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"I'm reading this slowly trying to get a better understanding of the book." — Jan 25, 2023 10:01AM
"I'm reading this slowly trying to get a better understanding of the book." — Jan 25, 2023 10:01AM
“A better world, yes; a perfect world, never.”
― Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
― Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
“...unfair as it may be, nothing guarantees health to the old. Bodies wear out...despite the most careful maintenance.”
― No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
― No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
“We are told that we live in a free market capitalist society. And everything that I see tells me we are not. If you give corporations access to the money hose, that’s stimulus. But if you give people access to the money hose, that’s socialism.”
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“This is what I know - Sam is dead. My brother is dead. My mother is dead. My father is dead. My husband is dead. My cat is dead. My dog, who was dead in 1957, is still dead. Yet still I keep thinking that something wonderful is about to happen. Maybe tomorrow.”
― Year of the Monkey
― Year of the Monkey
“To a Depressed Friend
Sometimes, to make sure
You're still here,
Look up for cloud sustenance.
Be sure they are
Different from yesterday,
From an hour ago,
From when you were 15
And sky didn't matter
Because only pretty girls did.
Note how cumulus
Will be looking down
And naming what
Kind of human you're
Shaped like: mailman,
Archaeologist, student of rain.
On clear nights, rely on starlight.
Pentacles. Pulses.
Further proof of existence.”
― Reincarnation & Other Stimulants: Life, Death, & In-Between Poems
Sometimes, to make sure
You're still here,
Look up for cloud sustenance.
Be sure they are
Different from yesterday,
From an hour ago,
From when you were 15
And sky didn't matter
Because only pretty girls did.
Note how cumulus
Will be looking down
And naming what
Kind of human you're
Shaped like: mailman,
Archaeologist, student of rain.
On clear nights, rely on starlight.
Pentacles. Pulses.
Further proof of existence.”
― Reincarnation & Other Stimulants: Life, Death, & In-Between Poems
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