Follow the Lighted Promenade

On the muddy shore of Anosy I sat down and wept. Waking alone At the hour when we are Trembling with tenderness Lips that would kiss form prayers to broken stone I don't want much. Coming in from the rain, the rain dribbling from the thatch, the sound of the surf. The gentle bed. The porch where torches burn long into the night. The awaiting warmth. Green hangs wet with bent leaves. He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience Coming in from the rain. Looking for something to cling to. The eyes are sunlight on a broken column There, is a tree swinging And voices are In the wind's singing More distant and more solemn than a fading star Smile. Because Life is very long Sometimes it's just so long. Thank you, Thomas Stearns!

Happy Snake Day!!! Spend it with someone you love (or at least tolerate.)

The screens are up again, I feel connected to my surroundings. The shutters are open and the breeze blows around. I have felt spectacular lately, alive and creative and filled with music, the air thick with possibilty, with ideas and spirits. Sarah and I went camping over the weekend, to the Dunes Nat'l Lakeshore. I took a hike into the gray spring twilight on Saturday and felt it like I did when I was younger, when the world was smaller and I needed nothing but that was everything. Something about moving my feet and not knowing where I'm going to end up. Every hike is a beginning, and if you're not beginning, you're looking back at the easily manipulated past and changing it to fit your current bent, so that good memories can sour. So I always try to begin, look forward, to the near future which is exclusively relevant. For so long I've looked back. I will again. But today, Tuesday, I am looking forward. The somnabulent (and it means sleepwalking, dr

Are you passionate?

Belly floppin' naked in a pool of yellow sweat Beck Perhaps the greatest line in rock history. Nothing coherent is on the horizon, so read accordingly. I've been reading ( Poisonwood Bible , awesome, and Sound and the Fury , really awesome and Heart of Darkness , not into it enough yet to know.) And writing. (Up to page 50 in the novel but I think most of it is filler, shit. Must get inspired again.) I just don't feel like writing right now. I subbed at the Middle School today after a glory-filled week-long Spring break, and rolled out flat; but I did have a good day, all things considered. The good weather is on the way, and I want to go camping. I wanna wanna wanna. Neil Young's new album comes out today. I've only really heard Let's Roll which is awful, but Neil rushed it out as a tribute and Goin' Home . Now... What an unbelievable song. It is Neil with Crazy Horse, 9+ minutes, just beautiful. It makes me want to drive into Nebraska or