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(Untitled)
Pushing you away
Is like giving up a dream -
Sad, but relieving. -
belly talk
Yours in the accent of a Swedish (not French) chef and
mine in the monotone drone of a wall-street reporter. -
Dancing at the Righteous Room
Somewhere it is written, people are supposed to be sad when something breaks. If you accept this without question, you're missing out. There is some utility and joy to be found, even in broken things, if one is only open to it. Loss is a poor excuse for sadness, and an even poorer excuse for lack of creativity and imagination ( Read more... ) -
Every time I close my heart I make a purchase.
in my faith there is
a crack large enough to fit
any peddlers boot. -
(Untitled)
I went to the circus
and was ashamed.
There was this one act -
a couple who dangled from silks;
I couldn't watch their
love-making.
Suspended, they kept each other
from what I could not. -
on voyeurism, attraction and (in my particular case) romance
I slow down to look
at wrecks on the interstate.
Some I even love. -
lip-gloss, keys, and condoms
I saw Benjamin play for the first time in years tonight. He was absolutely brilliant. What I want to note from this evening, however, was an acute desire I had (while peeing) to rifle through a purse which happened to be left on the floor of the bathroom (wide open beside me). My impulse didn't involve theft in any way, but a longing to know its ( Read more... ) -
what's on the menu
First course: toasted bagel with melted Camembert and slices of avocado ( Read more... ) -
Left
there was this one time. yes, we were in the mountains. that old antebellum bed and breakfast with the two great oaks out front. it was damp the evening we drove in. damp and cold. I could see your breath and you could see mine. we brought up your cd player. mississippi john hurt in the low-light. candy man. stepping on each-other's feet. we woke ( Read more... ) -
D.
at some point he stopped seeing me, if he saw me at all, and I stopped understanding how one could be both caring and uncaring at the same time. to me it was clear how one prevailed over the other ( Read more... )