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Read morethe viper couple
vying with eachother for a shot a things to bite and poison
Read moreMovie: The Human Stain
Good book, but felt sorry for all involved in this movie, even before I saw it. Was very faithful indeed, but could not succeed on that basis. Robert Benton, Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, all cornered in an enterprise of phoney-ness.
Read moreThe Personal Fallacy
To believe that high art and inspiration lives with any person is a profound mistake. Some catch it through serependipity for a while. Some struggle and never find it. The rare few continually pursue it and get it, sometimes, again and again.
Read moreChipmunk Boy
In Grandma’s basement at the Brooklyn Children’s MuseumA chipmunk boyA Disney character without wordsSmiling and nodding with degrees of vehemencePointing out things to Hart, who was fascinatedAnd I naming each thingAnd this affable kid noddingFuzzy headed cheerBounding aboutPerfect little time.
Read morethrown from the throne
At the Y
Grey ponytailed plodding man/woman scowled down at us lined up against the wall in the gym at the Y. Kids were on the mat. The woman (as it turned out) was telling us about the gym and swim class. …”Then we sometimes have them onto those colored mats over there and sing “If you’re happy…
Read moreTaimse ‘Im ChodladhTráthnóinín déanach i gcéin cois leasa domTáimse im’ chodhladh is ná dúistear méSea dhearcas lem’ thaobh an spéirbhean mhaisiúilTáimse im’ chodhladh is ná dúistear méBa bhachallach péarlach dréimreach barrachasA carnfholt craobhach ag titim léi ar bhaillechrith‘S í ag caitheamh na saighead trím thaobh do chealg méTáimse im’ chodhladh is ná dúistear mé Is…
Read moreat my funeral
please have someone play taimse im chodlah
Read moreFather and Son Sushi
Kid rubbing noses with his warm Mediterranean papa at the sushi bar in Cobble Hill. Dad was broad-shouldered dark and smiley with a woolen sweater and pants with vertical black and white stripes. 6 yr old kid and he kept rubbing noses lovingly.
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