September Flying Carpet 2020

 In September

The Flying Carpet notices 

that in this time of seclusion
and hasty planned escapes,
the happenstance of SERENDIPITY
seems almost non existent.

So, The Flying Carpet
sends you an antidote:
Greatest Hits of SERENDIPITY

 

Our neighborhood kebab joint
in Venice…
an assemblage readymade…
 

 André Breton, surrealist,
enthused about
“the chance encounter
of a sewing machine and an umbrella
on an operating table”
but how about
this Elephant Carving School
in Chaing Mai?

 

Mistaking free bookmarks
for our look-alike
Biennale tickets in Venice (!)
our day’s plans caput…
we discovered this strangeness… 

 

SERENDIPITY… defined as
“an apparent aptitude
for making
fortunate discoveries accidentally”
These leering Nagas
and this sign in Laos
seemed like providence

Perhaps our most
SERENDIPITOUS
day ever… April 8, 2017
Was it a dream, Nelly and Nancy?

Zack discovered
these tiny masterpieces
of scraped paint layers
hiding throughout
the Passages in Paris

How many years
and how many stories?
this ghostly silhouette…
bed headboard
in the demolished mansion
in Mexico City

the mystery of
Christo-ish repair
in Lisbon

 

SERENDIPITOUS
alignment in Paris

 

Anachronistic SERENDIPITY
in the History of the Ages
Parade in Kyoto

and the gondolier
checking his cell phone
in Venice

And the SERENDIPITY
of finding the perfect gift
for She Who Loves Giving

 

Dedicated to the memory of 

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

 

Artist unknown