…and the girls we once were float down the River to time and go under. Drowned, we all assume. But then again…lots of unexplained, feminine looking, sword brandishing hands emerging from the misty waters in these stories…had to have come from somewhere, originally…it’s not as though they ever found the bodies…dead is not always so… Continue reading Gwenhwyfar lived to be old, Elaine did not…
Category: Poetic Detritus
April 24, 2006
Seventeen years is too long a fogPlace upon the mantle your old volume with a new roseTime does not sympathize, marches in spite of youYour bones are still olderYour days are still numberedSeventeen years of thisDon’t really matterAs long as the rent gets paidAs long as the kids get fedYour half life’s your whole life… Continue reading April 24, 2006
“Banshees And Warnings” by Lady Augusta Gregory
“Then Cuchulain went on his way, and Cathbad that had followed him went with him. And presently they came to a ford, and there they saw a young girl thin and white-skinned and having yellow hair, washing and ever washing, and wringing out clothing that was stained crimson red, and she crying and keening all… Continue reading “Banshees And Warnings” by Lady Augusta Gregory
remember
Never knew you, but I hear you were beautifulHear you were angry sometimesGuess you never knew that you were lovedWell you were lovedFor what it’s worthSo goodnight punk rock girlGoodby lonely oneHope you found your peace at last
Nine And A Half Hour Dream…
Dreamt my mother called me at an odd hour. I jokingly asked who’d died,butshe didn’t laugh. I know it wasn’t my father, because I could hear him inthe background. Then I dreamt Mike called me up and reamed me out andswore at me (at least I HOPE it was a dream) at about 4:15 am… Continue reading Nine And A Half Hour Dream…
Q & A
Why do we hurt the ones we love? Because they’re the only ones that will always forgive us. Now is that fair? No, it’s not at all fair. Is there a way out? The Goddess only knows. I want to do good. I want to rise above my current circumstances. I just need someone to… Continue reading Q & A
Icy pouring rain
Icy pouring rain icy pouring rain icy pouring rain… zippy the pinhead and jack chick tracts found on the floor at random I couldn’t have found something like that if I’d had amillion years but I wasn’t trying If I overgift someone it is because they are expected to share, so Beware if I ever… Continue reading Icy pouring rain
Terrible Beauty
If there is a heart, it is not subject to free will, but rather is a book that can’t be put down, a song running through your head, a train on a track to certain disaster and all you can do is stand back and wait and watch and steel yourself against the coming crash,… Continue reading Terrible Beauty
Multiphasic Etiquette
Just because Mr. Hyde invited you doesn’t mean you’ll be welcomed by Dr. Jekyll … (detritus)(poetica)(myth)(opinion)(divination)
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the following…
Gallery Silver Sea Grand Opening and Art Show: November 20th, 8pm at Silver Sea, 137 E. Congress:This will be the official grand opening of Gallery Silver Sea, a pioneering concept in expanding the parameters of the Tucson Arts District while simultaneously promoting Downtown small business. This could be the future of Rio Nuevo development, the… Continue reading I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the following…