mene mene tekel upharsin
the body politic has not courage, nor
mind & heart, thus vivisection is ordered
in part, to find the reason, but also, for
revenge
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Month: January 2020
Talent
The use of the word “talent” to mean “gift or skill” in English and other languages originated from an interpretation of this parable sometime late in the 13th century – Wikipedia …
What color is your bible?
to the best of my recollection
there were only 3 colors of bibles …
Prague Crime Novels
Prague is a strange city where nobody can be trusted or is who they seem at first to be. https://crimereads.com/crime-novels-set-in-prague/ …
having stolen all he will steal a spoon, but not vice versa — sapphic lament
the law of gravity has been repealt, it seems
of economics, of politics, of all
mathematics, of even arithmetic
nothing adds up
…
found dead – sapphic tanka
like scrooge of an alternate universe
un-visited by marley, un-repentant
un-redempt by spectral visitations
– found dead
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Unintelligible Shouting
And so, as the loser, I had to pay for dinner — but
that’s all right, it was my favorite Italian restaurant, one
where they make the caesar salad right at the table for you, and
the veal medallions are s-o-o-o-o g-o-o-o-d, I could go on-and-on
about them, how I love those Italian medallions, with tiny onions,
the Italian medallions with scallions …. …
Signal to Tralfamadore
It <SlaughterHouse 5> doesn’t tell us how to get to the planet Tralfamadore, but it does tell us how to …
sapphic tanka
i’m a little cranky this morning
it’s so early and my rest was uneasy
i seek inspiration on the web
but find irritation, instead with tanka
about tanka …