2261 20 12
|
burnt-up leaves rustle and fall
|
156644
|
The wooden man came to her in a cloud in a vision in a dream in a story. When he spoke, his tongue clacked against his teeth.——As soon as she woke up, she knew the wooden man was in her belly. She felt heavy with him, fatigued. All she wanted to eat was…
|
132555
|
Against//
the mysteries and the dark/
it illuminates and shapes
|
172285
|
When the cab dropped Frank at his address at seven that evening, he noticed the lights were on in Michiko’s apartment.
|
134887
|
I'll always remember those warm, weekend twilights on the beach after the frolic of the waves seemed to flatten with the impending dusk, sending the surfers home and, after the bait was spent, sending the surfcasters away, I'd claim a square of sand as my stage,…
|
177197
|
The day you came to the wedding the sky was so, so brightly July./ I saw my face where I left it the last time . . . .
|
13492019
|
Threads of sadness in the hands, in the touch
|
123033
|
It’s too early in the morning to play the glockenspiel. I’ll just sit here and knit this tiger.
|
134775
|
it acquires a fine translucence
|
144797
|
she had a chipped tooth...
|
21621
|
Below your beauty's crooked forms I arrange my table.In you my life is rooted.Of your will I dispense, until, clearer drawn To its own osmosis, a still-life slips.Diametric becomes motion,although I am not stillI do not move.Sun-drowned, I destined,in insurrection, bringan…
|
137222
|
Inspired by the photographic work of Susan Lipper. Grapevine series, 1988-92.
http://susanlipper.com/gv_23.html
|
19251913
|
The squirrels will not stop peeing on the trees.
|
153542
|
He arrived at Bellevue hospital in a straight jacket bound to a gurney.
|
123500
|
VI. At Antares Alpha A pyramid carries four sides: only this one Is surmounted by a circle, and its cone Has all of what we claimed within its cargo, Or that shall never find a plan, or transit now; Though the sulphur and carmine skies that…
|
1397117
|
Jimi and Janis remain fierce and beautiful
|
117742
|
I passed the Crouching Tiger Qui Gong dojojo with Suntory Dagdibolbishon.
|
15941411
|
chains across all the old doors
|
126664
|
Unhappiness is a necessary boon
|
123843
|
The brain had elected itself Judas, sleazy loud with silver jangling In this grand guignol of new and quickly old concussion Limbs roasted themselves to occult temperatures Yet remained whitely chilled under air that strove to rub, scrape, signify …
|
154294
|
There was only the sound of crickets.
|
145164
|
|
153788
|
I caught her a-feasting with her eyes and smilin' at that Jesus- haired Waffle House cook, Dennis Roy, again and I said, “Merlene, my tiny kitty-kat, they's no reason to carry no torch for him ‘cause he may not be with us very long ‘cause, if you notice, they's no…
|
27164
|
I offer you an orangeYou say you'd prefer an appleI offer you an orangeYou say, noI want an appleYou say you had a bad experienceWith eating an orangeHmm, I sayYes, but what does it matter?You say you are not eating the orangeUnder no circumstances will you everEat an…
|
167644
|
It was like watching one of those vintage eighteen-frames-per-second films of someone trying to open a stuck umbrella.
|
17451012
|
A cult is one thing; it defies common sense that a commonly educated person cannot escape cultist thinking and belonging. That cult, A.A., is girded by police, fire, therapy, hospitals, insurance companies, and courts.
|
124154
|
No one has the right/
to script how someone dies.
|
1831149
|
|
144633
|
1. we got off at the same stop. you approached me as i walked towards the stairs. i saw you looking at me, you said. i wasn't. i was looking at your magazine's cover. i don't remember what i said. i wanted to explore how to exist as myself however i wanted. i wanted to get…
|
162732
|
it felt fucking awesome at that moment, in that way only little things can feel huge and life affirming
|
