Archive for October, 2007



‘two rivers, a continent’

One Art
Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it [...]

‘Like A Liar at A Witch Trial’

“Drain You”, Nirvana

One baby to another says, “I’m lucky to’ve met you”
I don’t care what you think, unless it is about me

“Plump”, Hole

Shakes his damn rattle, spittle on his bib
And I don’t do the dishes, I throw them in the crib

“Drain You”, Nirvana

It is now my duty to completely drain you
I travel through a tube, [...]

‘Cut myself on angel hair and baby’s breath’

I dreamt that I came across Tori Amos playing Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” at a piano, in the style of this cover version by Evanescence.
(I asked, “do you do a lot of acoustic covers?”
She: “Don’t you use google?”
I just smiled… wtf Tori, just tryna be pleasant here, sheesh! :/ )
Heart Shaped Box (Nirvana cover) (Evanescence, 2003) [...]