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(find me a map) (help me find the stars) the paths are overgrown. (find me a map) covered in stones. open the tomb. we’ll gather at the appropriate time. don’t worry; i’ll remind you bring flowers. bring words. bring stories. bring friends. it’s time to decide which stories to tell. make friends with the ghosts. rouse yourself. listen: you will be missed. you were always beautiful. we keep…
(and in the morning) we invent our excuses * our bodies tell us our stories * how often the sounds you make at night are different from the sounds you make during the day * forget words * say hello to your animal self i bear the marks in my flesh * sometimes you make no sound at all so let us be kissed by silence * you made me believe you were graced by emptiness * you tell me there is constant…
the state of being constantly under threat the constant rounds of disappointment we run from one battle to the next * this is the year of broken hands this is the decade of just getting it done this is a lifetime of just around the corner this is the year of jubilee * waiting for a seat at the table waiting for the right moment every week the same groceries every day a planned meal every morning a…
There are roughly 206 bones in the average human body. We were born with around 270. Some people inherit traits that lead to the development of extra bones in the feet, hands, or even the spinal column. About 8% of people have at least one extra rib. Overall, about 15% of people have more or fewer than the standard 206 bones. The largest bone in the human body is the femur or thigh bone. The…
what delicate things hands are what delicate things hearts are i have dedicated my hands i have dedicated my heart how desiccated are my hands how desiccated is my heart are hands delicate things? are hearts delicate things? to what are my hands dedicated? to what is my heart dedicated? are my hands desiccated? is my heart desiccated? how often beauty is dried in the pages of a favourite book how…
a day of books holding words in my hands talismans i am surrounded by other book lovers crushed among stacks conversations about poetry and stories celebrations of this voice and that voice calling out we find these other voices gather the words sound the depths gather close enter in read a little further at http://etechne.blogspot.com
A dream: I’m washing the dishes and turn around to see someone walking out of the hallway towards the door carrying something. I realize there’s someone else right behind me, a stranger. I know he’s going to hit me, perhaps kill me. Don’t, don’t, don’t I say but he strikes me and keeps striking me and keeps striking me. A dream: I’m washing the dishes and turn around to see someone walking out of…
once i had several lovers. i had several lovers once. when one was at work i thought that truth i would be with another. would prevent a wound. i first wrote “wound”. by truth i meant "truth". when one was at work the truth is we wound i would wound another. without a thought. i had several lovers once. once i had several lovers. i thought that truth when one was at work would prevent a wound. i…
30% of people think reading regularly makes them better than others. 30% of people can flare their nostrils. 30% of people have two jobs. 30% of people don’t use bar soap. 30% of people will love you. 30% of people think most people can be trusted. 30% of people eat candy nearly every day. 30% of people believe they will live to a hundred. 30% of people have experienced some form of abuse. 30% of…
I miss Prince. I never saw him play live, though friends and family have. I admit to no small amount of jealousy. I missed him here in Edmonton. I would have loved to see him play: Purple Rain, of course , Controversy, The Cross, Kiss, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, Starfish and Coffee … but I really would have loved to play basketball with him. Something more personal, intimate, human than a…