December 2009
2 posts
Permanence—by now it seems like such an antiquated notion. To them, the future is located in the antithesis of that: in them, in the exact imprecision of geographic specificity. Viva Las Vegas, New York, New York, London Calling— once upon a time these places recalled romance, novelty, fascination. As they summon these old nostalgic odes in exaggerated, high-pitched trilling, they smirk. They are...
November 2009
7 posts
crumbs from Mark von Schlegell
Puzzles, motion, fictitious force, heuristics, chambres, a perte de vue, lost item, incoherency, the dead end. In one of the alleyways I found a man resting on a bed-sheet. He was surveying the universe with a planisphere. He told me he got there via an air balloon in order to produce a shroud, that this shroud was an embodiment of all of us. A fiction of the strangest kind that can’t be...
Gretel in Darkness - by Louise Glück
This is the world we wanted.
All who would have seen us dead
are dead. I hear the witch’s cry
break in the moonlight through a sheet
of sugar: God rewards. Her tongue shrivels into gas… .
Now, far from women’s arms
and memory of women, in our father’s hut
we sleep, are never hungry.
Why do I not forget? My father bars the door, bars harm
from this house, and it is years.
No one...
Clacking, huffing, almost snarling
With anticipation we raced
Through our haphazard preparations
Using speed and carelessness
To ease the magnitude, the reality
Of what we were actually embarking on
Sure, we were influenced
By the standard
And didn’t strive too much
To diverge from that
As we thundered out
Our hearts beating like
Animal cries in the jungle
Whisps, lines, dew
To give...
October 2009
7 posts
"Uncovering the Curiosities of their Past, and the... →
snippets from PARADISE. TM.
“Let me tell you about ____, that silly word you believe is about… whether you can put up with somebody in order to get something or someplace you want or you believe it has to do with how your ____ responds to another ____ like robins or bison or maybe you believe ____ is how forces or nature or luck is benign to you in particular not maiming or killing you but if so doing it for your own good.
...
September 2009
6 posts
They could support, and even be entertained by the initial festivities that they were obligated to sift through. These preliminary fragments of the entire performance were stepping stones, an aperitif, guiding them towards a more cultivated thrill. The penetration of shrill cries, thundering booms and mews of stray cats that leapt from their paths promised them a shudder of excitement. They loved...
They filed in, the mass of young bodies, ripe and hungry for the decadent pleasure of witnessing death. They chattered amongst themselves in an air of joviality and lightness, their bodies eager to confront the performance that would render their live bodies even more fit for carnal delight. The space they filled was heavy, dripping with the collection of desire and mirth. They had grown...
