Sunday, January 30, 2005

breaks

i fuck
in hate the line bre
aks every day i write:

if i break mys elf here
will i hurt or grow?
now? or this
other now?
which do i choose?

if i wash ash
or the coast of this world
will it burn more?
break less? fast?
when will we eat again?
under one patched roof
with duct tape glue and
jagged smiles and
pass the bread and
be at peace?

Monday, January 24, 2005

An old one

Not in the mood to write something new, so I'm going through old poems.
Here's one I liked:

an ode

of all her body
her chin liked me the most

(its quiver as i approach
sweat)

we tried to make time for ourselves
but the rest of her kept getting in the way

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Must...post...something

So here's a little ditty.

Untitled

fear is best chilled
like gazpacho
anger is best warmed
with hot chocolate

a cold tomato tang
fire fudge following

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

world curl

on a day like today
i like to settle in front of the fire
give the world a big ol' scratch

exfoliate that forest foliage
open up those Amazon pores

itch rough flaky Afghanistan peaks
revel in dandruff slopes

massage the Indian ocean
where the world is still
little sore

leave Africa
for the chiropracta

let the world curl around me
take joy in its warmth

Movie - Kitchen Stories

A lovely movie.

The premise is pleasantly absurd. Home scientists in Sweden have, through painstaking analysis, determined the best kitchen setup for the average Swedish woman – where the sink goes, the refrigerator, etc, so as to make movement as efficient as possible.

Now those scientists have turned their sights toward the Norwegian bachelor.

Since it's the 1950's, there's no machines to record movements around the kitchen. Swedish men become observers, sitting in high chairs, making as little noise and taking up as little space as possible. And never, ever, talk to your observee!

Given this setup, the movie does a wonderful job of turning the audience's sights toward the characters involved – the observer, the reluctant observed. We see Folke, the observer, as he slowly meets and becomes part of the world around him. As Folke begins to fit in and appreciate his host, so do we.

Everything moves slowly, quietly. Humor and pathos arise naturally and warmly from the characters and their situation. It's all just so.

There are socio-political themes - plenty of Sweden/Norway jousting and mild jibing. Certainly some wry commentary on science and who watches the watchers. More of that type of commentary at IMDB, if you care to read it.

But I really loved the movie for the gentle friendship, the genuine camaraderie it creates. Movies about real male bonding are hard to find. This one is a gem.

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

wordplay

falafel zygote
superfluous squid
danskin dogerie
punctual lavender
irascible lavender
kokopelli nascar

add your own!

(good grief! is it lavender or lavendar? falafel or falafal?
let's call the whole thing off...)

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

This is the mood I was in today

But I'm better now.

Boxing

Talking to a friend this morning
I just reached up and punched myself in the mouth
didn’t even see it coming
WHAM
on the floor

So to teach myself a lesson
I boxed my ears
My friend asked me if I was alright
But I only heard this ringing noise
All I could think was what an idiot

So I gave myself a good hard whack in the balls
While I was moaning
And calling myself an asshole
I remembered I had left my boxing gloves at home

Monday, January 03, 2005

tsunami, dec 2004

the impotent man knows where his bread is buttered
the impotent man knows how to stand on his own
two feet the impotent man has, although one hurts right
now the impotent man feels he should do something
the impotent man feels he should do something to
help the impotent man feel
s

the impotent man hates smell the news reports say
smell is the worst of all it ties the impotent man down
smell it ties the impotent man up smell is the worst
of all the impotent
man cannot smell

one hurts right now the impotent man feels
the impotent man should take a walk yes
a walk will be nice
with money in the mail
the impotent man is doing all
doing all the impotent man can