February 2011
10 posts
Bitter
“There is no happiness in love - except at the end of an English novel.”
- Anthony Trollope
January 2011
10 posts
ohmygawd
We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.
Travel
“Make voyages! Attempt them…there is nothing else.” - Tennessee Williams
“Dear Future you,
We will travel all over the world and save lives just by making people laugh. You will play music, and I will sing. I will read poetry to people, and we will all cry. Our children will always have bare feet, and I will only cut my hair in the summer. We will live in Africa for...
Poetry
I’ve always been a dancer. Even when I was little and didn’t take classes, I always danced in the supermarket, my room, even in church. I was a little ball of kinetic energy, and I twirled, jumped, and frolicked until I made myself dizzy. Always intently aware of nuances of movement, I would use my observations to mimic my favorite dancers or just make childish fun at a family...
Confused
I’m confused. Confused about many things, but especially my peers. Their noise, their thoughtlessness, their use of drugs and alcohol to forget. This post may turn out sounding like a D.A.R.E advertisement, but it’s an issue that has been bothering me for a while.
Inside, we’ve become numb. Some might think this is a good thing, the pain is lessened and disappointment...
Elephants
If the elephants have past lives
yet are destined to always remember
It's no wonder how they scream
Like you and I
they must have some temper
And I am dreaming of them
on the plains
Dirtying up their beds
Watching for some sign of rain
to cool their hot heads
And how dare that you send me that card
when I'm doing all that I can do
You are forcing me to remember
when all I want is...
