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Archive for September, 2011

Music Monday: The Nicest Thing

All I know is you’re so nice… you’re the nicest thing I’ve seen…

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Poetry Corner Friday: Fond thoughts of you

I take down the jar
from the cupboard
marked “Fond Thoughts of You”…

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On views and strange memories

I made it a point to look out the window, as I usually do when the trains go overground. I looked out at Chinatown and the nameless project buildings on the border between Chinatown and the top edge of the Financial District, creeping out toward the East River. I used to have a storage box in a Manhattan Mini Storage on Catherine Slip, just blocks from those project buildings.

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On the day after Labor Day

Today was the first day in a long time that I stepped outside of my house, and then went back inside to put on another layer of clothing.

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Music Monday: Let’s Get It On

I don’t recommend watching this with your children. But hey, that’s just me. Come join Music Monday and share your songs with us. Rules are simple. Leave ONLY the ACTUAL LINK POST here and grab the code below and place it at your blog entry. You can grab this code at LadyJava’s Lounge Please note [...]

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Sunday Stealing: The 20 Questions of Doom Meme

Because I simply don’t feel like being creative right now… Sunday Stealing! Sunday Stealing: The 20 Questions of Doom Meme Cheers to all of us thieves! 1. Do you believe in Heaven? Sure, why not? 2. Have you ever come close to dying? I wrote a poem about it… maybe I’ll share it with you [...]

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On a very bad September

I find that my waiting holds no anticipation… much in the same way that my hope has no hope. The things-will-get-better must indeed be implied as I keep dreaming of these things but half of my brain is reminding me that Murphy’s Law clearly states that it won’t happen that way.

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Poetry Corner Friday: Poem for a Long Day

I have nothing to say to such a girl
but “yeah,
go home.”

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