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Poetry Friday

NUMBNESS

I have not felt a thing for weeks. But getting up and going to work on time I did what needed to be done, then rushed home. And even the main streets, those ancient charmers, Failed to amuse me, and the fight between The upstairs couple was nothing but loud noise. None [...]

Poetry Friday

ITHAKA

As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your [...]

Poetry Friday

SINCE NINE——

Half past twelve. The time has quickly passed since nine o’clock when I first turned up the lamp and sat down here. I’ve been sitting without reading, without speaking. With whom should I speak, so utterly alone within this house? The apparition of my youthful body, since nine o’clock when I first [...]

Saeco, please?

The Perfect Espresso Shot

I hate my espresso machine. For the past year-plus, I’ve been using a Krups XP4030 pump espresso machine, which is perfectly fine for occasional use (like Sunday morning lattes to be sipped whilst reading the New York Times), but really doesn’t hold up to daily use. After 10 months of [...]

Video Poetry (Overtime edition)

XTC – SENSES WORKING OVERTIME

Hey, hey The clouds are whey There’s straw for the donkeys And the innocents can all sleep safely All sleep safely

My, my Sun is pie There’s fodder for the cannons And the guilty ones can all sleep safely All sleep safely

And all the world is football-shaped [...]