Dark
Previously unwritten feelings on a few subjects:
1. Iraq. Immediate withdrawal with apology.
2. Condoleezza. Everytime I see her in the news, she seems to be saying or doing something evil. Today, for example, she chided the "international community" for its "boycott" of Saddam Hussein's trial. I have also boycotted a number of businesses I do not respect.
3. Extended conversations with coworkers. Natural shyness + a nothing-to-lose attitude = sociopath. Aren't most conversations guided by the principle of what we're supposed to say next?
At the same time, someone told me today that he didn't like how it got dark so early. This is what I heard:
"I cannot lie: I do not like how dark it gets."
I was so compelled to keep the conversation going—you know, relating it to myself, telling a story of my epic battle with darkness and rain when I first moved to my little hut on a hill two winters ago—that I killed what came very close to another person's shieldless exposure of an important truth.
4. The person who found Zauberwelt by Googling "Beethoven 'Jeremy Brett' violin." Bless you. Come back soon.
1. Iraq. Immediate withdrawal with apology.
2. Condoleezza. Everytime I see her in the news, she seems to be saying or doing something evil. Today, for example, she chided the "international community" for its "boycott" of Saddam Hussein's trial. I have also boycotted a number of businesses I do not respect.
3. Extended conversations with coworkers. Natural shyness + a nothing-to-lose attitude = sociopath. Aren't most conversations guided by the principle of what we're supposed to say next?
At the same time, someone told me today that he didn't like how it got dark so early. This is what I heard:
"I cannot lie: I do not like how dark it gets."
I was so compelled to keep the conversation going—you know, relating it to myself, telling a story of my epic battle with darkness and rain when I first moved to my little hut on a hill two winters ago—that I killed what came very close to another person's shieldless exposure of an important truth.
4. The person who found Zauberwelt by Googling "Beethoven 'Jeremy Brett' violin." Bless you. Come back soon.
posted by Paul G. McCurdy at 10:38 PM
2 Comments:
Wow! A "Jeremy Brett" Googler? Behold the power of the Internets!
Someone told me something. It reminded me of you. I Googled you. I found some of your poetry. You look well. That's good.
I'll not be a nuisance.
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