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The Most Beautiful Tree in the World
Posted by yoursinwriting in Articles on January 23rd, 2003
I like imagining the architect, or engineer, standing on the bare building site years ago, looking at how this tree filters the sky: wrapping a piece of wide yellow tape around its trunk, he turns to his crew in their rumbling earth machines and shakes his head: No.
Drapes
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on January 22nd, 2003
Coming up from the halogen lamps, filtering through my blinds, hitting the ceiling like a spotlight on an anti-gravity stage. I understand why animals howl at the moon: what civilized creature could sleep with such an optical racket?
True Love Waits
Posted by yoursinwriting in Stories on January 21st, 2003
You look up. It’s KF. He’s reading Tom Robbins’ Skinny Legs and All. Sensing your attention, his eyes come off the page and find you: your face, your hair, your lips. He’s not looking at you, he’s tasting you. And when he settles into your eyes, it’s as though a Christmas cracker has gone off, and you are each holding an end.
When Something <i>Won’t</i> Work
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on January 21st, 2003
Too much to say about tonight, and all because I left my apartment.
A Tribute to Voyeurism
Posted by yoursinwriting in Articles on January 20th, 2003
I will snuff the lights. Cloak myself in anonymity, a black figure on a black background. Looking out on the city, I see clusters of beehive buildings; every window is a cell, holding life, holding back life, holding back the desperate, hot death of the Great Out-There.
I Know This Man
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on December 5th, 2002
but in my dream
as that first patient lays out on the table
and this fresh doctor
races his beetle fingers
across the pebbles of her spine
he pauses–
So Much Sofa
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on October 22nd, 2002
…things in common
like loose change in the sofa
unremarkable in small amounts but
intoxicating if it begins to add up
Yours In Japanese!
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on September 30th, 2002
Some words don’t translate exactly, but my adoring fans in Korea will certainly get the gist of it.
I Told You So
Posted by yoursinwriting in Articles on September 30th, 2002
The point here is that the big banks are using this imaginary market pressure to justify increased fees for the rest of our lives. Just like toll highways.
Why You Should Join a Credit Union
Posted by yoursinwriting in Articles on July 17th, 2002
If you want a nice comparison to Communism, take a good look at the line up the next time you’re trying to get some service at your bank. Would you like a roll of toilet paper with that cancelled cheque request, Comrade?
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