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the undying sun in spring
Smoke was rising, somewhere to the east ( Read more... ) -
osoroshii
"In time, the tree will die.
A hundred years from now, or a thousand.
It won't live forever, and neither will we,"
she says, face covered by long bangs.
"The point is to plant it and watch it grow.
Afterwards, all that's left is to walk away.
So walk away."
It's not about the tree... -
y tu parfum...
The boy who works in the flower shop on 3rd is gorgeous. She buys flowers she neither wants, nor needs, just to feel his hand touch hers when he gives her change to her. He looks her in the eye & smiles, which keeps her blood quick & warm long after the greenhouse flowers fade. -
the honeymoon's over
Holding her hand beneath the spigot, the hot water causes her cold fingers to tingle fiercely. She flips the toggle which stoppers the bathtub drain, watches the basin fill. "Is that bath ready yet!?" her angrily impatient husband shouts at her. "It's ready!" she yells, and under her breath, "It's hotter'n hades, just for you."_ -
true story
Rousing herself from sleep to confirm that the arms twining around her body are indeed his & not those of the flesh eating vine in her dream. "What's wrong?" His voice disembodied in the dark. "Nothing. Go back to sleep." She, however, remains awake, eyes burning, waiting for dawn to shed light on her unease._ -
bored with this journal. again. you're shocked, aren't you?
So now it's got a new theme. 55. I stole it from Num and it's a challenge to write a story, not a poem, in exactly 55 words ( Read more... ) -
Frothing at the mouth
I watched a movie last week, a korean film called The Bow, and by golly, this movie pushed all my buttons. I was so worked up internally while watching this movie that my heart was pounding the entire time.
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for those of you who feel as I do...
I'm recommending this book: Against Happiness by Eric G. Wilson. A treatise on the virtue of melancholy. Alleluia, amein. -
my thought at the moment of listening
Art is a privelege, a blessing, a gift.
Not to be disrespected, cheapened, or exploited.
That's all for today.
