I miss that period of about 76 days when the following was a part of my daily life:

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the fruit is ripe,
poised to drop
with wide mouth
and swallowed shout
the tongue comes
to a gallop

ready, for the tantrums of children
to echo in the belly

One of my housemates brought home two DVD's from the Evergreen library, both of which are collections of various Kenneth Anger's short films, ranging approximately from 1949 to 1981. As we watched the rather homoerotic film shorts, we came across one titled "Puce Moment." Filmed in 1949 and completely restored to amazing color, it features a young ( Read more... )

Right now I have this:


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I normally have something to say; a sentence or a sequence of sentences to convey my current state of mind. That would do nicely. Yet how can I transcribe something like this? How does a great, unimaginable distance appear in words? Would it be recognized, understood, or felt ( Read more... )

This is the most disgusting example of the type of measures Homeland Security employs in the name of curbing terrorism

Libra

It's the Season of Returns and Recoveries, Libra. You will generate good fortune if you look for what you lost. Here are some suggestions on how to proceed: Recall important memories you've almost forgotten, retrieve any valuable things you rashly threw away, and bushwhack your way back to a promising path you strayed from. For best results ( Read more... )

i was slated to head home two nights ago, then it was this morning, now its tomorrow morning. I have been meandering aimlessly around Roissy-Charles de Gaulle for over 15 hours, with three more to go. Evading the clochards who sleep in the airport is painful, especially when all they want is a meager couple of centimes to buy an overpriced Baguette ( Read more... )

i have a week left over here, and as sadden as i am to leave i am at the same time very excited to be back on familiar, well-worn soil ( Read more... )

the marching shade makes it advance ( Read more... )