Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Indeterminacy 178


Merce Cunningham’s father delights
in gardening.
Each year
he has had
to move the shrubs back
from the driveway
to protect them from
being run over when Mrs.
Cunningham backs out.

One day Mrs. Cunningham
in backing out
knocked down but
did not hurt
an elderly gentleman who
had been taking a
stroll.
Getting out of
her car and seeing
him lying on the
sidewalk,
Mrs. Cunningham said,
“What
are you doing there?”

- John Cage

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