February 2012
38 posts
"What a Tolerant Society Should Not Tolerate" →
from eugene o'neill's pulitzer prize-winning play,...
EDMUND *Then with alcoholic talkativeness You’ve just told me some high spots in your memories. Want to hear mine? They’re all connected with the sea. Here’s one. When I was on the Squarehead square rigger, bound for Buenos Aires. Full moon in the Trades. The old hooker driving fourteen knots. I lay on the bowsprit, facing astern, with the water foaming into spume under me,...
January 2012
84 posts
2 tags
new poem
Inlaid “Haeret lateri lethalis arundo.” [“The fatal shaft adheres to the side.”—Æneid, iv. 73.] I. carry plenty of silver quarters in your pocket and the sound’s as if you’re wearing chain mail. II. indeed, a shot to the pocket with bullet or even arrow would be totally impenetrable. this is III. why it’s best to keep small and invaluable...
