Jigsaw puzzles, nothing more– pieces spread out on the table or
floor, needing attention, border pieces are easiest to find, to align
borders, boundaries, a bit of sky, a few clouds – the tabs, loops,
levels, interlocking patterns, doorways, then blurry faces, a flight
of stairs going to the edge, off into nothing, nowhere, in this two-dimensional place we live through contrast, color, contour, measure
style and shape, hand and eye move separately, put together a piece
here, another there, the day progresses, if we kept score it’s more
like a tie, with time running out, we dread continuing, an overtime
session never goes well, there will always be a piece or two missing.
