A Revelation Field from Tobin Johnston on Vimeo.
A Field Redux for Video
untie the ribbons that hold up this sky
cut the ropes
that tether us
leave this city
its pop-up book
panorama
the flattened
silhouettes of silhouettes
cross walks, car horn curses, daps and pounds, stoops and stairwells
DON’T STEP
rather,
throw yourself from the curb
let your
body
cast a shadow
and then fall into it
leave here
leave these streets
walk instead out into a vacant field
take only with you a fallen branch
the size of your hand
at a place of your choosing
force it into the ground
wait. . . wait there
for the wind to knock it over
then bury it in the earth,
digging against the dirt with your bare hands
trust the grass to overgrow the turned-over earth
and walk away
weeping
the stick is history
&
you are
God
