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Got this in my email from Poets.org today … and it’s pretty evocative of today’s mood, so I thought I’d share. Enjoy. Or don’t. FOOTPRINT ON YOUR HEART Someone will walk into your life, Leave a footprint on your heart, Turn it into a mudroom cluttered With encrusted boots, children’s mittens, Scratchy scarves— Where [...] TANYA DONELLY – KEEPING YOU I’m keeping you i’m keeping you I’m keeping you so realize your fate I’m keeping you i’m keeping you I’m keeping you so settle down now You landed here from inner space You landed with that screwed-up look on your face I wanted you from way back when [...] I AM NOT YOURS I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as a candle lit at noon, Lost as a snowflake in the sea. You love me, and I find you still A spirit beautiful and bright, Yet I am I, who long to be [...] EELS – LITTLE BIRD Little bird Hoppin’ on my porch I know it sounds kinda sad But what’s it all for? Right now you’re the only friend I have in the world And I just can’t take out very much Goddamn I miss that girl Little bird You look all right I’m sure [...] NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART Never give all the heart, for love Will hardly seem worth thinking of To passionate women if it seem Certain, and they never dream That it fades out from kiss to kiss; For everything that’s lovely is But a brief, dreamy, kind delight. O never give the heart outright, [...] AUTUMN GRASSES In fields of bush clover and hay-scent grass the autumn moon takes refuge The cricket’s song is gold Zeshin’s loneliness taught him this Who is coming? What will come to pass, and pass? Neither bruise nor sweetness nor cool air not-knowing knows the way And the moon? Who among us does not [...] LIBIDO How should I know? The enormous wheels of will Drove me cold-eyed on tired and sleepless feet. Night was void arms and you a phantom still, And day your far light swaying down the street. As never fool for love, I starved for you; My throat was dry and my [...] “You have something in yourself that is fundamentally, basically good. It transcends the notion of good or bad. Something that is worthwhile, wholesome, and healthy exists in all of us … Such goodness is synonymous with bravery. It is always there. Whenever you see a bright and beautiful color, you are witnessing your [...] THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM – GREAT EXPECTATIONS Mary, this station is playing every sad song. I remember like we were alive. I heard it Sunday morn’ from inside of these walls. In a prison cell, where we spent those nights. And they burnt up the diner where I always used to find her. Licking [...] |
      
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