Glenn Bach has an M.F.A. in Drawing and Painting, and is active as a sound artist and curator (www.csulb.edu/~gbach/socalsonic.html).   17 Ignition, this expanding combustion where one takes place, reached in a confined space, reciprocating a familiar reaction to the spark, to the sparkengine mechanical power, a single row vertical, a double row opposite, converging in a V (pancake, flat, or boxer) the minute drive (this closed metal speed), the cover bolted, threaded, an aperture in the head admits, then lets out the products like ports, like a mushroom held tightly, and so the coil springs, the one-half engine opens the speed, the valves in correct sequence, a pipe runs 11 to 1, a little over, the composition rich, high (wide-open), and lean at medium and slow speeds (partly open), the spaces between the walls forming pockets, heavier than each pocket, a triangle with bulging sides, a figure eight with a thick waist—   When an evenly staggered operation will go through a full cycle. When the top of the beginning draws in the air. When the bottom of the volume at the higher ratio, the more powerful order. When at the top again, the fires of the heat of compression. When the burning mixture becomes a hot, expanding gas, burning smooth and controlled. When the faster, uncontrolled burning sometimes occurs. When these hot spots, these explosions, this loss of power. When the bottom opens, unburned. -—for this reason the simpler displacement, these cooled, cooling fins around the outside of the head, either by the natural motion of the airstream or the radially cooled water jacket, this water enclosing, this water forcing water through the jacket, drawing heat from water where it flows into the heat, to the air, until the water moves back into the warm jacket. This oil delivers, the reservoirs depending on oil splashed from the bottom of the oil at low pressure, hot spots promoting certain metals, reducing many years of concern. The higher air’s destructive removal. Sixteen years later, too slow to be successful, the prototype of the mushroom was introduced. 187 A crime is doing something wrong,      any violation divine or human,      omission of a duty commanded,      commission of an act forbidden.   A group of neighbors look out for neighbors,      get to know each other, become familiar      with habits and vehicles, a nosy neighbor,      a good neighbor in the old fashion,      embarrassed of their suspicions,      unfounded bother. Read materials provided to you. Keep your doors, windows, and garage. Improve your light. Don’t leave the outside in the open. Keep doors when driving, and windows when parked. Keep in plain view inside. Check behind and again before turning. Ask daily. You will be more aware. You will learn. You will feel. You will meet and develop. You will look away. You will sense. I have prepared a notebook (true/false). My notebook is divided, white-collar,      against people, against animals, against property,      cruelty, neglect, and endangerment,      arson (burning). I have discussed impact and prices. I have discussed extra locks and extra security. What is the role of awareness and constant attention? I have inspected my neighborhood (true/false). We know everyone. We keep lists. We keep photographs and excessive cash. We do not hide. Our family knows what to do. Our family knows to leave. All trees and shrubs are trimmed. We have a closet, a door, hinges, and locks. We have numbers listed on our telephones. The outside of our home is well. Our porch has a light. Our house is visible. Our family has ladders, trellises, drain pipes, and a higher floor. We have doors in our home. All our doors are viewers. All our locks are secure. All doors have locks with throw and guard. All doors are operated from the inside. All doors can be locked. All doors are installed with screws. All doors have hinge pins. Our door is secured with a padlock or hasp. We lock our doors at night. We lock our doors while not at home. We lock our doors and take out the keys. All windows are equipped and pinned. All our windows are properly and securely mounted. We keep all our windows locked when shut. We use locks that allow us to lock. We have replaced or secured all windows. We use window bars and ornamental grills. We have locks on our windows. We cover windows with curtains or shades. We are as careful to secure windows as we are to secure windows. We use good telephone procedures. We are away from home for extended periods. While we are away, we make our home look lived in. We notify a trusted neighbor. We notify local law enforcement. We store all valuables. We know the three Rs of protection: resist, report,      restrain, recognize, recuperate. Allow us to isolate our home. We have ladders to something secure, neighbors and back gardens. In our summer garages we have worked on Volkswagens and switches,      bikes and mowers, hasps and padlocks. We have heard the locking of snow falling, the sash of mortice,      the coating of cast iron, and the fall pipes of whisper. We listen to the passing of infrared, the grinding angle of seconds. We leave the unbroken key at the bottom, drop cards in coat pockets      or somewhere else, damaged planes from the falling. We love loved ones blindly, set anchor with gripping hands. We realize the truth about wood, a hacksaw and a drill,      hundreds of leaflets from the encircled sky. We protect everything that should not fall utterly to instinct,      another quarter turn, in a few hours the ice, its delicate surface,      the flowers near the garage, the falling moon and the stars,      the elsewhere rain. Back to Contents