the crow caws ominously from the tree outside my door
encroaching upon
the delicate brown birds that sing piteously from their perch

the cardinal no longer sings an even-keeled tune
instead it lows mournfully, and then sings at a maddeningly high pitch

i mourn in turn

cerulean blue crepe and crushed velvet
tea garden austerity
and
rejuvination 
in orange, orange spice

cezanne paints
while luck ceases to meddle
and greenery springs up
amidst the ruins of the wheel of fortune


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writer's block....

i've decided that i'm going to write a screenplay.

but i have writer's block.....

i always think that talking like this will loosen me up and unhinge the floodgates of creativity, but it always winds up so personal, and silly.

yes, i am very silly.

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Once upon a time, under a cloudless sky ( Read more... )

Once there was a seagull,
who hailed from the seven seas,
he told me dear,
"I know it's wrong,
but be what you must be."

Once there was a raven,
from the night's Plutonian shore,
he led me on and told me
what dreams I had in store.

Once there was an owl,
who glared with gleaming eye,
and told me not to cower
when danger passed me by.

Once there was a peacock,
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    When it first happened that I came to the chapel, sleeping was all I could do to forget the pain. I would lay there day after day, waking only when the nuns changed my bandages, or came to feed me. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see one of the nuns, in holy reverie, praying for me. I didn't even know where I was ( Read more... )

croissants and hot chocolate at twelve o'clock, cheap and perfect ( Read more... )

it was halloween and i was with a group of mothers and their children. there was a monster that had been set loose, transformed by the night. we got into the elevator and headed downstairs, i kept looking around for the beast, i don't know what i would have done if i had seen it, but the children were scared, and the adults kept them close ( Read more... )

my sister stole the mouse and even now she threatens maliciously to exit this screen. muahahahaha ( Read more... )