January 2011
186 posts
THEVULGAR: from GALAPAGOS →
thevulgar:
Emptiness is only opportunity, is sky to stray through, so pray for the blessing of being lost, for disheveledness, pray the trees do not disown you, but circle the earth, circle. So much work to stay in one place. The hovering towards- the dive, the rise, the clasp. Which is winging? And to…
“When I am sixty-five, I plan to take my grandchildren to Yellowstone National...”
– Ed Bangs, project leader for the environmental impact statement for wolf reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho, in his essay “Wolf Hysteria: Reintroducing Wolves to the West”
Dreaming at the Ballet | Jack Gilbert
muscovite:
The truth is, goddesses are lousy in bed. They will do anything it’s true. And the skin is beautifully cared for. But they have no sense of it. They are all manner and amazing technique. I lie with them thinking of your foolish excess, of you panting and sweating, and your eyes after.
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“There’s no prayer in that animal.”
– Romance & Cigarettes
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“I’m almost convinced that I’m never awake.”
– Fernando Pessoa (via dondante)
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Domestic Situation | Ernest Hilbert
Maybe you’ve heard about this. Maybe not. A man came home and chucked his girlfriend’s cat In the wood chipper. This really happened. Dinner wasn’t ready on time. A lot Of other little things went wrong. He spat On her father, who came out when he learned About it. He also broke her pinky, Stole her checks, and got her sister pregnant. But she stood by him, stood strong, through it all, Because...
“Truth is fire, and to speak the truth means to illuminate and burn.”
– L. Shefer