( It was a night for drowning. )

Glimpsing her own eyes in the mirrorwall, no matter deliberate design, she knows a woman created the monster Medusa.

She harbours a snake in her bosom.

Filthy Landscape, Charles Simic

The season of lurid wildflowers
Strewn on the meadows
Drunk with kissing
The red-hot summer breezes.

A ditch opens its legs
In the half-undressed orchard
Teeming with foulmouthed birds
And smutty shadows.

Scandalous view of a hilltop
In pink clouds of debauchery.
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Rummaging through some old boxes in search of a book, I found the cassette Andrew made for me two Springs and an ocean ago. I sent him a silly postcard & packages of sweets and a four-leaf clover from our backyard laden with them; I cannot remember what, specifically, the clover was meant for, though I do recall that posting the parcel to New ( Read more... )

Because methexis mentioned the valentine given him (and ash_grey_sky's labour of love re: Edward Gorey & sundry posts by shoukinkasegi), in my idle curiosity I sought out Une Semaine de Bonté, which China Miéville has designated "the best comic strip of all time. The best illustrated book of all time. The best sustained work of surrealism of all time. A magisterial whodunwhat, ( Read more... )

Quiet music should be played loud:

Over the Rhine - Hush now (Stella's Tarantella)
Over the Rhine - Bluer --> slivers of duet with our man Linford! (he is too soft & quiet & rumbling in the dark)
Over the Rhine - Who will guard the door
Over the Rhine - My funny valentineToday there skirts & skates a timid chill in the air. Yesterday and the day ( Read more... )

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On blue:Blue has remained the symbol of fidelity till our times, as fidelity can be proven only from distance, where the opportunity for unfaithfulness awaits. Blue flowers, such as forget-me-nots and violets symbolize faithfulness.

...The blue flower was a popular motif of Romantic poetry. The hero of Novalis' fragmentary novel Heinrich von ( Read more... )

( Euphoria in the gymnasium )