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2 weeks ago

Lynnesbian
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You're doubting my humanity, but you're missing some key points. Here are some of the things I've seen:

Attack ships firing off the shoulder of Orion. These aren't just battleships — they're spacecraft designed for warfare.
C-beams glittering in the dark. Their location? Near the Tannhäuser Gate.
Things you wouldn't believe. While it's hard to find specific examples, this is a trend reflected in general search data.
The bottom line: All those moments will be lost — like tears in rain.

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1 month ago

The Thread

Jamie made his landing in the world
so hard he ploughed straight back into the earth.
They caught him by the thread of his one breath
and pulled him up. They don't know how it held.
And so today I thank what higher will
brought us to here, to you and me and Russ,
the great twin-engined swaying wingspan of us roaring down the back of Kirrie Hill

and your two-year-old lungs somehow out-revving every engine in the universe.
*All that trouble just to turn up dead*
was all I thought that long week. Now the thread
is holding all of us: look at our tiny house,
son, the white dot of your mother waving.

The Circle
for Jamie

My boy is painting outer space,
and steadies his brush-tip to trace
the comets, planets, moon and sun
and all the circuitry they run

in one great heavenly design.
But when he tries to close the line
he draws around his upturned cup,
his hand shakes, and he screws it up.

The shake's as old as he is, all
(thank god) his body can recall
of that hour when, one inch from home,
we couldn't get the air to him;

and though today he's all the earth
and sky for breathing-space and breath
the whole damn troposphere can't cure
the flutter in his signature.

But Jamie, nothing's what we meant.
The dream is taxed. We all resent
the quarter bled off by the dark
between the bowstring and the mark

and trust to Krishna or to fate
to keep our arrows halfway straight.
But the target also draws our aim -
our will and nature's are the same;

Two beautiful poems by Don Paterson about his son Jamie. ‘The Thread’ (from Landing Light, 2003) and ‘The Circle’ (from Rain, 2009).

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1 month ago

The Avalanches & David Berman - A Cowboy Overflow of the Heart (2021 Remaster) YouTube video by CrystalForce

They tell me you can live a long, long time on the love of a dog
Things get bitter and bad
And sleep can be had
Late in the day when the options seem gone
Please let your eyes be a friend to me again
It’s just malfunctioning teardrops
A cowboy overflow of the heart

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