Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests (via mercurieux)
Flannery O’Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) sitting under her self-portrait
Flannery.
happy birthday, Dorothy Parker.
Rapid Obsuccession (Buddy Wakefield)
Buddy.
multiplication of
woven of patterns sonic or rough. deep sea creatures cause an opening of mouth, drop of tongue to click with cymbals or timber. pulling weeds from hope-crazed waiting. i surround myself with elbow room. buttons or baubles lift the earth surface above & below, a simultaneous gesture of buttery-blue dog bones. a dedicated bird tackles an older nest with fists as i proceed to fit inside his sidewalk glances. tumble toward fingerprints. what is real. what reveals. burdened by hours spent on a bench, but i take good pictures while clouds are moving. imagining what the right angles of your body are communicating. gradual curve of becoming triangulation, steep three to five minutes. pick the best picture, keep in mind your unawareness and power. we talk through the language of alchemy, trading spasms & species of rising eagle. the O is a beautiful letter, practical for speech and expression. the O provides a platform for musical deliberation or unhinged disclosure. the current of electricity is in your heart. & i hear it. Julia Jackson
thank you proformalove for always inspiring me.
Elizabeth Bishop with her cat, Minnow, 1938
photos by Louise Crane
“Nail me to you. I will ride you like a nightmare.”
— Jeanette Winterson, Written On The Body.