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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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Random Notes From All Over

Posted on April 11, 2006 by ubu507

I am really such a blind ass that never, in all these years, have I noticed anything of the entire vodoo cult, with its veneration of the snake and its thousand human sacrifices. And there my little tender Adelaide plays … Continue reading →

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Child of the Stars

Posted on April 8, 2006 by ubu507

a chapter from my novel:     14.   There was an interesting, if weird book that caught my eye among the shelves of interesting if weird books in the library that Miller had accumulated. It was a Fawcett Gold … Continue reading →

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The Cuckold’s Cap

Posted on April 7, 2006 by ubu507

The Cuckold’s Cap   The moon wears a cuckold’s cap But he laughs to see us — I in my greatcoat of imagination And she in her sable of wonder   Between two candle flames Our heads flicker, suspended We … Continue reading →

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The Orientalist Part Two

Posted on April 6, 2006 by ubu507

The Orientalist by Tom Reiss (Random House, $14.95) PART TWO So what lessons can we learn from Lev Nussimbaum’s trek through the low lights of Twentieth Century history? Let’s consider the Bolsheviks who first shattered Lev’s idyllic childhood. Anyone who … Continue reading →

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The Orientalist

Posted on April 5, 2006 by ubu507

The Orientalist by Tom Reiss (Random House, $14.95) I’ve just read a fascinating and informative book called The Orientalist by Tom Reiss. In one way it’s a literary detective story like A. J. A. Symons’s The Quest for Corvo or … Continue reading →

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Noon

Posted on April 4, 2006 by ubu507

Noon   The eclipse and glow Whisper at the edge of Her brave vibration glittering Her blouse clinging at the rise Half laughing half in the flush Of her full circle Casual, secret, still Yet interestingly transparent In the strong … Continue reading →

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Fine White Margin

Posted on March 31, 2006 by ubu507

Fine White Margin   The principle of evidence Our will less leaving and taking From every room we’re in   The eroding white margin The sometimes intemperate Fine heaving beneath   Perched on the slightest Gesture of intent hesitation Anticipation … Continue reading →

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