Monthly Archives: May 2006

More SNAKES IN CAVES

Posted on May 13, 2006 by ubu507

another chapter from my novel:   13.   Sometimes I’d walk down there, all the way from Squirrel Hill, the walk as long as the lunch, along Forbes Avenue into Oakland, and even on this grey, misty autumn day there … Continue reading →

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Words of Wisdom for my Pals

Posted on May 12, 2006 by ubu507

For Degas, women were the heroes of modern life, the figures whose actions mattered – and those actions were the gestures of daily living. – Wendy Lesser   The two monsters – sex and drugs – have generated a new … Continue reading →

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Eiffel Tower

Posted on May 9, 2006 by ubu507

Eiffel Tower     We’re in the ballroom of the Fox Chapel Field Club, decorating for the prom, exactly the kind of thing I’d never be caught dead doing except, of course, for Virginia. I’ve even coerced some of my … Continue reading →

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Seasons

Posted on May 6, 2006 by ubu507

more from my novel Snakes in Caves:     18. We have seasons, real seasons, in Pittsburgh, four of them and generally in the right order. It’s not like up north where they only have the fourth of July and … Continue reading →

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Adultery

Posted on May 5, 2006 by ubu507

Adultery   In this moment of headlight Through the bedroom window Your face is etched In cigarette smoke   This moment – memorable Only in its discontents This moment – of headlight Of faces, of cigarette smoke

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Dainnna Numina Machen

Posted on May 3, 2006 by ubu507

Dainanna Numen Machen   At a certain stage of the proceedings her manifestation As the directoress the prophetess the lady of vision An authentic epiphany naked before the high oracular Deity the goddess of the empty storehouse the numen Leaning … Continue reading →

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