Monthly Archives: April 2006

More QUOTEBAG!!

Posted on April 28, 2006 by ubu507

Oh, fair goddess, you who inspire through the eyes unto the heart sweet desire full of bitter thought, you nourish souls with sweet venom, feeding yourself on tears and sighs, you enoble whatever you regard, for no baseness can exist … Continue reading →

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Reserve

Posted on April 26, 2006 by ubu507

Reserve   Something harsh in her reserve a curious grey Not of dawn nor moon pretty hard favored But the shape that is no hallucination Unsteady only because her body is touching This need to satisfy this demand this high … Continue reading →

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RadioFreeUBU: a brief introduction

Posted on April 25, 2006 by ubu507

The Old Book The Book to Destroy Books The Great Book The Book to be as God   Another terrifying achievement by "the boy from Armagedeon"The author of "God’s Diary" and "As the Knife Turns" A trip to the edge … Continue reading →

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More From Snakes in Caves!

Posted on April 22, 2006 by ubu507

control your glee! It’s another chapter from my novel!:   24.     Simonetta Cattaneo Vespucci is remembered centuries after her death simply because she was so beautiful and kind, because she was admired by so many. One of the … Continue reading →

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Quote Bag

Posted on April 21, 2006 by ubu507

They did not have an inkling yet of the abysmal depths of a woman’s emotions, nor of the terrible seriousness of the dark forces of nature which appear in life along with such inexplicable contradictions, and to which we give … Continue reading →

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Lamp

Posted on April 20, 2006 by ubu507

Lamp     Your eyes when they lamp The point of contact expanding Losing immobility for a second That won’t stay hid Seeing is pretending The wary straining Beneath casual intimacy Quick hauteur Bitter amusement Desire ungovernable

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The Cold Dish

Posted on April 19, 2006 by ubu507

The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson (Penguin, $14.00)   Being in the book business, I’m always on the lookout for the next big thing, the kind of author with so much talent and drive that anyone who buys one of … Continue reading →

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Mephisto Waltz

Posted on April 18, 2006 by ubu507

Mephisto Waltz   Compressed into The driver’s seat A low mist over The safest neighborhood In the county   Holding the steering wheel My hands an axis on the map Framing something Always framing   In the woods at this … Continue reading →

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Hard

Posted on April 15, 2006 by ubu507

another chapter from my novel! This one’s pretty darn short…   12.   What makes you hard? Over that you have no control. Seriously, there are a few things that can’t be faked, and that’s one of them — either … Continue reading →

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POEM OF THE WEEK

Posted on April 14, 2006 by ubu507

contain your excitement!     (Heather in the) Smoke   The dirty window and Around Heather the sunlight Curlicue shadows still Rising from her nose   And even later A certain little exclamation of smoke Coming from some deep place … Continue reading →

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