A bird soars with its white reflection up a river stream. Birds in the blue above burst out of a group of five. Stars explode into dead comet matter. Flights cross green banks – the reflective surface meets its edge and ends. The form becomes a shadow. A dark force caws. A chorus of crows [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Revolutionary Inertia
The dove carried back the olive branch across the waters of Flood. Noah knew that land would be hard to starboard. The great god Poseidon tugged gently at the reigns of his horse, the porpoise, Leviathan. The creature in response averted its gills to swim in the directed way and gyrated its flippers to augment [...]
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Social Evolution
Water towers have sprung up in the centers of yards outside of building complexes where the poor live behind chipped painted walls and windows with bars over them, from which damp clothing hangs. Within a room, abundant with southern sunlight, a mirror in a corner reflects the faint green opening to the portal – the [...]
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Blackbird Arise
The Chinese do not want to buy the same things that we do. Yes, they frequent megastores, but also traditional markets. Housewives may purchase live hens and carry them home squawking by the feet, their daughters’ hands in theirs. They have no alternatives. The government is more openly war-minded. The fascists are publically amassing. They [...]
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