It’s a Zen thing. Is there anything harder than trying to think about absolutely nothing? My dog sits better than me. Some of the things I think about while waiting for a bolt of enlightenment to strike my monkey mind: Polar bears. Did I leave the stove on? My nose itches. Om. Om. OOOOmmmmmmm The […]
Writing
memory bank
overdrawn i cannot remember any of my mother’s native tongue my father’s favourite tie or my sister’s reasons for hoarding i cannot remember what i had for breakfast or anything you may have said the morning after we got married i cannot remember when i stopped playing the piano or when i started letting myself […]
crimes of fashion
According to an Associated Press story out of Baton Rouge, a bill that would have made it a crime for people to wear their pants too low in public has been rejected by a panel of the Louisiana state senate. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Derrick Shepherd, would have made it illegal to wear clothing […]
how to tell when you’re being left by a heartless girl
it starts with her saying it’s all her; it’s not you. it starts with her saying she just needs some “space.” she will say she still loves you and always will. she will hold your hand and beg your forgiveness. she will let go of your hand and cry. she will let you sleep with […]
somehow the world
superman’s dead and so, now, is moses and cool hand luke and our brokeback fantasy along with, some might suggest, every soothing shade of blue that ever used to exist and somehow the world still turns they’re building another ice rink in this frozen shinny-obsessed city but new orleans is still under water and well-intentioned […]
you think
you think you blind you ain’t seen blackness you think you pure you ain’t seen lightness you think you holy ain’t nothin’ about you that’s sacred you think you unclean you ain’t tasted filth you think you limitless you ain’t carried freedom’s chain you think you outraged you barely breathin’, girl you think you crimson […]
washing day
my name is clementine and i need time breakdowns take time, you know they sent me away, child they sent me away i want to go home i need to go home they won’t let me go home where is my home? do they even remember me there? i need time time to do the […]
carpal tunnel mountain
what the river says go slow feed me (you’ve forgotten how, forgotten you used to know this; but it will come back to you) talk to me bathe in me stand near me lie down beside me breathe be still hear me listen take a drink water yourself use me as breath as guide your […]
why don’t dreams speak english
why don’t dreams speak english why do i crave coffee and salt why can’t two or more lovers vie for my affection with flowers sonnets, chocolate pearls & boat trips down the seine why don’t we hold hands anymore why don’t we give people names to war games like we do with hurricanes: peggy sue […]