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The Waiting Process
Irineu Destourelles

Important                                                                                                       
Is the fact that one looks outside                                                                 
Searching for details in bodies familiar to oneself                                       
In the extreme edges of a suburban garden                                                    
 
One alters apparently insignificant positions                                                    
Into the rectangular motion of imagination                                                     
Exposing for an instant the flux of intentions                                            
Characteristic in things looked at                                                                 
 
Curious also                                                                                                        
Is the fact that one looks outside                                                                        
Searching for hidden patterns                                                                           
Often found in the extreme edges of a system.                                                     
 
One alters apparently insignificant tastes                                                               
Into the rectangular motion of the imagination                                                         
Exposing in diverse instants                                                                                
The flux of intentions escaping from disasters                                                          
Often prevalent in cosmetic choices                                                                       
 
A random permutation in colour                                                       
May consume the hypocritical causality
Of a suburban garden flower, which,                      
In the end intends nothing

Irineu Destourelles is a visual artist who explores issues of diaspora and otherness through various mediums, including moving-image and writing. Destourelles was born in Cape Verde and is based in Glasgow.

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