♥ I'm the guy with electrodes attached to his testicles. Obviously, this isn't what I had in mind when I first pulled on the mask. I thought it would be more leaping over rooftops and pitchy put-downs to purse snatchers. But this is the reality of the situation. This is what happens when you mess with bad people ( Read more... )

"You must believe: a poem is a holy thing -- a good poem, that is."
     -Theodore Roethke, On Poetry and Craft

BIRTHDAY. 'b&rth-"dA. noun: I am very glad I was born and definitely appreciate the ongoing alive status that each birthday brings, but I do not typically get into the animated birthday hoopla spirit. I do recognize, however, that for me it is a fine line between not wanting to make a big deal about my birthday but also wanting family and ( Read more... )

The father who had another way of beating you down. With words. With speech.

…He was very fussy about his children’s speaking properly. Growing up, they never said, “See the bow-wow.” They didn’t even say, “See the doggie.” They said, “See the Doberman. See the beagle. See the terrier.” They learned things had classifications. They learned the ( Read more... )

"God is an iron," I said. "Did you know that?"

I turned to look at her and she was staring. She laughed experimentally, stopped when I failed to join in. "And I'm a pair of pants with a hole scorched through the ass?"

"If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron."

Look    Paris dreams     nocturnal, nebulous,
Under blue moonbeams hung from wall to wall    
Nature's own setting for the scene we play !    
Yonder, behind her veil of mist, the Seine,
Like a mysterious and magic mirror
Trembles     
                             And you shall see what you shall see !

‘The world is run by one million evil men, ten million stupid men and a hundred million cowards,’ Abdul Ghani pronounced in his best Oxford English accent, licking the sweet honey cake from his short, thick fingers. ‘The evil men are the power - the rich men, and the politicians, and the fanatics of religion - whose decisions rule the world, and ( Read more... )

"The beet is the melancholy vegetable, the one most willing to suffer. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip ( Read more... )

You know, I'm sure, I love you.

from Last Words
Michael Symmons Roberts

It is this inner, subjective, existential freedom which I have observed. It is the realization that "I can live myself, here and now, by my own choice." It is the quality of courage which enables a person to step into the uncertainty of the unknown as he chooses himself. It is the discovery of meaning from within oneself, meaning which comes ( Read more... )