look at you without getting angry15 Without a way to get back

16 She is running across the field17 A ball rolls down the hill18 Waiting for the falling rock

19 One broke his head20 In many pieces

21 The city of the dream22 Is changing direction23 A man runs into the stream

24 The same faces25 One day the city will collapse26 Draw a picture of that day

27 So I am what you are

28 People talk to each other29 Try to get through the heat waves30 Of the solid box

(Barrett Watten. “Coda.” 1-10. Berkeley: This, 1980. 56-57.)