the kind of man egged on and emboldened by the laughs of the crowd a suggestible man, but who feels good about himself and conveys that to others and this his handlers know well
Read moreprofligacy and simony
these words cropped up in my head just as I was waking this morning. wherefore?
Read moreKeyrie Eleison
or however it’s spelled, and what does it mean? The phrase cropped up in a dream I had a few nights ago, in connection with light revealing a swath on a blue and white painting.
Read morediner revery
melted butter pads on the center of each illustration on the diner menu. Something irresistible something happening Something becoming something else What you wanted to happen Inside you. It was the act of satiating Spun as a decisive move out of inertia A U-turn of course. Diners weren’t very profligate with released energy. They dealt…
Read moredust to dust
from an inrush of heady harmony to a poem about felt emotion to a poem about poems to a piece about poets to a word for that to a number for short to 10101
Read morea feast of touch-me-pops
or touch-a-me-pops, as Sevi calls them, all along the fence on either both sides of the Nethermeade arch bridge along the stream side. We reached in and popped scores of them–Papa pulled out fatties for Sevi’s special delight. We placed some in her palm and she gently pressed them in touch-a-me-popcorn. After getting what I…
Read moredragonflies in the botanic gardens
thousands of them buzzing around in the middle air above the cherry esplanade. Under the trees where we were, Sevi and I, they didn’t much go. They must have been feasting on all the little bugs, as we didn’t see any of those. Wonderful!
Read moreeggs o’ Jesus
exegesis
Read morefairies at the flume
When we walked to the Flume a few weeks ago Sevi insisted that it was to get magic from the fairies that would turn trolls into shadows. So we went right up on the rock above the black deep water and retrieved the magic and used some on the way home, throwing under the raised…
Read moremy hasty rant to the Kerry campaign
PLEASE PLEASE READ THIS!!!! The latest revelations about Bush’s thinking himself above the law with regard to National Guard Service should be linked FORCEFULLY and RHETORICALLY with his stance in every area. PLEASE SEE Robert Byrd’s quotation of him in his recent book in which he said “I’m the President, I don’t have to say…
Read more