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Nabokov quote...
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.”
-Speak, Memory, as quoted in Time Magazine cover article, 30 March 1999
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What comes is better than what came before...
From tree - describe your life using the song titles of a single artist. try not to repeat the titles. fun fun!
Pick your artist
Bette Midler
Are you a male or female?
"I'm a Woman"
Describe yourself
"Empty Bed Blues"
How do you feel?
"I Still Got My Health"
Describe where you currently live
"Manhattan"
If you could go anywhere, where would you go ( Read more... ) -
Going forward...
In the space that is my lack of desire to actually write something decent, with meaning, about my life story, I've gained back my desire to read the words of others. And the desire to share them in this space.
I'm currently re-reading one of my favorite books, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss and loving the journey to and from work on the ( Read more... ) -
Bukowski
It's Ours
there is always that space there
just before they get to us
that space
that fine relaxer
the breather
while say
flopping on a bed
thinking of nothing
or say
pouring a glass of water from the
spigot
while entranced by
nothing
that
gentle pure
space
it's worth
centuries of
existence
say
just to scratch your neck
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Sad face...
This poem really affects me. I think this a lot of reasons why people have imagined and believed it and hoped for an after-life. How can something so intricate and glorious just end?
Perfection Wasted
And another regrettable thing about death
is the ceasing of your own brand of magic,
which took a whole life to develop and market --
the quips, the ( Read more... )