tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17553690061623138272024-03-12T23:42:20.517-04:00however falliblethe revolution of everyday lifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-39317952252654676212011-08-14T12:24:00.000-04:002011-08-14T12:24:22.444-04:00187<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bkvqwFSzPbY/TkfzqroDSkI/AAAAAAAACpA/UaQSkPibqKE/s1600/187sm.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bkvqwFSzPbY/TkfzqroDSkI/AAAAAAAACpA/UaQSkPibqKE/s1600/187sm.jpg" /></a></div><br />
no tower of babel was required. he understood nothing anyone said <br />
in any language. not even any of the nonsense he himself continually <br />
spewed. but, dumbfounded,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></span>might this not have been a heaven too?<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-19527386369256468842011-08-02T20:11:00.000-04:002011-08-02T20:11:07.094-04:00186<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4CX7NTRCUWg/TjiRGu_1ODI/AAAAAAAACm4/R9HPN2Mb34w/s1600/186sm.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4CX7NTRCUWg/TjiRGu_1ODI/AAAAAAAACm4/R9HPN2Mb34w/s1600/186sm.jpg" /></a></div><br />
his was the surest of paths,<br />
futility never needed to be sought.<div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span></div><div><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-50294506660541726922011-06-28T10:32:00.001-04:002011-06-28T10:36:00.787-04:00185<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USrmswu9Uqw/TgnlnNq1KrI/AAAAAAAACg8/uGtXm0OtcuM/s1600/185sm.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USrmswu9Uqw/TgnlnNq1KrI/AAAAAAAACg8/uGtXm0OtcuM/s1600/185sm.jpg" /></a></div><br />
mornings would always elude him<br />
—there was simply no awakening.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-37608004986426027242011-06-03T15:26:00.004-04:002011-06-03T16:53:41.484-04:00184<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C1wERikNp98/TelJqyZwk3I/AAAAAAAACek/tt2Q2KWqI0s/s1600/184sm.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C1wERikNp98/TelJqyZwk3I/AAAAAAAACek/tt2Q2KWqI0s/s1600/184sm.jpg" /></a></div><br />
some sought symbols,<br />
but found only things.<br />
others sought things,<br />
but found only symbols.<br />
he, however, remained unsure<br />
and would not settle for either.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-75999010161646609042011-04-07T14:30:00.001-04:002011-04-07T14:30:31.392-04:00183<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jucwFg40bpw/TZ4CaLgEH8I/AAAAAAAACaw/sVvYzsS4gKA/s1600/183sm.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jucwFg40bpw/TZ4CaLgEH8I/AAAAAAAACaw/sVvYzsS4gKA/s1600/183sm.jpg" /></a></div><br />
he suspected that he had entered a new phase<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 19px;">—</span>one in which it would appear that nothing,<br />
absolutely nothing, had changed.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-55940784612655312232011-01-17T13:22:00.001-05:002011-01-17T16:50:52.417-05:00182<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TTSIs4yEvVI/AAAAAAAACXQ/Ktr9bDqcN7c/s1600/182.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TTSIs4yEvVI/AAAAAAAACXQ/Ktr9bDqcN7c/s1600/182.jpg" /></a></div><br />
his limp only became apparent<br />
when he sat completely still.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-62610700832067006962011-01-03T12:33:00.002-05:002012-02-22T10:02:59.418-05:00181<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pRfs3_If7DE/TSIH_CQvzvI/AAAAAAAACUo/9UsZBMiZhpY/s1600/181.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pRfs3_If7DE/TSIH_CQvzvI/AAAAAAAACUo/9UsZBMiZhpY/s1600/181.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
sitting on the side of the road,<br />
he would once again find himself<br />
enveloped in a fog of clarity.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-82570530722791664802010-12-09T14:44:00.001-05:002010-12-09T14:50:43.171-05:00180<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TQEwkzlGDPI/AAAAAAAACSk/vvIBR0gPopk/s1600/180-S135crop.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TQEwkzlGDPI/AAAAAAAACSk/vvIBR0gPopk/s1600/180-S135crop.jpg" /></a></div><br />
he looked up; but, in a brief moment of honesty,<br />
had to admit that the view was essentially the same.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-59141950650615416492010-12-04T10:30:00.001-05:002010-12-04T10:31:54.097-05:00179<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TPpd1VxOf4I/AAAAAAAACRs/qE1HJoQqp5g/s1600/179-2010NYC_064sm.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TPpd1VxOf4I/AAAAAAAACRs/qE1HJoQqp5g/s1600/179-2010NYC_064sm.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><br />
</div>setting down his cup, it readily found the ground of its world;<br />
while his simply fell away.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-11558502766801665942010-11-21T10:52:00.001-05:002010-11-21T10:56:06.244-05:00178<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TOk_cAgRbqI/AAAAAAAACQA/pW2SprKl8R8/s1600/178-2010NYC_034.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TOk_cAgRbqI/AAAAAAAACQA/pW2SprKl8R8/s1600/178-2010NYC_034.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">unsupported <br />
he would lean into the light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-52717605661263483992010-11-21T09:06:00.001-05:002010-11-23T14:37:03.805-05:00177<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TOkmCOLcgZI/AAAAAAAACP8/CNXhTSoZk3I/s1600/177-2010NYC_037sm.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TOkmCOLcgZI/AAAAAAAACP8/CNXhTSoZk3I/s1600/177-2010NYC_037sm.jpg" /></a></div><br />
he might have felt that life was fleeting,<br />
yet even that would have been overstating it.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-77436065988132200752010-08-30T13:53:00.001-04:002010-08-30T14:00:23.972-04:00176<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/THvvpPmbOOI/AAAAAAAACEk/vYqD3DXimTk/s1600/176.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="450" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/THvvpPmbOOI/AAAAAAAACEk/vYqD3DXimTk/s1600/176.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br />
the curtains had been drawn<br />
yet light still spilled into the room,<br />
leaving him to wonder<br />
whether it was the world or him<br />
that had sprung a leak.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-2591965172684098082010-08-18T12:21:00.001-04:002010-08-18T12:22:20.102-04:00175<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TGwHzd0a1iI/AAAAAAAACDI/Neulv1PYbUY/s1600/175.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/TGwHzd0a1iI/AAAAAAAACDI/Neulv1PYbUY/s1600/175.jpg" /></a></div><br />
he suspected that freedom,<br />
if freedom there were,<br />
would lie not in choosing<br />
but rather in remaining <br />
within the unsupported.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-75549444293238028822010-04-10T08:51:00.000-04:002010-04-10T08:51:17.540-04:00174<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/S8BzWd-4g-I/AAAAAAAABsA/exO9XXC6sDc/s1600/174.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/S8BzWd-4g-I/AAAAAAAABsA/exO9XXC6sDc/s1600/174.jpg" /></a></div><br />
even though so much was denied him<br />
he always had the melancholy surface of things.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-22524038553856530542010-01-31T20:33:00.007-05:002010-02-01T11:55:30.234-05:00173<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/S2YsaiWAt2I/AAAAAAAABhA/NSiN5-cWVH8/s1600-h/DSCN0572sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="15"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/S2YsaiWAt2I/AAAAAAAABhA/NSiN5-cWVH8/s1600/DSCN0572sm.jpg" /></a></div><br />
for him<br />
the insignificant <br />
would always<br />
provide succour. <br />
<div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">.</div><div style="color: white;">.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-27239869895326208192009-12-23T20:26:00.004-05:002009-12-28T14:49:01.045-05:00172<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SzJ9HnI3t3I/AAAAAAAABak/bxvOTBrljB0/s1600-h/172.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="15"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SzJ9HnI3t3I/AAAAAAAABak/bxvOTBrljB0/s1600/172.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><br />
it seemed that he was never able to look away, <br />
though such inner insomnia also had its price.<br />
<br />
<div style="color: white;">.<br />
</div><div style="color: white;">.<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-86079075209737459252009-12-11T12:28:00.010-05:002009-12-11T14:06:55.759-05:00171<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><img src="http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q459/floatingbridge/171-2009-12-11_004crop.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /><br /></div><br />all attempts at clarity,<br />especially those successful,<br />only ever seemed to lead<br />to further obscurity.<br /><br /><div style="color: white;">.<br /></div><div style="color: white;">.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-78410164723105348342009-11-22T13:40:00.003-05:002009-11-22T13:43:05.767-05:00170<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SwmFy7oS22I/AAAAAAAABXQ/qlpvpWpcZl8/s1600/170.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SwmFy7oS22I/AAAAAAAABXQ/qlpvpWpcZl8/s1600/170.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406999937681644386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />there came a point when it appeared<br />that those who genuinely cared,<br />not for themselves but for others,<br />could only ever live in perpetual grief.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-10885457852266158902009-11-16T21:00:00.003-05:002009-11-16T21:08:15.357-05:00169<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SwIE3yQI34I/AAAAAAAABXA/1r6H-eDdVD8/s1600/169.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SwIE3yQI34I/AAAAAAAABXA/1r6H-eDdVD8/s1600/169.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404887859226795906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />though quite sombre by nature,<br />he nonetheless found it difficult<br />to take things too seriously;<br />especially upon realizing that eternity<br />was only ever perceived<br />in the most fleeting of glimpses.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-29204483519376581822009-11-07T09:03:00.003-05:002009-11-07T09:09:24.177-05:00168<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SvV-5DeIPSI/AAAAAAAABVw/t2Pebom7lQQ/s1600-h/168.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SvV-5DeIPSI/AAAAAAAABVw/t2Pebom7lQQ/s1600/168.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401362846750096674" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and what of the fact that the lightness he often felt<br />could just as easily bear down with incredible force<br />almost crushing him?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-84068738438613037802009-10-26T16:56:00.007-04:002009-11-22T14:13:32.353-05:00167<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SuYNN_M6wzI/AAAAAAAABVA/KIYLXrVtHjA/s1600-h/167.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SuYNN_M6wzI/AAAAAAAABVA/KIYLXrVtHjA/s1600/167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397015737405195058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />of course, there were rough patches, that was inevitable. what was<br />unsettling was the fact that his pleasures, too, were quite unforgiving.<br />leaving him to marvel that he experienced any joy at all, even at the<br />best of times.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-9966638407684454682009-10-14T11:24:00.003-04:002009-10-14T11:31:15.742-04:00166<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/StXuKNrelBI/AAAAAAAABT4/VEY-67WP00s/s1600-h/166-April14_003.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/StXuKNrelBI/AAAAAAAABT4/VEY-67WP00s/s1600/166-April14_003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392477988084159506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />the day eventually came,<br />which of course was no surprise,<br />when he began to wonder<br />how to discern between true silence<br />and what he suspected to be<br />a certain inner deafness<br />to which he seemed increasingly prone.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-44375602656483845052009-10-05T17:37:00.003-04:002009-10-05T17:40:05.505-04:00165<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SspnSFIyLKI/AAAAAAAABSw/4bFy0ooycd4/s1600-h/2009magicalforest_NV10-210sm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/SspnSFIyLKI/AAAAAAAABSw/4bFy0ooycd4/s1600/2009magicalforest_NV10-210sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389233464416545954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />he never ceased to be amazed at just how far<br />the tendrils of his inattention seemed to extend.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-16574722796100130232009-09-26T08:46:00.005-04:002009-09-26T09:01:46.535-04:00164<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/Sr4NNdFuWXI/AAAAAAAABRY/Ka42mn5E3OY/s1600-h/164-sept2009-007.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/Sr4NNdFuWXI/AAAAAAAABRY/Ka42mn5E3OY/s1600/164-sept2009-007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385756729179789682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />while sitting there, waiting for his lunch,<br />he began to ponder his options.<br /><br />but no matter what he came up with<br />it always came down to pouring<br />from the empty into the void.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755369006162313827.post-47847662176840032132009-09-21T13:38:00.005-04:002009-09-21T14:59:22.363-04:00163<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/Sre6HlfjcnI/AAAAAAAABQ0/fTFkMzLN0VU/s1600-h/163-2009trip_NV10-302.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QIiUYHNpxaY/Sre6HlfjcnI/AAAAAAAABQ0/fTFkMzLN0VU/s1600/163-2009trip_NV10-302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383976519031026290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />the world always appeared to offer a choice:<br />one could plunge into it<br />or simply skate across its surface—<br /><br />either way he was left gasping for air.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com