Saturday, October 2, 2021

stroll


Today I went for a walk with George. Near the duckponds, a short way into our amble along the busy path, a young woman wearing earbuds and black yoga pants overtook us and farted, twice. She let rip like a horse. 

I said to George, this has never happened to me before. 


Friday, September 24, 2021

Monday, September 6, 2021

clang

Briefly, you flew, corkscrewed, then met the ground
With the clang of toy guns, loose change, chains, a rain of cheers.


Deny the light
god's golden eye is brazen. It is clanging brass
of good intention
it is noisy burning clanging brass

Jack Spicer, Imaginary Elegies

Clang clang: an eight-inch-square hole opened in the middle of my door. They passed me in coffee and a pound and a half of bread.

Henri Charrière, Papillon, p.30, translated by the Hornblower dude

Clac, clac, un guichet de vingt centimetres sur vingt s'ouvre au milieu de ma porte. On me tend le café et une boule de pain de sept cent cinquante grammes.

Papillon, p.24 

There is a metal sign on the sidewalk advertising a brand of gas: I hang onto it, the panel clangs,  I will start hitchhiking here....No, Paris is in the other direction, let's go across.

Albertine Sarrazin, Astragal, p.6, translated by Patsy Southgate

Une tente de métal est posée sur le trottoir, publicité pour une marque d’essence : je m’y accroche, le panneau cliquette, je vais commencer mon stop ici... Non, Paris est dans la direction opposée, traversons.

L'Astragale, p.13 

The Australian side has been clanking that they oppose 'foreign interference'.
Otherwise it will lead to nothing but lifting a rock only to hit its own feet.

Chinese Embassy Spokeperson's remarks - http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/t1796361.htm

O eggs, don't fight with rocks*

fishes see the worm 
not the hook

the careful foot 
can walk anywhere

man must be sharpened
on man
like knife on stone

brothers 
are like hands and feet

slander cannot destroy
an honest man...
when the flood recedes 
the rock is there

Chinese Proverbs from Olden Times, Peter Pauper Press, 1956
https://archive.org/details/chineseproverbsf00beil

Avoid back injury (and mashed toes!)

The family handyman: How to Move Large Rocks

Faut que j' la claque claque claque claque
dedans les
Juke Box

Serge Gainsbourg, Le claqueur de doigts

Clang, crash, bang!
Fascism in the form of a bank
Gives way to a shining restaurant that opens its doors with a clank
He lifted his head sharply: clack-clack clack-clack   Tyre chains. Lothar. Time? Ten-forty

Sherry Mangan, Snow, p.28 - https://archive.org/details/blacknessofwhite0000mang (no longer available)

The clang of pans, their campfire talk
enough to wake this patch of paradise. 

Frank Russo, A Panhandle Eden, In the Museum of Creation

Burgle your way to adventure in the deck-building board game Clank! Sneak into an angry dragon's mountain lair to steal precious artifacts. Delve deeper to find more valuable loot. Acquire cards for your deck and watch your thievish abilities grow.

Be quick and be quiet. One false step and CLANK! Each careless sound draws the attention of the dragon, and each artifact stolen increases its rage. You can enjoy your plunder only if you make it out of the depths alive!
dragon begets dragon
phoenix begets phoenix

Chinese Proverbs from Olden Times
 

sang sang sang Judy Garland

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

today's screenshot

 screenshot of the age website


On the weekend it smelt a little burny,
not smoky bbq-sausage smell,
more neighbour-incinerating-old-cabinets-
ripped-out-of-kitchen acrid.
Meanwhile Elon makes for Mars. 

Thursday, July 15, 2021

today's screenshot


after Ken Chau's Chinese Silence No. 102

Neil Young's Birds

before the premier appears 

light shower in golden light

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

newsku

Lunar eclipse...
Was Wollert Man missing link?
The Phantom returns.
 




 

Sunday, May 2, 2021