And it sure has that feeling, Randolph.
> though you love us not
> our way
works especially well there...
Doug
On 2012-05-25, at 4:07 PM, Randolph Healy wrote:
> KONG'S DESPAIR
>
> To be at the wrong end of a false dichotomy
> sucks
> things
> sculpted in scarcity
> lost in profusion.
> Walking upright
> I read evolution as unravelling.
> But in the black-and-white
> version he was 25 feet tall
> -- his strength increasing
> by a tenth of his weight --
> thus in a (real) word he could walk as well
> as a gorilla under an SUV.
> At poster size (50 feet) his thighs
> would be as strong as biscuit.
> Betty bought a butterfly.
>
> A dozen got off the train
> and went for the beach with trays of cans.
> They called the girls horrible names.
> Karl spoke up
> and when he'd knocked his second attacker out
> six got him to the ground
> lunging for his jugular.
> Eddie jumped across
> and got his back cut to ribbons.
> Conor held his hand out
> to lose his tendons.
> No one died.
> The papers went broad-brush.
> Eddie's tattoo is fucked.
>
> Beauty -- present everywhere we look
> though you love us not
> our way
> I would that something
> more fruitful than rods or mercy
> turn its key.
>
>
> --
>
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