We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

http://www.tristan.icom43.net/quartets/gidding.html

Debauchery? Poverty? Stinkiness? The odd and lame ( Read more... )

Somewhere I got lost. I can't turn back and figure it out, but i definitely got lost.

D.C. tomorrow. I'm thoroughly expecting the worst from work and people and hoping that will help me survive the summer before I go to Paris.

"we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone ( Read more... )

I smelled Germany three times today. In the kitchen I smelled German cleaner that makes German kitchen's smell clean but not like the inside of a tangerine. And then, I smelled plum pie German-style. And I smelled the inside of Oma's apartment.

I guess I miss Germania. Going to Paris in the fall so maybe I will stop by Oma's. I like these smells

And no.
I don't enjoy Yeats at midnight
Especially at midnight. I like him least
I'd rather be enjoyed,
than read about beasts
And yes.
Things fall apart
From the center
and the start.

http://www.potw.org/archive/potw351.html

She is the sum of yourself and your dream.
Climb her like a monument, step after step.
She is solid.
As for me, I am a watercolor.
I wash off.

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/annesexton/581

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/363679_robert19web.html

"To put it simply, it is extremely difficult to succeed in an asylum claim that is based on Central American gang violence. However, there seem to be some factors that affect the success of claims. The most successful applicants seem to be people with no criminal history and no gang affiliation who were threatened by the gangs for a particular ( Read more... )

There should be a word for the contradictory feeling of sadness at the height of happiness, because you know how fleeting the emotion is.

Buddhists?