poetic/ love will grow

This is who I was born and wanted to be, eh? I'm glad to be this person who I'm turning out to be, unashamed, unafraid, yet uncertain. I'm really happy to have made all these choices. Maybe life is a railroad, or maybe it's peppered with forks, opportunities for deviation and exploration. I enjoy being here, able to make all these choices. To be here, to experience this, to love this world,...

king

She brings out the monster in me plain in sight for all to see, and erases all traces. the salvo of emotions make haste to newer faces, profound love; indifferent places I, a man who is torn flinch from the scar that is born and never less alone, bound to the conflicts of his home, I am teething! sinking such as a stone. hundreds of miles stands the woman I adore, but closer could my heart not...

It's Sister Jinny's Turn To Throw The Bomb, and other hit tunes....

At lunch today I was shuffling through the stack of 45s every thrift store still seems to have, and came away with two interesting items: The Glencoves, "Hootenanny" b/w "It's Sister Jinny's Turn To Throw The Bomb" (JOY J 724) - from 1963; and Johnny and the Hurricanes, "Beatnik Fly" b/w "Reveille Rock" (Barry BAGT-556X) - from 1959. Instrumental versions of old tunes ("Blue Tail Fly" and the ...

Russian Song

I have been drunk since I was born And I keep mongolians in a cage

Richie Havens "What About Me?"

You poisoned my sweet water. You cut down my green trees. The food you fed my children Was the cause of their disease. My world is slowly fallin' down And the air's not good to breathe. And those of us who care enough, We have to do something... (Chorus) Oh... oh What you gonna do about me? Oh... oh What you gonna do about me? Your newspapers, They just put you on. They never tell you The ...

A song for the Nephilim children

The Cruxshadows - Winterborn (Subway to Sally Mix) Dry your eyes and quietly bear this pain with pride For heaven shall remember the silent and the brave And promise me they will never see, the fear within our eyes (my eyes are closed) We will give strength to those who still remain So bury fear, for fate draws near And hide the signs of pain With noble acts, the bravest souls Endure ...

Ballad of the Crawling

My blood cells must be honey Or there's sugar in my veins Crystalline injectables And stabbing hunger pains It makes a gleaming ribbon For the insects to ingest I didn't do it perfect But at least I did my best Attract them like a beacon They are mating in my eyes A crawling, perfect carpet Of serrated dragonflies They slumbered in my hair Once they'd added salt to taste It is not something...

meet the parents.

last saturday, we spent our day at t3. it was supposed to be a short trip. ended up paying 10 bucks for parking. ikhsan ran around the kids corner and the playground barefooted. made lots of friends, but dunno their names. one is apparently joel. ikhsan peh jalan macam paham. he trailed wan all the way to the office and said, "ikhsan kerja nih..." and then because i have promised to go to my mom...

On The Amtrack From Boston To New York City - Sherman Alexie

ON THE AMTRAK FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK CITY The white woman across the aisle from me says 'Look, look at all the history, that house on the hill there is over two hundred years old, ' as she points out the window past me into what she has been taught. I have learned little more about American history during my few days back East than what I expected and far less of what we should all know of ...

HIGH COUNTRY WEATHER by James K. Baxter Alone we are born And die alone, But see the red-gold cirrus Over snow mountain shine. Along the Upland Road Ride easy, stranger; Surrender to the sky Your heart of anger.