i'm reading italo calvinho's 'invisible cities' and it's blowing my mind. that's the second time my mind's been blown by a book in the past two weeks. i don't know if i can deal. first 'star maker' by olaf stapledon and now this? it's wack. wiggidy wack ( Read more... )

pale glass and concrete,
metal struts, jagged, gaping:
the young tower's bones

a shadow rustles
on the street by the garbage:
he's looking for cans.

05/04/2008

running on pavement:
the streaming city night beats
with my ragged breath

i put on a suit
and then i get a paycheque -
this is natural.

...

something (i think) is funny i said tonight:

'adhara your attitude is as laissez-faire as our economic system.'

everything i've seen
reveals all i need to know:
alive is enough

04/27/2008

suppressing all pride,
anger, hurt and resentment
is no easy thing.

04/28/2008

kyo ni futari
nihon-jin to ishyo ni
hanashimasu.

A.

wake up, head all fucked,
mouth dry as dead, poison dirt:
don't mix beer and wine.

...

one more:

B.

she is leaving you
so she's gone / she is gone but
you won't let her go

a layer of gauze
gently wrapped around my mind:
so tired i can't think.

her eyes glanced away
and in that second every
part of her was gone.