December 2010
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“O you youths, western youths
So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride...”
“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.”
“Write drunk; edit sober.”
– Ernest Hemingway
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His feet sink into the sand
his heartbeat quickens
to the pace of the ocean.
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“Those dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music.”
– George Carlin
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“Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other twenty-two in...”
– Luis Bunuel
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“I found a loose string dangling from the hem of my existence. When I pulled it,...”
– William Reschke
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“I like when good things happen to me, but I wait two weeks to tell anyone...”
– Demetri Martin
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The Look
Stephon kissed me in the spring, Robin in the fall, But Colin only looked at me And never kissed at all.
Stephon’s kiss was lost in jest, Robin’s lost in play, But the kiss in Colin’s eyes Haunts me night and day.
- Sara Teasdale
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The Lion For Real
“Soyez muette pour moi, Idole contemplative…” I came home and found a lion in my living room Rushed out on the fire escape screaming Lion! Lion! Two stenographers pulled their brunnette hair and banged the window shut I hurried home to Patterson and stayed two days Called up old Reichian analyst who’d kicked me out of therapy for smoking marijuana ‘It’s...
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The Runner in the Skies
“Who is the runner in the skies
With her blowing scarf of stars,
And our earth and sun hovering like bees about her blossoming heart!
Her feet are on the winds where space is deep;
Her eyes are nebulous and veiled;
She hurries through the night to a far lover.”
- James Oppenheim