Ellis' Postcards (as of 02.09.11)

NO DATE
From Manhattan to Queens with Love!
Waist-high snowbank
festooned with somebody’s
shoe collection.

Best wishes, Tara, to you,
to my fellow artists-in-
residence, and to everyone
at Queens College Art Center!  XO, Ellis Avery

01.29.11
Post Office-
I think of Laurie Anderson
“Neither snow nor rain...”
XO, Ellis

01.30.11
Night, WALK sheds less light
then DON’T WALK. This is bad,
if you’re mincing through slush.
XO, ELLIS
Hi Queens! (Sorry)

02.01.11
Crampons would help
on a day like this. A friend
brings a gift of firewood.
XO, Ellis

02.02.11
Dreamed a baby
held a toy rabbit, which wore
tiny 3-D glasses.
XO, Ellis

02.03.11
A month ago,
the sun hit my wall at 8:40.
Now? 8:15.
XO, Ellis

02.06.11
A half-melted snowman:
stern, hieratic,
like an eroding stone saint.
XO, Ellis