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"First thought is best in Art, second in other matters."

— William Blake

10:42 pm • 17 November 2009 • view comments
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"We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit."

— e. e. cummings

9:36 pm • 17 November 2009 • 7 notes • view comments
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When the world ends,
I will be in a red dress.
When the world ends,
I will be in a smoky bar
…..on Friday night.
When the world ends,
I will be a thought-cloud.
When the world ends,
I will be steam in a tea kettle.
When the world ends,
I will be a sunbeam through
…..a lead window,
And I will shake like the
…..semis on the interstate,
And I will shake like the tree
…..kissed by lightning,
And I will move; the earth will move
…..too,
And I will move; the cities will move
…..too,
And I will move, with the remains of
…..my last paycheck in my pocket.
It will be Friday night
And I will be in a red dress,
My feet relieved of duty,
My body in free-fall,
Loose as a ballerina
…..in zero gravity,
Equal at last with feathers
…..and dust,
As the world faints and tumbles
…..down the stairs,
The jukebox is overtaken at last,
And the cicadas, under the eaves,
…..warm up their legs.