May 2009
12 posts
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May 28th
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May 23rd
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May 22nd
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ALPHABETA
A is for the answers you’ll never have. B is for borealis, in which case A is actually for aurora. C is for the dead, the bering, the black & the red, et al. D is for the dakotas, america’s new & old frontier. Eeeee is for eagerness & elation. F is for never taking your homework seriously. G is for peace in gaza. H is for honor, a dangerous preoccupation. I is the person...
May 21st
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
as a young kid, i learned the rules of magic until it wasn’t magic at all. early adolescence was a wasteland. it was music - the space between intervals & minor chords - that restored my belief in you, me, them, us & everything. children yearn, i think, for a language that does not reveal its secrets, but amplifies them until each thought is a song.
May 20th
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May 19th
May 17th
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“unfortunately, i’m allergic to all bee stings & cheeses.”
– OVERHEARD: Clay & Davis.
May 12th
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May 11th
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FEVER MATH No. 6
these two phrases have an identical letter progression: MSG, metal and gin amaze Brazil lions Ms. G. met Alan D. Ginam, a zebra, zillions
May 8th
WatchWatch
MTV PROMO - had i been a rockstar in the nineteen eighties
May 5th
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NOW
i just finished painting the bedroom a deep yellow that is warm & sunlike. the actual sun, the star, is setting into the ocean somewhere just past my field of view to the left from where i’m sitting, tired & speckled, in the living room windowsill. there are large cruiseships docked on the embarcadero because mexico is locked down & boat traffic is being diverted to california...
May 4th