born

Naked waif from spider shop
Fattened on formula
Felt fear when held
but safe in white sweaters
Took baths without water
but with warmth
Played with prey
Sat in sink
Chittered chat
Petit chaton, je me souviens.

Just ran across this in a Bonny 'Prince' Billy album liner notes:

Cannabis sativa and its derivatives are strictly prohibited in Turkey, and the natural correlative of this prescription is that alcohol, far from being frowned upon as it is in other Moslem lands, is freely drunk; being a government monopoly it can be bought at any cigarette counter. This fact is no mere detail;...
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Stood on my roof in the rain
Thinking love and laundry
That warm n fuzzy feeling
Only found
When the dryer runs twice.

Will you be pegged,
As you fear,
As sensationalist?
Or are you the sensualist
I know you to be?

Keep socks soft n dry
Theyll cuddle
When thats whats needed
Surprises from the drier
Are the best kind.

The alley last night...
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What is the nature of success? Isn't it enough to draw the best out of others? Is it possible for that to be my best? Why does it feel like that all I have to contribute are questions?

Plus, I hear there's a party at Biftek tomorrow night ... sweet.

I received an invitation tonight to join a playwriting collective. Several writers are contrbuting scenes on the subject of barbarism. Two are involved so far. One deals with barbarism on a political level, the other on a personal level. What is is to be a barbarian? I'd like to write a scene that somehow explores all of these. All I have to go on so...
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Just wanted to say hello to the community.