Sneezewort, Göteborg, January 9th, 2002

Achillea ptarmica Nysört: maj, juli, november, mars Eva Ekeblad, 2002

The papers announce
the arrival of this year's influenza.

And the Newyear snow is mostly gone.
Gone except where it was compacted
into welts of ice
like here on the main s-weed sidewalk.
-"That's right," he said
when he saw
me aiming the camera on the ground
"Giv'em some documentation!"

Well, I do - more than a passerby would know -
document small events in a calm corner.