Monthly Archives: May 2006

Quotebag: The Hi-Fli Discotheque

Posted on May 31, 2006 by ubu507

Quotebag: The Hi-Fli Discotheque   I cannot pretend that I was attracted by her charms. It was the air of the perverse about her that held my long admiring glances as I passed. There was a stylishness about the urchin-cropped … Continue reading →

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Coming Rain

Posted on May 30, 2006 by ubu507

Coming Rain A sudden slit of lightning Echoes through the sky, dyeing Violet darkness grey As a last clear circle narrows Erased by the rim of the clouds In this light you’re just A cipher at the edge of the … Continue reading →

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Quote Bag: Celestial Sex!

Posted on May 27, 2006 by ubu507

His most important inspiration sprang from the neurotic tensions of his youth rather than from the healthy, even athletic, objectivity of his maturity. – William S. Liberman   Her sweet audacities delight me; That dazzling beauty is Love’s slippery precipice. … Continue reading →

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Chapter 4 — Snakes in Caves

Posted on May 26, 2006 by ubu507

4. Pittsburgh women are the most beautiful women in the world. I think it’s got to do with mongrel vitality — the ethnic mix, the Slavic cheekbones, the Celtic complexion, the Italian drama, but it’s also their vitality, the kind … Continue reading →

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The Old Mill

Posted on May 24, 2006 by ubu507

The Old Mill   A leak in the safe The utmost danger of The unreasoning grip Alarm trapped reckoning Drowning in Sweaty driving endless Readiness on the road Almost ready to cross The wild thing Very close by Hold steady, … Continue reading →

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The Grave

Posted on May 23, 2006 by ubu507

The Grave   Two days after October I met the girl Who found this grave for me   She scratched a line In the dirt by the river And said   This is where you will lie

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Chapter 16 — Snakes in Caves

Posted on May 20, 2006 by ubu507

O.K., more from my novel SNAKES IN CAVES — I know this is really long by internet standards but it’s my friend John’s favorite chapter AND I had a dream last night where Deb told me to work on it! … Continue reading →

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Molly

Posted on May 19, 2006 by ubu507

Here’s my favorite poem from this weeks poetry/art project at http://360.yahoo.com/ubu507           Molly   She sits next to her father Her long haired school girl’s grace In three-quarter profile   Her mare’s legs pressed beneath her … Continue reading →

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Let’s shake something out of the QUOTE BAG, baby

Posted on May 17, 2006 by ubu507

Doubly distinguished by the perfect simplicity of her apparel, and by her tall, supple, commanding figure, she took rank at once as the most remarkable woman in the room. – Wilkie Collins   She drew her skirt up a little, … Continue reading →

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a fragment

Posted on May 16, 2006 by ubu507

or even in the morning corners of memory: from rain and lightning to her garage cluttered car tire air pump chain door the eternal moment of suspense calling blunt fingered unlatching her voice somewhere above sounding at last scarlet turtleneck … Continue reading →

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