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* Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 . . . 12:09 am - why do i love christian wiman so much
Going
by Christian Wiman
In the hard light and hum
of the room to which I've come
to stay, I watch the clock,
and wait, and hour by hour
begin to disappear.
Movements, mutterings: the brain
darkens like a landscape. Pain
in the pale arterial hills
flashes and vanishes,
takes with it one whole year.
Cotton and killdeer, a cloud
looks down, something's happened
in the wellhouse, someone runs
through tall trees, breathe and breathe,
is it my hand you hold?
The fever climbs. You grow cold,
then warm, now cold again,
a hive of nerves in the skin.
Some glimmer breaks through
and I bend whispering as fear
like a wind shakes you,
I'm right here, I'm right here...
Midnight, moonlight gauzing
the walls, the iron and umber
of intensive care:
I watch as it swells and falls
the puttied scar at your heart,
and read each beat and falter
on the screen and match my breathing
to the breathing of a machine
to know this time as it passes,
each moment as it goes--
until, early, you shudder
and quieten, blood gases
begin to rapidly rise
and somewhere behind your eyes
I fall in fragments away:
a child surprised at his play,
encroached upon by air,
a shattered man near dawn,
something about the way
he holds so still, his hair.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/thoughtful.gif) wary
Current Music: estelle - american boy (why is this song so disconcertingly fun)
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* Sunday, August 10th, 2008 . . . 12:50 am - THE FALLING MAN
the USS New York is a new warship that was built using 24 tons of steel from the destroyed world trade center. its sister ships are the USS Arlington (for arlington, virginia, where the pentagon is), and the USS Somerset (for somerset, pennsylvania, where flight 93 crashed). it will carry 360 sailors and 700 Marines to warfare abroad. This new class of ships will project American power to the far corners of the Earth and support the cause of freedom well into the 21st century. From the war for independence through the war on terrorism, which we wage today, the courage and heroism of the people of New York has been an inspiration. USS New York will play an important role in our Navy's future and will be a fitting tribute to the people of the Empire State. i thank you graciously, america: for the politics and the posturing, the motives and the machismo; and for managing to shove your giant dick up:
a) the 3000 people whose blood is on that steel in some form or other,
b) new yorkers in general,
c) the innumerable kids (in denominations of 700) whose blood is yet to be shed,
d) yourself and your citizens in general,
e) the entire world in general, and
f) any and all future forms of the above items,
all at once. "If the USS New York has to follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell, PCO Jones and his crew ... have my full support." this is disgusting and embarrassing.
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* Monday, November 20th, 2006 . . . 06:50 pm - be my friend or skedaddle
i never made an official post declaring this journal "friends-only," so here it is.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/yawn.gif) sleepy
Current Music: shigeru umebayashi - yumeji's theme
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