Student:
Deciding to decide you relinquish your freedom to decide.
Master:
Well ain’t that just as sweet as a peach in a pickle vat… Continue reading
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Things I Wish to Say Today
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Epic Poems
What American author wrote an epic poem that is longer than Milton’s Paradise Lost? The answer surprised me.
But Time the cruel, whose smooth way
Is feline, patient for the prey
That to this twig of being clings;
And Fate, which from her ambush springs
And drags the loiterer soon or late
Unto a sequel unforeseen.
— Jerusalem “Nathan” I.17.331-337, Clarel… Continue reading
Stars My Destination (Apologies Alfred Bester)
The stars are so very far away. Further than you and I can fathom. Could they be within our reach? Stars are lonely but we might visit them to slake their thirst for humanity. Would this help? Doubtful. A star’s life is a solitary life. Burning slow like a candle or popping like an old light bulb stars don’t choose, they just do. Small and dense or so big that… Continue reading
Tom - A Story
After I first met Tom the vision of his gaunt face kept me up for days. I knew Tom for two years and he scared the shit out of me every one of those days. I could not stop visiting him though. I would drop by at least once a week, sometimes twice if I was able to convince myself it was worth it. I was only sleeping two hours… Continue reading