June 2011
40 posts
We are communal →
crashinglybeautiful:
“We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. I wish for all this to be marked on by body when I am dead. I believe in such cartography - to be marked by nature, not just to label ourselves on a map...
“It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well
You could see that...”
“See how the body’s eyes rest on externals, and cannot go beyond. Watch how they...”
“I was teased by your blouse
Spit out by your mouth
I was loud by your lowered...”
Under your skin the moon is alive: “The... →
clavicola:
“The centripetal force on our planet is still fearfully strong, Alyosha. I have a longing for life, and I go on living in spite of logic. Though I may not believe in the order of the universe, yet I love the sticky little leaves as they open in spring. I love the blue sky, I love some people, whom…
“After a duration of a thousand years, the power of astrology broke down when,...”
– Franz Cumont (via nathanmarkomalley) 