Father, this year’s jinx rides us apart
where you followed our mother to her cold slumber;
a second shock boiling its stone to your heart,   
leaving me here to shuffle and disencumber   
you from the residence you could not afford:   
a gold key, your half of a woolen mill,
twenty suits from Dunne’s, an English Ford,   
the love and legal verbiage of ( Read more... )

"We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. I wish for all this to be marked on by body when I am dead. I believe in such cartography - to be marked by nature, not just ( Read more... )

Found this on StumbleUpon, thought it was nice...

Native American Code of Ethics

Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often.
The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak.
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Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path.
Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem
from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance.
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There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back
Well tell her that I miss our little talks
Soon it will be over and buried with our past
We used to play outside when we were young,
And full of life and full of love

wanna hear something exciting?


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"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the ( Read more... )

the rain is only nice when i'm in bed,
my bed is only nice when i'm laying with you

I was perched outside in the pouring rain ( Read more... )

We lay on the bed there, kissing just for practice. Could we please be objective? ‘Cause the other boys are queuing up behind us. A hand over my mouth. A hand over the window. Well, if I remain passive and you just want to cuddle, then we should be okay, and we won’t get in a muddle. ‘Cause we’re seeing other people, at least that’s what we say we ( Read more... )