February 2008
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san francisco is a sea-storming mess & i had the absolute best sunday. no photographs, no phonecalls, no fake smiles.. just learning to live w/out empty distractions (unless you count coffees, long walks, midday pints or love). i feel new.
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THE LANGUAGE OF MEANING
hawking said scientists would soon ‘know the mind of god’ w/a grand unified theory of everything. in this sense, the mind of god would be an equation.
i’m rooting for musicians, though. i want the mind of god to be a song. or! possibly bakers. man, the mind of god in a cookie…
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CURRENTLY
it’s 10:19 at nite, i’m waiting for water to boil for supper. i’m having oatmeal & several cups of ugandan coffee (thank you matea). this is not uncommon.
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“jesus is like my assistant executive, knowwhati’msaying?”
– OVERHEARD: Polk & Fern.
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An Estimate of the Number of Shakespeare's Atoms... →
“Our analysis not only applies to Shakespeare but also to anyone who has previously died” (scientific hippy stuffs… youareme&wearealltogether) via A Short History of Nearly Everything
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JACKPOT ON WHEELS
i always smile when i see tourists hailing taxis in s.francisco. the cab pulls to their curb & they honestly seem so touched… like they’d won the lottery or something. & i wonder to myself if they realize they’ll have to pay for that prize.
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TOSS, TURN
& when i awoke, i found this fully composed on the bed:
it’s friday evening. i am w/ghosts & they’re morphing into morphine scenes, the color in off-white walls. several times i forget which of them is speaking & which storyline they expect that i’m keeping. i’m dreaming. i’m peeling off in layers on the ceiling. the seasick queen waves to the feelings...
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SUN’S NOT RISING YET demo, august 2007
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walking this morning i saw a homeless man on the hillside. he was on his knees in prayer, i thought, like the beggars i met in italy. eventually i realized he was only holding himself up to the early sunlight, cupping his hands in the light to warm them.
it was such a beautiful gesture, i could hardly breathe. i gave him all the money in my pockets & kept all the bullshit to myself.
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DREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAM
i’m wandering over hillsides by the ocean… through spanish towns & pathways. i’m carrying a large rock w/sharp edges in my arms. i’m trying to get to a villa to sleep. all my strength is used to steady the weight through each step. the hills stretch forever. i am exhausted.
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WatchBOOKENDS this film is a poem entirely.
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4:26 AM
i’m reading a new friend’s unpublished novel (for the moment, already w/a movie option) laid out in two stacks of printer paper on the bed… unread & read. sort of a unique way to experience a book.
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W/OUT CLOCKS
i stayed in bed until 7 pm one saturday when i was 13 years old, sleeping deeply on & off through the day w/the city sounds rushing overhead like clouds. i had many phantastical dreams, w/real people who populate my world. i think they taught me things about what they need & where i fit. then i made the strongest cup of coffee & pushed through a wicked headache. oh did i say 13? i...
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THEY WERE NIGHTMARES
sometimes i get hung up on purity, imagining that my thoughts are made of the same stuffs as music. & shouldn’t my cracked & dry winter hands move only in agreement w/the stirrings of my soul? i know pain is no more than an unwelcome sound in my ears.
i think the past was lighter. literally. i picture myself as a merchant in turn-of-the-century spain. & it’s such a relief...
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Surfers Defy Giant Waves Awakened by Storm →
“We looked out to the north at these giant mountains of water” (!! 100 miles off the coast of california at cortes bank) via The New York Times
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“i know she’s taken. she knows i know she’s taken. it’s...”
– (… now i just weasel to the top”) OVERHEARD: 2nd & Mission.
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FEVER MATH
In case a frog ODs is the same letter progression as Inca sea fro gods. ps. two fantastic band names there for the taking.
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MY MINUTIA
i got vaguely sick. that is, my body is sick but my mind won’t hear it. sunday i woke from codeine sleep at one in the afternoon, showered & went out into the drizzle. i walked through the dirtier bits of downtown to hayes valley in search of a coffeestand (blue bottle!)… but! in my daze, i forgot to write the alley on my hand & lost interest. i went to duboce to meet my...
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“life. is. strange.”
– (homeless old man on his cellphone in the rain) OVERHEARD: Duboce Triangle.
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PACIFIC STORMS COMING
weather folks say three epic pacific storms are headed for california beginning tomorrow, w/heaps of snow & rain & hurricane-force winds. i sort of look forward to a pacific-northwest style spell of winter. but! i hope the power stays on.
as an aside, i read the department of public works is handing out 10 free sandbags per citizen from 8 am to 3 pm in preparation for lowland...
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“ah man i feel just like ulysses.”
– OVERHEARD: Sutter & Mason.