if you could only see the sky from where i stand

Oct 19, 2009 19:47

Meditation on a Grapefruit

To wake when all is possible

before the agitations of the day

have gripped you

To come to the kitchen

and peel a little basketball

for breakfast

To tear the husk

like cotton padding        a cloud of oil

misting out of its pinprick pores

clean and sharp as pepper

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he asked why he was born and i dont know, universal everything, the gaslight anthem, jessica rankin, nocturne

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balladsofmirth October 20 2009, 05:14:12 UTC
(aw, thank you! i forget that other people can see them!)

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balladsofmirth October 20 2009, 05:14:35 UTC
(or rather, i never believe other folks NOTICE them.)

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may_came_home October 20 2009, 22:17:03 UTC
did you know that craig arnold has been missing and is presumed dead? since early this year, april i think. they think that he basically fell off of a mountain and disappeared. his tracks lead to a high cliff and they still haven't found his body, as far as i know.

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balladsofmirth October 21 2009, 04:05:52 UTC
I did indeed. Breaks my heart. :(.

I toyed with mentioning this with my post but wanted the focus on the piece itself, if that makes sense.

Did you know him? I really enjoy his poetry.

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may_came_home October 21 2009, 06:08:49 UTC
No, I didn't know of him or his work until his disappearance.

I know it's sort of a fucked up thing to say, but I feel like this was a "good death." Like epic style. I think he turned into a bird anyway. That's why his tracks disappeared.

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balladsofmirth October 21 2009, 06:10:23 UTC
I love this: I think he turned into a bird anyway. That's why his tracks disappeared.

That should be in a poem that you one day write.

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