September 5, 2012
p20110815

I.

Vibrancy is a euphemism for disorder

We imagine our cities to be vibrant

When what we mean is that they are disorderly

II.

Doesn’t shoegazing imply gazing at one’s own shoes?

I spend my train commute examining the shoes of others.

Feet, too.  And not passively either.

No, I inquire to myself — but never aloud —

why this one chose to wear those shoes with that outfit

Or why someone’s ugly toes are adorned with conspicuous paint.

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September 9, 2011
The Colonel by Carolyn Forché : The Poetry Foundation

I don’t know where to begin or end on this one, but I also don’t want to copy the whole poem, since I don’t have that permission.  Give the whole thing a read.

WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD is true. I was in his house. His wife carried 
a tray of coffee and sugar. His daughter filed her nails, his son went   
out for the night. There were daily papers, pet dogs, a pistol on the 
cushion beside him. The moon swung bare on its black cord over 
the house. On the television was a cop show. It was in English. 
Broken bottles were embedded in the walls around the house to 
scoop the kneecaps from a man’s legs or cut his hands to lace.

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