At Lake Scugog by Troy Jollimore

1.
Where what I see comes to rest,
at the edge of the lake,
against what I think I see

and, up on the bank, who I am
maintains an uneasy truce
with who I fear I  am,

while in the cabin´s shade the gap between
the words I said
and those I remember saying

is just wide enough to contain
the remains that remain
of what I assumed I knew.

2.

Out in the canoe, the person I thought you were
gingerly trades spots
with the person you are

and what I believe I believe
sits uncomfortably next to
what I believe.

When I promised I will always give you
what I want you to want,
you heard, or desired to hear,

something else. As, over and in the lake,
the cormoorant and its image
traced paths through the sky.

–Troy Jollimore,

THE NEW YORKER, July 27, 2009

Lord Darlington Strikes A Pose, Laura Honse, Hamburg 2009

… in the series MEN, vernissage 15/10/2009 in atomic salon

Christian On Harald´s Bed, Laura Honse, Hamburg 2009

photographer: laura honse via seen.by.spiegel.de/laura-anne-theresa-honse

model: christian gerstl

hair&makeup: steve vayne

production: harald nicolas stazol