Angel in Goggles

Angel's earthly scriptures regard the earth from personal, secularperspectives. Like the Christian Bible, its canon admits a surprisingvariety of forms and lengths:There are Stories: a fateful lapse of weather-ethics; the confl ictbetween private and public property, the latter including humansdrafted into the military. Essays: the endless multiplicity of windows (not to be foundin the non-physical, mystical unity of heaven); the problematicrelationship between two species (humans and dogs);proprioception (the unappreciated, vital sensation of dueling withgravity); a children's book as an example earthly art, even to itsmedia. A raffi sh Travelogue, intermittent, confi rms the world's shape as asphere. Its counterpoint, also an intermittent series, is a Treasuryabout the Wellses' retirement &quote;Estate&quote;on a ridge of the BlueRidge-arboretum, cloudatorium, weather- observation-post,lookout vista, and habitat for plants and creatures that includevisiting grandson. A concluding Fantasy -like a two-person play except that onecharacter can fl y with the help of protective eyewear-exploresthe relationship between human and the supposedly divine.