May 2, 2004
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my creation
If I touch my tie and place my index
Near the dimple,If I raise my hand and touch my lobe
Where I am simple,
If I bend my legs and hear my knees
Crack like saturnine plaster,
If I give a start and shake your shouldersFor niggling the alabaster,
If I lock my eyes and watch the corner
Meters from a given right,
If I wrench your attention and covet its warmth
I’ll savor it like sunlight.
If I flex my arms and watch these lines
Form a vengeful queue,
If I yawn and stretchLike a portly lion,
The hellcat still cheers you.
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man sitting, back view (w. thiebaud)
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—We’re truckin’.
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The Pickering debate shows the ugliness of politickin’:
Here’s the 60 Minutes investigation. Regardless of party affiliation, isn’t it an ugly thing? Reading what’s been said about him on the Senate floor and in the NYT op-ed page, you’d get the idea that he’s a good ol’ boy straight out of Hazzard. But by all up-close accounts, he’s been a fair, racially progressive (notably so) advocate/judge.Good men get chewed up in the Beltway.
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always good:
achtung
Comments (14)
i love that picture…lol
brilliant.
Mmm…liked how you used distinct yet small body parts. Lobes, elbows, dimples….draws a very humanistic picture for some reason. At least for me.
freshman year i took a class on the history of the civil rights movement. i read a number of essays and speeches, including those written by dr. king. i agree: absolutely amazing.
omg, the cartoon with the reporter and the stupid ppl in the bkgd is hilarious! I remember having to field those people away from the camera when I worked in TV…(sigh) those were the days…
so awesome
loved the poem man. seriously awesome.
I tried to paint a picture of a woman sitting in a chair like your picture.
The picture was a woman who got stood up by this guy and all she could do was sit in a chair with nothing to do expect feel sorry for herself, especially paying $50 for the new dress she was wearing.
What a waste.
Sad, huh?
Anyway, have a nice day.
i really like the poem!
You’re the xanga poet laureate, hehe…
You hit the right notes.
I love the cartoon.
thanks as always for the links. i’d been looking for a more complete picture of what’s happening in iraq. the email from the soldier was eye-opening to say the least. this is one of the only xanga sites i know of that consistently provides worthwhile content for those willing to read it.achtung has long been my favorite. ‘until the end of the world’ & ‘ultraviolet’ are probably my two faves.thankful that you exist, brother.ken
i don’t remember how i stumbled here. but i always stay awhile.
cheers! and i hope you don’t mind me relishing and perhaps quoting your page. sometimes i feel like I’ve Found It with you.
brother keep on