10/28/10
10/19/10
sibilant sizzle & staccato static
Sitting here
with my window
open,
I hear
rare rain
begin to
gently
fall.
I listen,
absorbed by its
sibilant sizzle
&
staccato static.
A cool night
made of wet scarecrows
&
creaking boards
under a moon
of lavender levity.
Why am I inside
with this wonder
at my door?
I get up & take my umbrella
for an ambling ramble down by
the drop-dappled pond.
with my window
open,
I hear
rare rain
begin to
gently
fall.
I listen,
absorbed by its
sibilant sizzle
&
staccato static.
A cool night
made of wet scarecrows
&
creaking boards
under a moon
of lavender levity.
Why am I inside
with this wonder
at my door?
I get up & take my umbrella
for an ambling ramble down by
the drop-dappled pond.
10/15/10
"Us" vs. "Them"
(or: "How Words Seduce Us To Forget About The Excluded Middle")
Life is not black, not white; nor non-black, nor non-white. Being able to only think in absolute & opposing dualisms is a crippling flaw that has infected the very core of our national discourse.
What happened to yes-to-some-parts/no-to-other-parts? Or the clarifying power of defining our terms & not just sloppily damning whole swaths of thought w/out good reason?
What happened to realizing we're all trying to solve the same problems & having at least basic respect for all of us truly trying to find ways to improve where we can?
Why do we have to cut w/these exact & over-sharp idea-knives that always end up making someone bleed? Do we really love blood more than progress?
...even this post with its purpose of trying to expose the rainbow of possibilities truly open is guilty of painting absolutism as always-bad, when its really just usually-bad.
A pox on the thought-tyranny of words & Aristotle's naive A=A simplicities.
No wonder we're so lost & fucked up in this postmodern haze of linguistic fog....
What happened to yes-to-some-parts/no-to-other-parts? Or the clarifying power of defining our terms & not just sloppily damning whole swaths of thought w/out good reason?
What happened to realizing we're all trying to solve the same problems & having at least basic respect for all of us truly trying to find ways to improve where we can?
Why do we have to cut w/these exact & over-sharp idea-knives that always end up making someone bleed? Do we really love blood more than progress?
...even this post with its purpose of trying to expose the rainbow of possibilities truly open is guilty of painting absolutism as always-bad, when its really just usually-bad.
A pox on the thought-tyranny of words & Aristotle's naive A=A simplicities.
No wonder we're so lost & fucked up in this postmodern haze of linguistic fog....
10/7/10
not what's wrong
not what's wrong
or
what do i need to change
but
what am i doing right
or
what do i need to just do more of
and
(of course)
how do i stay on course
where the map's working
&
ditch the anchor of wishing
doing what i do
felt different
in any way
because
i'm just me
and
i always will be
so
maybe i should
make friends
and
pay attention
to what i have
before crying
about
what i thought
i needed
or
what do i need to change
but
what am i doing right
or
what do i need to just do more of
and
(of course)
how do i stay on course
where the map's working
&
ditch the anchor of wishing
doing what i do
felt different
in any way
because
i'm just me
and
i always will be
so
maybe i should
make friends
and
pay attention
to what i have
before crying
about
what i thought
i needed
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