tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11229969804656618592023-11-15T11:18:53.912-08:00Poetry & Other Things You Shouldn't Do in PublicText versions of my Instagram poetry for those interested for something more legible. @m0rg4nd_poetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-84041784065818278202015-12-30T20:32:00.000-08:002015-12-30T20:32:11.792-08:00All The Numbers Between One And Two<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; line-height: 25.2px; margin-bottom: 25px;">
I do not love you like the annual,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />or the summer rose with its cast away petals<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />wilting under the dry sun or curling their edges<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />away from the chill breath of fall.</div>
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I do not love you like the snowflake<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />with its ephemeral individuality.</div>
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I do not love you like the rain,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />not the single drop fallen in the ocean<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />or the slow motion treasure<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />captured on film as it drips from a goblet of jungle leaves.</div>
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I do not love you like time<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />rushing to getting away from us,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />racing us to brittle bones and arthritis<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />forgotten memories and stories told over and over<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />to whatever children will listen.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />They will all be children to us then.</div>
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I love you inexplicably<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />like this English language<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />that began as French and Anglo Saxon became lovers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />as they conquered one another and merged.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I love you like this evolution<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />this assimilation of every culture into one beautiful, blossoming<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />compilation of sounds and meaning for every possible thought.</div>
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I love you in this way, <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />which won’t lessen or not know how it feels about you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />when the future speaks an English<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />you and I won’t understand.</div>
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I love you like these poems transformed into pure light <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and cast from our screens into the universe, <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />rippling in luminescent waves beyond our spectrum<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />for an immeasurable eternity.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-69659213411507502602015-11-24T19:27:00.002-08:002015-11-24T19:27:45.920-08:00Reasons<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I asked the world for love</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you gave me what I loved:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">words. Words like paintings,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">words that defied black and white,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">words like a palette for creating life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as though we are rich with time,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as though time well spent</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was a spice to use liberally to add zest</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to the days we seize together.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I asked the world for love</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you gave me what I loved:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">time. Time on a clock</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">without a face or hands,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">time given free reign,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">given its reins, unbridled,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">allowed to run.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, in this moment,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">there is desire.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Like perfume, I breathe in</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and my head is filled with desire,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">desire defined and undefined</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">desire for the hourglass to be set on its side</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or to ride in its sands</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with you right beside me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I asked the world for love</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you gave me what I loved:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">desire. Desire to taste</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">your lips tasting the wine from mine,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">desire to have you, to hold you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">desire to want you, desire</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to revel in you,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and finally, the desire</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-36714659558801903952015-11-23T16:01:00.001-08:002015-11-23T16:01:34.642-08:00RespectMilady,<br />
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I am not a hunter. I will not chase you. I will not trap you, nor try to break you.<br />
I am a lover. My door is always open, my way is invitation. Imagine it a letter, handwritten, cursive. Signed, Sincerely Yours.<br />
If you find me less than irresistible, I can wait for the one who doesn’t. I will not coax, nor coerce. I might court you, if you let me, but that’s not a patience we seem to have these days.<br />
If you say no, or nothing at all, you will find I will not try your patience. I would rather walk alone into 18,000 sunsets, celibate, than pressure a woman until she gives in, until Stockholm Syndrome wins.<br />
When you are ready to give, I will give in kind. With your “Fuck Yes” paired to mine, my poetry, songs, strong hands, wild imagination, my clever mind are yours. I will wrap myself so deeply where I am welcome that you will be forever changed. As I am by you. I will show you the results of every lesson I have learned from Love and we will learn thousands more together.<br />
But if none of that is there, I don’t mind if your way is not parallel to mine. There are many roads less traveled by and I have known too many travelers worth the wait to trespass where I am not wanted.<br />
I am not a hunter. I want a partner, not prey. I am a lover. If I am not your pleasure, so be it. There will be someone else to please, and the invitation is open if you change your mind. But I will not seek to go where there is no, “Yes!”<br />
I call this, “Respect.”<br />
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Sincerely Yours,<br />
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MorganUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-45603636960216716312014-02-28T16:08:00.001-08:002014-02-28T16:08:32.883-08:00Darker Days<br />
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<b>In Justice</b></div>
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Whatever happened to</div>
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innocent until proven guilty?</div>
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I may be dark but I'm not dangerous</div>
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I may be a man,</div>
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but that doesn't make me a rapist.</div>
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If I smile at her</div>
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and tell she's pretty</div>
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that's a compliment, not harassment.</div>
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I'm not monster just cause I'm quiet,</div>
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just cause I'm considerate</div>
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doesn't make me a menace.</div>
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Who knew, </div>
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shit could get so skewed,</div>
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perspectives could come so unglued</div>
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people see demons around every corner.</div>
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I've got news for you,</div>
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I'm no angel, but I'm human too,</div>
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I'd still go out of my way to help you</div>
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if you needed a Samaritan</div>
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even as hateful as you are,</div>
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and if I could give you one gift,</div>
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I'd give you the ability </div>
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to see the monster in the mirror,</div>
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let me say it clearer,</div>
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this isn't a rumor, Miss Monger,</div>
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the monsters are people like you.</div>
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<b>Kepler</b></div>
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I'm tired of being bright,</div>
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it's so hard to be a star,</div>
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when you can barely see my dying light</div>
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by the time I hit your narrow-sighted eyes</div>
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I may be gone,</div>
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I'll be gone. </div>
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I'm so sick of shining,</div>
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sick of hoping, holding my head high,</div>
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I'm tired of trying to keep</div>
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this piece of shit planet alive.</div>
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Are you ready for my supernova?</div>
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When you burn in my fire</div>
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the universe won't weep</div>
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it won't even know we're gone.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Are you ready for my collapse,</div>
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It's not just you, I'm taking it all with me,</div>
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I'm gonna be a black hole,</div>
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I'm gonna be a force </div>
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maybe the destruction of the universe.</div>
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I'm gonna be a black hole</div>
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The gravity you can't deny.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-77407471953514818902014-02-18T16:20:00.001-08:002014-02-18T16:20:56.615-08:00Make Me<br />
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Don't just make me your poet,</div>
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I don't want to settle </div>
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for being something as mediocre</div>
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as a writer of couplets</div>
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even if they're iambic. </div>
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Make my poem</div>
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a part of your poetry,</div>
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so thoroughly entwined </div>
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in your experience of the poetic</div>
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that I am Pablo Neruda</div>
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when you read of love,</div>
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I am John Donne</div>
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when you read of angels, </div>
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I am Shakespeare</div>
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when you read his immortal verse.</div>
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Don't just make me your heart,</div>
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make me romance,</div>
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the rose on your pillow,</div>
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the taste of a Malbec </div>
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and its color staining your lips.</div>
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Make me your dances,</div>
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every partner a partner at a masquerade</div>
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wearing the illusion of my face.</div>
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Make me the percussion you move to,</div>
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the melody you sing</div>
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and when I am part of everything,</div>
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every verse of every poem,</div>
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every Valentine's, every wine,</div>
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and every single song,</div>
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you'll have made me yours.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-23486311109997733972014-02-14T11:34:00.000-08:002014-02-14T11:34:02.263-08:00A White Valentine<br />
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The world is ready</div>
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for her Valentine tonight.</div>
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She's chosen to go with purity,</div>
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the little white dress</div>
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instead of the black.</div>
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But not for a second</div>
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should we forget this snowy wrap</div>
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is just a facet of her beauty.</div>
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Magma still runs hot in her veins,</div>
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tectonic plates shift beneath the surface</div>
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she still fosters life </div>
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and cradles us in her arms</div>
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from the beginning to the end.</div>
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No matter how her cloth</div>
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brings to mind the image of a bride</div>
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A dress is still just something worn,</div>
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adornment for the woman within.</div>
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She is still Goddess of the Earth,</div>
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naked under the twirling hem</div>
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as she dances with the sun and moon</div>
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across the starry sky.</div>
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She is still</div>
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thousands upon thousands</div>
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of first kisses, first loves, </div>
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broken hearts, decades of marriage,</div>
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still the first love, her first time, the first night.</div>
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She is mother and lover, daughter,</div>
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wife and the lonely romantic,</div>
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still waiting for her knight.</div>
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The world has pulled a sparkling shawl of snow</div>
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over her shoulders,</div>
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dressed to the nine's in white</div>
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she is ready for tonight.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-12255612893563798852014-02-07T16:29:00.001-08:002014-02-07T16:29:19.039-08:00The Knowings I've Known<br />
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I wish I still knew </div>
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all the knowings I've known.</div>
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Today I know new knowings,</div>
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knowings I never knew I did not know.</div>
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Spectacular knowings. Boring knowings.</div>
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Emotional knowings. Factual knowings.</div>
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I wonder if today would have been different</div>
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if I knew those knowings yesterday.</div>
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Yet while I love knowing all these new knowings,</div>
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all this new knowing is still incomplete.</div>
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There are so many unknown </div>
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knowings to know,</div>
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so many knowings that I've never known, </div>
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and one set of knowings I know that have gone.</div>
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It saddens me.</div>
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You see, there are so many knowings</div>
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I know I know, that I know I knew,</div>
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knowings only an eidetic mind could still know.</div>
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So, while I'm happy to know </div>
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all that I know</div>
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I wish I still knew </div>
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all the knowings I've known.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-61696963661163119172014-01-28T16:31:00.001-08:002014-01-28T16:31:49.934-08:00The Feng Shui of Bachelorhood<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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According to my mother, women judge the depth of a man’s readiness for a relationship on the arrangement of his furniture. (And other things, of course.) The specifics of her belief have always been conveyed to me regarding the placement of my bed. She feels that a bed placed in a corner suggests to a woman that he’s not ready for an equal partnership. In such a situation, one partner always has to get in first/last. On the other hand, she is of the opinion that if the aforementioned bed is placed in the center of the wall with access on both sides, it suggests the man is ready to actually share that bed with someone. In her world, women pay attention to this kind of thing. Since she’s a woman and apparently pays attention to bed placement, I assume there must be other women who share this perspective.</div>
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She probably has a point. I have a friend in his early twenties who is an amazing cook with a rather Spartan apartment. While hanging out with him and eating over a time or two, he has one extremely noticeable piece of furniture lacking. He doesn’t have a kitchen table of any kind. Honestly, he doesn’t really have room for one, but even one he could put away in a closet when it wasn’t needed would, in my opinion, be a good idea. It seems to me that in a decent search to end his bachelorhood, this is something a woman might notice.</div>
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When I describe him as an amazing cook, I honestly think his cooking good enough to woo any decent woman with. He’s a bigger guy and a computer programmer, but reasonably active, and his gourmet is so good that he could probably land a drop dead gorgeous girl, just with the food. He has other merits as well, but I can’t emphasize enough the quality of his meals.</div>
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I find myself wondering, however, if that noticeable lack of a dining table wouldn’t hamper his cause were he actually trying to woo a woman worthy of him. (Drop dead gorgeous or otherwise, I realize looks aren't everything). Not because a woman worthy of him wouldn’t overlook something “small” like that, but due to the impression he might be giving off. Arguably a man who doesn't even own a kitchen table could be perceived as not quite ready for the rigors of sharing adult life with a partner. This is assuming my mom’s idea of the feng shui of bachelorhood is accurate.</div>
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Thanks to my education in English Literature and rhetoric, I pay a lot of attention to what small things like clothing, furniture, et cetera say about people, so this all may just be the result of me being hyper-observant.</div>
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So, I’m curious. Ladies, what do you think about the Feng Shui of Bachelorhood? Does the idea have merit, or is it ridiculous?</div>
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line-height: 20px;">I'd put them in a ring for you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I wouldn't hesitate</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Why wait</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I'm tired of being patient</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Why wait?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">While we're still young</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">While our hearts still beat fast</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">and our blood's still warm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Let's chase the storm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Let's chase the storm.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I want to love you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Like we're in one of those movies</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Where it's raining lace</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">You're a magnet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">For a thousand kisses</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">There's no reason why we should wait.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">While we're still young</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">While our hearts still beat fast</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">and our blood's still warm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Let's chase the storm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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Reach in</div>
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deep into the sap of me</div>
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until you find a piece of amber</div>
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fossilized by the heat seeping off</div>
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the magma of unerupted fury</div>
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that runs beneath the silent, tectonic pressure</div>
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of stress-taut muscles and fear clenched teeth.</div>
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Reach in </div>
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until your arms are lost </div>
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up to the elbows</div>
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in my darkest self and strangest secrets.</div>
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Reach in </div>
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and close your eyes</div>
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until you know me without them.</div>
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Sight will only blind you </div>
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when you're seeking in the dark.</div>
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Reach in.</div>
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Burn yourself on the worst of me,</div>
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then heal,</div>
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and never let me go.</div>
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You can have my heart.</div>
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I'll give it all away.</div>
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You can have your freedom</div>
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to wear someone else's chains.</div>
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I don't have to have you</div>
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to love you like I do.</div>
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I will watch as you move on, dear,</div>
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if that's the road that calls to you.</div>
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I'm the quiet, watching one,</div>
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the pillar you can lean on</div>
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when the world knocks you off your feet.</div>
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And I will be, indefinitely,</div>
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a foundation to support you,</div>
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but a foundation is hard to see.</div>
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I've always been the patient one.</div>
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Maybe that's why I'm still waiting,</div>
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but I have so much to give someone</div>
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who isn't in a hurry.</div>
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I'd rather you took the time </div>
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to know my darknesses, dance my light,</div>
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waltz around my yin and yang,</div>
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and love me for both the black and white.</div>
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For once I want to be the chosen.</div>
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When it comes time for you to choose</div>
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don't leave me the way you always do,</div>
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cracked but not quite broken.</div>
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For once I want to be the chosen.</div>
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When it comes time for you to choose,</div>
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choose me for the rooftops, the dreams come true.</div>
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Choose me for loving you enough to let you go,</div>
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the first time and the second.</div>
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Being honest with ourselves may be one of the most difficult
tasks we’ll ever face. We shroud the truth in layer after layer of obscuring
false trails, afraid to look it in the eye. Our truth is a Gorgon, we fear, and
in that fear we are already petrified.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I see it, buried in the spaces between words and lines as a
friend spills out line after line of truly personal details. There is an
edifice built around everything she is not saying, a vault where the reality of
the situation is tucked away. That truth, the one buried, is ultimately
empowering, but all the signs on the walls of this monument say, “Here Be
Dragons,” “Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here.” The signs are lies penned in
fear and the stone walls of this cairn is only a house of cards. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I see it in my own self-reflection. The truth is a mountain,
its peak veiled in clouds and I carve passes to either side, so close to
reality that it’s hard to say I’m not on the mountain. But I don’t climb. I
don’t take pick and piton and rope and set out to surmount my trepidation. How
much easier to walk the paths along the gentle slopes at the base.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This mountain isn’t just a metaphor. It is Mount Fuji, the
mountain I stared at from my apartment balcony for a year and never ventured
to. I was afraid of it. Not the lightning storms that killed four that summer
as they attempted what I did not. I was afraid of the aches and pains and
too-taut muscles of my body and the strain I might put on them. The same fear I
used as an excuse to avoid a military career. The excuse I use to avoid taking
up running for exercise. I’ve always been one who claimed I didn’t have fears.
It isn’t true. The truth is I have many fears and I’ve been afraid to face
them. If I face my fears, I might be ashamed by them. I am afraid I will let
myself down.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fear is exhausting. It’s fatiguing. It wraps us up in a safe
little word and we’re so excited to be sheltered that we don’t know that our
breath is constricted, that our chest rises and falls, but so, so shallowly. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What amazes me most about this is how much simpler the truth
makes things. How unfettered we are when we accept the truth and weed out all
the crap that hides it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What amazes me is that I’ve used so much flowery, vague
language and metaphor and kept myself from truly talking about what I actually
want to explore. This one’s going to take a while.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-3c1105f0-fcda-8d74-caec-b87658e2209e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I haven't fallen in love in ages</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-3c1105f0-fcda-8d74-caec-b87658e2209e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">think it's due to this war that wages</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-3c1105f0-fcda-8d74-caec-b87658e2209e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">between my too complacent present</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-3c1105f0-fcda-8d74-caec-b87658e2209e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and my discontented past.</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with diamonds on their fingers</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you'd think they'd start to fade in time</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but something lingers, something always lingers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">wearing out familiar trails</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I never saw myself here</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">walking down these worn out roads </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with no company but my own</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">all hope and good intentions</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but no real exercise.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My heart's all out of practice</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and I'm too tired to go the distance</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I never saw myself here</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">wearing out familiar trails</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with no company but my own</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">between my present and my past</span></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">She Ain't Perfect</strong> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When she smiles <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />her teeth ain't straight <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />but I don't care, (be)cause <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />when she smiles <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I can't see straight</div>
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Got something <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />on her cheek <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />looks like a bruise beneath <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />the makeup <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />when I ask, she laughs <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />the blemish, it don't detract <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Like Bruno Mars says <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />she’s amazing <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />just the way she is</div>
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And I don't have to have her <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />just want to treat her like she matters <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I love her diamond <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and I love her rough <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />she's beautiful <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />from every angle <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />don’t know if anyone else can see it <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />but she's cut just right for me</div>
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I love her diamond <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and I love her rough <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />her charisma is a prism <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />casting rainbows on the walls <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />its her flaws that make her flawless <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and I don't care if she is square <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />beveled, pear, or princess <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />she's cut just right for me</div>
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And I don't have to have her <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />just want to treat her like she matters <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I love her diamond <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and I love her rough <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />she's beautiful <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />from every angle <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />don’t know if anyone else can see it <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />but she's cut just right for me</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-20213402712570503232013-11-18T10:01:00.001-08:002013-11-18T10:01:55.877-08:00After the Fall<br />
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The evergreens, brave sailors all,</div>
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ride full sail into the first snow,</div>
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beams bent from proud masts</div>
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as they weather the season's storms,</div>
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charted on an immutable course toward spring. </div>
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The deciduous, already winter-moored,</div>
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make of the forest a quiet harbor</div>
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where boats rock gently in the breeze.</div>
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These are the ships of summer,</div>
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all signs of life tucked away</div>
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beneath the blizzard's taut tarp</div>
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while icicles form stalactites on twiggy spars</div>
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and grasp their bony frames.</div>
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The earth below, now a sea of frozen waves,</div>
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drifting frost-jewels flooded across a new-hushed world.</div>
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Cozy, it turns and dreams </div>
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beneath its blanket lily-white</div>
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waiting still for ever colder nights</div>
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when she, the world, </div>
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and her snowy forest fleet</div>
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will glimmer in the moonlight.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-12589165057734076362013-11-05T12:26:00.000-08:002013-11-05T12:26:29.625-08:00Woman
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Woman, how we have failed you. </div>
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I’m not the perfect man. I’m no prince on a white horse. If
I’m a knight at all, I’m a knight in ill-fitting, dented armor. I have lost my fair share of jousts. I’m picky, and
on the surface, I seem shallow. I have my preferences and at face value they
very well may seem like appearance is far too important to me. I won’t
apologize for them, because they’re mine, and I am content to like what I like.
If you’re curious, my taste in women is like my taste in music. Eclectic, but
with a preference for a general type. I like petite women, but that’s neither
here or now. (And alternative rock, if you're really curious.)</div>
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What I am not, is the man who is going to tear you down
because you don’t suit my tastes. I owe you more respect than that, whoever you
are, however you’re built. I owe myself more respect than to treat you like you
have failed me by not living up to my expectations. The problem here isn’t you.
It’s the man who expects you to fit his expectations and takes it out on you
instead of owning his opinions and preferences. </div>
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Woman, I am sorry. How we have failed you. How we have
broken so many of you with our failure to take responsibility for our own
tastes. How have we broken so many of you? Who taught you to have such
misplaced respect for the thoughtlessness of men? What men in your past failed
to build you up as you deserved, what women failed to teach you to respect
yourself beyond the weight of a man’s opinions?</div>
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This apology isn’t license for complaint. I have no sympathy
for the woe-is-me of the dissatisfied pouring out their bitterness on
Craigslist. The rampant insecurity is, quite frankly, exhausting, and
exponentially less attractive than any physical feature that is either in
excess or lacking. Whoever said the most attractive thing a woman can wear is
her confidence had it right. (That goes for men as well.) Wear it like baseball
player’s lucky underwear.</div>
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Woman, I can give you nothing but my own perspective. My
raw, honest, 90-degree from the stereotype perspective. If you take something
from that perspective, I don’t want it to be simply the literal weight of my
words. Take the understanding that different people want different things. Take
the understanding that there’s someone out there who thinks your body is
beautiful, who loves your broken nose or your button nose, someone who desires
a woman just like you.</div>
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One of my major incongruities with the drooling, poorly
mannered slobs who treat women as though they are tools for masturbation rather
than partners in life, activity, and joyful acts of mutual exploration, is that
I’m not particularly fond of large breasts as a rule, and certainly almost
entirely against the concept of aesthetic surgery excepting reasons of health
and reconstruction. I have an eye for subtle detail and smaller breasts do not
detract from the natural shape of a woman’s structure. I enjoy their
sensitivity, the lasting nature of their perkiness, and find the most
fascinating curve of a woman has much more to do with the line of her ribs as
it gives way to the valley of her waist before rising with the swell of her
hip. </div>
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It astounds me how many of the women I meet who take my
breath away honestly believe the mirror is their worst enemy. Women blind to
the fact that every eye in the room has noticed her, whether she’s in yoga
pants or an evening dress. Women convinced that they are, in their own words,
undeserving of attention and simply unattractive. </div>
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Who did this to them? Who cut them down? Who cut them short
and belittled their beauty as they grew? Who was it that failed to get the
message when they read the story of the Ugly Duckling and pecked at her
self-esteem until she failed to recognize the swan when her feathers finally
turned white? </div>
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It makes me livid. </div>
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I am sorry we have failed so many of you. You deserve
better. You deserve to wear push-up bras, water bras, no bra and have the
gentleman for whom you want to take them off enjoy you as you are. You deserve to
have him be happy you let him see you without one in the first place instead of
being a total cock-fuck who thinks its okay to treat a woman like she’s just the
grass on this side of the fence. You deserve to know, without getting vain or
prideful about it, that you are beautiful and desired by men who want
you, just the way you are.</div>
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Woman, how we have failed you.</div>
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I can’t give you anything but a promise to be the change I
want to see in the world. I’ll hold that door for you, I’ll treasure your gifts
to me, offer you my vision of the swan you are and ask for nothing in return. I
won’t take you for granted. I won’t tear you down when you’ve granted me your
vulnerability, passion, and intimacy. When I teach, when I talk, I’ll try to be
the actions louder than words, an example, and pass on the respect you deserve
from other men. When the moment calls for it, I. will. demand. it. from them. You deserve
no less.</div>
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I recently started teaching a new follow how to dance. She
asked what she owed me in exchange for her first lesson and I told her the pleasure of her company was enough.
The truth is I’d do it just for the chance to stare into her eyes. They may be
the most beautiful brown eyes I’ve seen in my entire life. And that's enough.</div>
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-m0rg4n</div>
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Based on a few of the comments I received on my last post, I
decided to expand on some of the ideas I put forth. If you don’t know me, I’m a
social dancer. I’ve been dancing for 12 years and I spend on average 6 hours a
week dancing and/or teaching dance. My focus right now is a dance called West
Coast Swing, which I enjoy due to its relevance in contemporary settings;
Maroon 5, Matt Nathanson, John Mayer, Katy Perry, ZZ Ward, Rihanna, Daft Punk:
all those and more have music I dance to. That being said, if we use language
as a metaphor, I am at least conversational in waltz, American tango, foxtrot,
swing from Lindy to East Coast, salsa, cha-cha, bachata, and can fake my way
through many, many more. My experience is beside the point, however. I provide
it merely as credentials.</div>
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For those of you who didn’t encounter the last post, it was
entitled “Why Women Shouldn’t Date Men Who Can’t Dance”. While I think that is
true to a degree, (nothing is absolute), I believe it is worth everyone’s time
to learn to dance and the reasoning behind that opinion significantly informed
the last, more playful piece. As I write today, I’m going to refer to leads as
male and follows as women, which is the traditional form. Understand however,
that I can both lead and follow (and have spent a lot of time recently
improving the latter), and it is very clear to me that the best dancers can and
arguably should learn how to do both. Furthermore, though I speak through a heterosexual lens, that doesn't mean my words don't have value if you mix the pronouns to whatever satisfies your tastes.</div>
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One of the points I made in my post was that men who dance
tend to have better manners and more respect for women. An example of this can
be found in the based-in-fact movie, <i>Take the Lead</i><span style="font-style: normal;">. In the movie, Antonio Banderas’ character uses this
information to convince a school board that ballroom dancing is important for
their children. You see, in dance, men learn how to touch women without being
sexual or violent. Dancing is about learning how to move your follow without
force. It’s always very clear in a dance environment when a lead is new.
Particularly when that lead can most accurately be described as yanking his
partner around. Almost invariably however, such a the lead is truly interested in
learning, what was once yanking his partner around settles into a subtler, more
confident connection.</span></div>
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Of course, like any other environment, we are all human.
There will always be those who think they know what they’re doing and refuse to
change. But I think most good teachers care about their students and the health
and well-being of the follows in their classes, and do their best to ensure
that most learn to be considerate dancers. It's also perfectly ok for a woman to say no to a man with whom it hurts to dance.</div>
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One of the aspects I appreciate most is the culture of
social dance scenes. Similar to men learning how to touch a woman with respect,
the whole culture transcends the meat market attitude that rages through
Western nightlife. I can ask a woman, -any- woman at a dance if she would like
to dance with me and there’s a 98% chance she will say yes. She doesn’t assume
I am trying to get in her pants. If she judges me based on my appearance, it
doesn’t really matter. We’ll spend three minutes moving, spinning, playing, and
creating a mostly silent conversation together and when its over, say thank you
and move on to the next. If we both enjoyed it, we’ll probably do so again
before the end of the night. If not, there are plenty of others to dance with. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now, I’m not a prude. I appreciate sex, sexuality and
sensuality in movement, and sexy women. West Coast Swing in particular is
frequently a sensual expression of the self, in both movement and music.
Between some dancers, tango can practically (or literally), be foreplay.
It’s the context that bothers me in other venues, the assumption that men are
nothing but horny dogs who are out to rut with any female they encounter. I’m
passionate about dancing, I love it, and it’s disappointing to be out somewhere
and want to dance with someone and be turned down with that look in the woman’s
eye that suggests she thinks she knows what you’re after. That just doesn’t
exist in my personal experience of social dance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is, to use a cliché, just the tip of the iceberg.
Though the details vary from scene to scene, etiquette is an important part of
social dance, one where supposedly old school manners are still alive. A
request for a dance is supposed to be polite, and I’ll often offer my arm as I
escort the woman I’m dancing with to the floor. Not everyone does the following, but I
also tend to ask a woman’s date if he minds if I ask her to dance before doing
so. I don’t do this with every couple, but you can develop a sense of where
it’s most appropriate to do so. Of course, I do it with the full expectation he
will say yes; the social dance scene is not one for the jealous. But then, if
your partner can’t stand to give you up for a 3 minute spin around the floor,
that may be a sign.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are also personal physical benefits. Dancing teaches
things like body awareness, improves balance, and since we’ll all be there
someday, it’s worth mentioning that it has a 74% or so effectiveness in
preventing memory loss due to aging. It’s also great exercise. I don’t really
like to exercise, but when I’m dancing I <i>don’t notice it happening</i><span style="font-style: normal;">. The exercise is a side effect and I do it 6 hours
or more a week. Win-win.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Finally we get to the meat of it. My passion within my
passion: Connection, the true language of dance - the ultimate body language.
This where a man takes a woman in his arms and <i>moves</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> her. The aspect of dance that is truly conversation.
While the traditional roles are comparably the man speaking and the woman
listening, that image only touches the surface. The lead has to be aware of
several facets all at once: the floor and the space available on it, his
partner’s ability and connection, where her weight is placed, their relation to
the beat of the music. If he isn’t paying attention, if he isn’t doing his
share of listening to his partner the dance can become awkward, physically
uncomfortable, make her trip over herself, etc. He also needs to be firm,
clear, and decisive. If his side of connection is lax or he can’t make up his
mind, the follow finds herself confused. It is always a lead’s job to dance to
his follow, not to judge her on her ability or test it excessively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The woman isn’t suddenly released from the responsibilities
of awareness because she has decided to follow her partner for a few minutes.
The lead has his back to half of the room, so she has to do her part to keep
him from accidentally backing into other dancers. She also has the
responsibility of controlling her movement and distance in order to not fling
herself wildly out of control or risk breaking the connection. Her key duty, however,
is to listen. Has his weight asked her to move? Has he stopped her movement or
redirected her direction? Has he queued a turn or lead a pause matching a break
in the music. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What we have, then, is essentially two people who are
dedicated and focused on working together to create a three minute long
project. They are concentrating on communicating to do it, not trading blame
but each taking responsibility for their own part and performing it to the best
of their ability. Most of this communication is silent. It is founded in mutual
respect and conducted throughout with that respect in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Social dancers are basically
individuals who regularly practice developing satisfying relationships with
each other in ways that can translate into romantic relationships in a very
healthy fashion. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to
note, before I close, that I have seen many couples in my years of teaching and
there have been those I would almost guarantee didn’t, or won’t, stand the test
of time. The individual behaviors betray all kinds of details about their
relationship and personalities. Sadly, most such couples never come twice. I
won’t say that dance is some kind of panacea, but I do think that learning the
kind of communication that dancing requires would have helped many of those relationships.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also, let’s not forget that physical connections create
endorphins. More frequent physical connections with lovers generally equates to
a better sex life, and the kind of intimate connection that one can create
through dancing with another person can only enhance such things. I’ve always
been fond of saying that I can know a woman and her body better in three fully clothed minutes than most of her lovers ever will. Maybe it’s a little arrogant. My
experience in both realms suggests otherwise.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, in spite of feeling like I barely skimmed over the
surface of the topic, it’s no wonder that I think everyone should learn to
dance. And that women shouldn’t date men who can’t or worse, won’t, dance. (Not
to mention that every female dancer I know finds immense joy in dance and I don’t
understand why anyone would deny themselves that joy in a relationship.) As for
women who can’t dance, as one commenter asked, the answer is the same for
everyone: it’s worth your while to learn. You won’t regret it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ultimately, an essay on why a woman shouldn't settle for a man who can't dance would be an extremely long one that explores in-depth all the benefits of dance, of learning to do so if one doesn't know how, and the rest of the topic, but a research paper's quota of words might not make for the best means to reel in a lady's imagination.<br />
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There are many reasons a woman should hold in her list of standards a man who either dances already or is willing to learn. First, the obvious: she'll never miss a turn around the dance floor at a wedding, or any other such more formal function. Equally, having a man willing to dance provides a woman with many more excuses to wear that dress that has been collecting dust in the closet than any woman with a lesser model. Also among the more pleasant benefits is that he's likely to have better manners than most men, more respect for women, and he's probably not inclined to spend all his time on a couch.<br />
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Then there are the more subtle reasons, arguably more important. A man who dances should, if he's a good dancer, be skilled at connecting and communicating in a partnership. Any dance is a conversation. A language all its own - the ultimate body language. Each dance has its own rhetoric. It also involves frequent physical contact that can be more intimate than any a pair of lovers have ever experienced. There's a good reason that dances such as Argentine tango are used as tools for couples therapy. <br />
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One might put forward that dancing together is one of the most beneficial activities any couple can engage in. The list of pros is nigh endless, and far outweighs any cons. With so many advantages to dating a dancer, it's hard to imagine why any woman who enjoys dancing herself (and it seems most do), would choose to settle for one who doesn't.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-15380515521663173332013-10-23T12:39:00.002-07:002013-10-23T12:39:36.802-07:00Mi Tango<br />
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<b>Mi Tango</b></div>
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I have not loved you without patience.</div>
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But perhaps I did not love you</div>
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more than I loved my honor, my morals. </div>
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I did not love so distractedly</div>
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that I forgot myself. I did not let go</div>
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and lose myself in passion,</div>
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not in yours, nor mine.</div>
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Perhaps, though I loved you </div>
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through more turning moons,</div>
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spinning suns, and revolving earths,</div>
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though I loved you through more</div>
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fresh snowfalls, windswept leaves, summer storms,</div>
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and early crocuses than I care to count,</div>
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perhaps I kept my fires banked</div>
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for fear that we might burn,</div>
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perhaps I never loved you</div>
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as much as you deserved.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-71801601226076230482013-10-18T11:08:00.001-07:002013-10-18T11:08:20.021-07:00Jericho<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Jericho</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">What good would a heaven be without you?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Who cares about eternity if we never meet?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">What good would a heaven be without you?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I am Jericho, be my horn.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I am Jericho, be my horn.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">All these dreams are nothing without you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">They can never happen if we never meet.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">All these dreams are nothing without you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I am Jericho, be my horn.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />I am Jericho, be my horn.<br /><br />Somewhere out there there's an angel waiting.<br />Let me fly into the sun, how willingly I'd fall.<br />Somewhere out there there's an angel waiting.<br />I am Jericho, be my horn.<br />I am Jericho, be my horn.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">As someone who studied the reading and writing of poetry a lot in college, I frequently find myself reading my own work at a much deeper level than others might. The truth is, as one of my professors once said, my poetry is deceptively simple. Even this poem, with its frequent repetition (worth noting in and of itself), contains a significant amount of weight in its few words.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Though a strange endeavor, I want to approach this poem the way another reader might. As though the author is "dead," as it were. This, for the uninitiated, is the literary world's way of saying we as readers can never truly know the author's intended meaning without sitting down with the author or having copious notes or other documentation laying it out for us. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">First, reading the poem, I am not certain if it is a prayer or a plea. There is clearly a romantic tone, as the poet uses language suggesting a worldly relationship. However, the use of Christian imagery and references make it unclear if the author is making the plea to a woman, a specifically Christian woman, or to the Christian God. Is the poet asking purely for the love of a woman, or permission to love something beyond the realms of the emotional. The lack of clarity may suggest that the voice in the poem cannot, or does not, differentiate between the two. Caritas may be the kind of love the voice is seeking. It is reminiscent of John Donne, who treated material love as spiritually transcendent and spiritual love as materially fulfilling. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">The diction in the first line also begs the question of prayer or plea. Heaven is not capitalized, which suggests the author doesn't hold the typical Christian respect for the term, and as such, isn't referred to specifically as the Christian heaven. He states, "a heaven," which suggest that the eternity in question could belong to any faith, though that seems unlikely given the other specific imagery in the poem. Though to be fair, it could be considered Jewish imagery, but my exposure to Judaism isn't a strong and as a reader, it doesn't awaken those ties within me. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">It seems likely that this poet then, is either an atheist or agnostic with a strong background in Christianity. This likelihood makes the sense of prayer extremely interesting, as if the speaker in the poem were begging for an opportunity, not only for an end to the haunting loneliness of the poem, but for a reason to believe in something larger. It's also extremely possible that, assuming as we should that the diction was very specifically chosen and intended, the poet just enjoys playing with tropes, or is truly so romantic as to make the desired love into an almost religious experience.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">This brings me to what I consider the strongest and most interesting line in the poem, "I am Jericho, be my horn." It is clearly the most important to the poet as well, as it makes up six of the fifteen lines of the poem. Without refreshing my knowledge of the story of the fall of Jericho, I am reminded of a story of a city with strong walls that held against any assailant. One individual is given a magic horn that, when blown, topples those walls, turning them to dust in an instant. This image suggests that the poet, or the character he is writing as, identifies himself as having high walls, or strong defensive traits that somehow help to keep him from something he wants. Perhaps these defenses are self defeating, as he openly pleads for someone else to "be my horn." In other words, to miraculously break through those defenses and, we can assume, bring the kind of love he desires in.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">I'm only going to touch on the second stanza, as it is the weakest of the three. It serves mostly to reinforce the idea that the poet has romantic goals that have yet to be fulfilled, and the figure to take part in fulfilling them has yet to be defined. It is interesting to note that the context of the prevailing line, while still maintaining the imagery explained in the previous paragraph, manages to take on new colors with each situation. This stanza is the earthly one, with the kinds of earthly hopes and dreams that are instilled within most of us from an early age.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">The final stanza takes both the religious tone of the first and the earthly tone of the second and combines them. The opening line transforms this unknown woman into an angel, a common enough theme. Given the poet's suggested lack of belief in such things, it's an interesting choice, however. The next line makes that choice even more intriguing. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">The author writes, "Let me fly into the sun." This is a bit of a turn from the Christian imagery, invoking as it does the Grecian myth of Icarus, but not entirely. We've already been lead to imagine an angel, and Icarus' character is a human who flew on feathered wings. He flew too high and the sun melted the wax that gave him the power of flight. The poet clearly knows this, as the next clause states, "how willingly I'd fall." Yet this suggests the fall of angels, the romantic notion of falling in love, as well as Icarus' ill-fated descent from the sky after reaching too far and too high. In five words, (counting "I would," as two), the poet has recognized his humanity, a sense of the divine in himself, a willing departure from the divine, a desire to fall in love, and the possible folly of all his desires. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">The poem finishes once again with what may be best called its refrain. "I am Jericho, by my horn. / I am Jericho, be my horn." It asks, the sound of the word horn echoing into the silence of its passing, for no more or less than it asked at the beginning. The poet is flawed, is human, is hopeful, is both touched and separate by the spiritual or divine, has guarded all that he is behind the high walls of an impregnable city, so high and thick that perhaps he has trapped himself within them and sends out his voice in supplication to something or someone to set him free.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">As it is said, that which seems simple, rarely is.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">“People are stupid; given
proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people
are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or
because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge,
facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People
are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the
truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.”
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There’s a (sadly) accurate theme that philosophers (we’ll
call them that), the world around have been intensely interested in over the
last 40-50 years. It’s likely that the subject goes back much further to the
Greeks and beyond, but for the sake of brevity we’ll focus on the modern and
contemporary perspectives. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To sum it up, let me offer a quote from Robert A. Heinlein,
one of the fathers of modern science fiction. “Never underestimate the power of
human stupidity.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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The entire global community has a shining example of this in
today’s government shut down of the most powerful nation in the world, and they
find it mind boggling. Admittedly, so does the general population of that
nation, from erudite to high school drop out. With some exceptions, who remind
us that Heinlein’s quote will be apt until the day the race ceases to exist.<o:p></o:p></div>
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These exceptions bring to mind a much more in depth
exploration into the definition of stupidity and the makeup of the group of
such people. As written by the economics professor Carlo Cipolla, the number of
stupid people in any given group is always represented by the variable <i>s.</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> It can only be represented as a variable due to the
fact that the number of stupid people in any given group is always more than
one thinks it is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For those of you who don’t mind some light reading, his
essay explains it all quite impressively. <a href="http://www.ecotopia.com/webpress/stupidity/">http://www.ecotopia.com/webpress/stupidity/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Though written originally written in jest, it rings
remarkably true, particularly as we continue to explore contemporary examples
of the phenomenon. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Some time in the last decade or so while Jimmy Kimmel was
still on The Man Show, he spent the only segment I ever saw petitioning to help
end women’s suffrage in America, just to see who would sign it. If you weren’t
aware, women’s suffrage is the 19<sup>th</sup> amendment of the Consitution,
giving women the right to vote. I can’t find the clip to share with you, but
lets just say the results of the attempt just goes to show how uneducated
people are. Many, many women signed it and I did find several examples on
youtube (that I didn’t watch), repeating the experiment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Fast forward to today, when Kimmel hit the streets again to
ask people which they preferred, Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act. The
results were astounding, with a fascinating ability of individuals to support
one over the other. You can see it for yourself here: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/jimmy-kimmel-obamacare-prank_n_4022424.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/jimmy-kimmel-obamacare-prank_n_4022424.html</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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It is important to recognize, however, that this particular
brand of stupidity isn’t one sided. There were plenty of people in recent polls
on both sides of the spectrum too oblivious to know the two items were the same
damn thing. Democrat or Republican, the quantity of stupid people in the group
is still more than you think.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We can only wish that this had been staged, but tragically,
that’s not even necessary in today’s environment. And with the exposure via
media and accessibility of information today, it seems inexcusable. Alas,
people would rather call data sources propaganda than read and learn. It’s a
good thing <i>s</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> is unquantifiable or the
numbers might be significantly depressing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It’s disappointing that in this time where not only do we
have to concern ourselves with some of the finest stupidity of our era, that we
simply have an excessive population from which to draw an even higher degree of
stupid people. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t know that there’s anything to be done about this
unfortunate aspect of life other than to be forewarned and forearmed. Be aware
and, as the Boyscout’s say, be prepared. The best we can manage is to make an
effort to hold ourselves individually to a higher standard and not fall victim
to the flood of ineptitude. We can always argue for more and better education,
but I’m not certain that will ever be more than a thumb in the dyke; at least
not outside some utopian dream world where everyone values learning.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As much as I wish I could apologize for the apparent
cynicism of this post, as evidence shows, it’s simply realism. All I can say
is,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I can’t say it any better than that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-83622812201936913672013-09-23T11:47:00.001-07:002013-09-23T11:47:15.515-07:00Bathed in Thought<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I am inspired to write for the first time in a long time. Not by a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lady or a burning topic I'm aching to put out my opinion on, but by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">myself. My thoughts and the attitudes and actions I have taken. They</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">swirl brightly in my quiet evening as I lie in bed waiting to sleep.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So bright that I decided to spill them gratuitously onto the page.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">These aren't the words I was inspired to write. Not yet. Just a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">documentation of that which led me there. I had a breakthrough on a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">scene that is proving troublesome to rewrite under the paradigm I've</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">set for myself and I'm ecstatic, though perhaps, no. I am happy to be</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">writing this.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It all began with a shower. Or rather the shower was the catalyst that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">put several puzzle pieces together for me. You see, showers are the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">one time when I feel most relaxed and my thoughts flow as freely as</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the water over my skin and muscle. One might say that the shower is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the only place I ever achieve actual meditation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I was ill this week and I secluded, squirreled myself away in the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">cabin and didn't bathe for a period of days that is somewhat</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">embarrassing to admit. Or would be if I were the type to be</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">embarrassed. I finally bathed today and washed away the grime and funk</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and the beast in its den away. I wrote a poem while in the shower,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">about the topic. As the lone wolf swirled toward the drain with the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">suds, I was born again human.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">All the things I have been reading came together beneath the heat and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sensation of the falling water. The poetic phrasing of Anne Rice 's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the Wolf Gift mixed with a study of sleep I read and curled up in the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">heat to incubate together. My thought processes became poetic,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">philosophical, insightful.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On my way home from a movie, I thought about the sentence, There are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">no absolutes, until I was happy with my answer.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When tonight came, I thought again of the study I read, the suggestion</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that the last things you think about before you sleep are etched into</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">your unconscious for hours. This has been on my mind at night since I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">read it and I have begun trying to change what is on mine. This</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">matches well so the month I took of from visual media violence, which</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">is frequently an aspect of my daily life between sci-fi fantasy shows</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and video games. In order to come down from the games I played this</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">evening, I took another shower to relax and warm up.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As I lay in bed, my mind turned toward what I would like to be doing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">with my life as opposed to what I am. The results of that line of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thought were satisfying, and passed from one line to another like a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">train smoothly switching tracks at a junction. My new rails led me to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thinking about the scene in The West Wind I'm currently rewriting.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Beginning the scene at the end and having my characters talk about</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">what happened prior will be a much more satisfying approach than</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">trying to have them live every moment of it. The scene I was</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">describing wasn't that important and I was struggling with it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Of course, this meant I was too awake to sleep, so I chose to write</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">instead, and happily so.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I have come to a few conclusions that I hope to follow in the hopes of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">creating a happier situation for myself:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Shower at night, every night to take the pressure off the mornings and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">set my body and mind into a warm, relaxed state for sleep.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Look into massage school. I truly want to be a Renaissance Man. For</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">me, that includes making a living. Massage may be one of the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">professions I could do to round out my list.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Look into teaching dance more seriously. Find out how much Zach</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">charges for Wedding Choreography in Spokane and charge less. Find a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">space to teach in.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Write. Write more. Finish The West Wind. Write the Eugenics Inc. short</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">story. Write the other two novels you know are waiting.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I don't think I am meant for the corporate world. For one career path</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to follow toward extinction. I want to earn my living from my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">interests the same way that I am interested in them: with variety.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The variety, I think, will be the key to my success. A basket full of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">baskets full of eggs. Just thinking about it, I can feel some tension</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">leaving. Time to plan the next adventures.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">But for now, sleep, half followed by this darling oversized puppy of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mine. She's a heartthief, fair warning.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Goodnight.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-29227669661740541152013-09-16T11:23:00.002-07:002013-09-16T11:23:56.958-07:00For. . .<b id="docs-internal-guid-07ebbb27-2803-1a59-4dea-9c923b0238c5" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1122996980465661859.post-19409592703592647852013-09-12T11:44:00.001-07:002013-09-12T11:44:19.351-07:00On Sexuality<b id="docs-internal-guid-15952032-1375-3a87-88e0-f2e806300077" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-15952032-1375-3a87-88e0-f2e806300077" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Surgeon General’s Warning: If you’re not comfortable reading or talking about sex, turn back now or forever hold your piece. That’s a pun, not a typo. -evil grin-</span></b></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-15952032-1375-3a87-88e0-f2e806300077" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The topic of sexuality seems popular recently. Not in terms of gender identity, homo or heterosexuality but in the terms of how sexually an individual presents his or her self. How open one is to sex, and how one conveys that openness. Miley Cyrus’ quite public explorations of her own sexuality as well as a couple of blog posts going around Facebook regarding the explorations and expression of teen sexuality in a digital age are the examples that come to mind.</span></div>
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a pretty flammable topic in the United States. Of course, most are, since we’re raised as a country to believe that we’re all right as individuals, mostly by the sheer virtue of being American. (Note that we call ourselves Americans, as if we were the only country on the two American continents. . .) Largely the flammability is due to religious influences. America is a “Puritan” country, which is to say, founded by and abundant with people who are frequently sexually repressed prudes. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I spent my formative years reading Anne Rice, Jean M. Auel’s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Earth’s Children</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> series (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clan of the Cave Bear, Valley of Horses</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and Robert A. Heinlein, to name a few sources. None of these were particularly shy about sex or sexuality. One of my favorite quotes is Heinlein’s: “Darling, a true lady takes off her dignity with her clothes and does her whorish best. At other times you can be as modest and dignified as your persona requires.” If your reading comprehension scores are limited, this is not Heinlein’s way of calling all women whores. If that’s what you took away, you missed the point.</span></div>
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think I was lucky, really. When my parents discussed what they wanted in a child, a ‘good lover’ was on the list. (That they had the conversation about what they wanted is awesome.) When it came time in my teen years for a talk about sex, they offered to buy condoms if I was too embarrassed. That was the entire discussion. I educated myself, set my own moral compass, and I have never regretted the way I have gone about it. My parents never stood in the way of my learning and growing. They let me make my own choices, so I never had anything to rebel against.</span></div>
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are, at our core, sexual creatures. Though we have come a long way from the animal need to rut, biologically our core function is to reproduce. There are many different moralities regarding how one should go about doing this, but for me, if you’re not hurting or disrespecting anyone, do what makes you happy. Sex is better in a relationship with an emotional connection, but I’m not going to tell anyone it has to be that way. I can’t. I started having sex at 16 and while I prefer to count my experiences as “enough -1”, the number of partners I’ve made love to is not insignificant. </span></div>
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have never once felt like a horrible person for this. Having sex with one person many times is generally better for both individuals than sex once with many people. I like having monogamous sex. In my experience women respond better to a lover they know and trust, no matter how good he or she is. But my own moral compass is fairly simple: when engaged in an intimate physical encounter with a woman, I quite comfortably say I do as many things right as I can. I don’t treat her like she’s just a tool for my own masturbatory pleasure, I am aware of my abilities and limitations and do my best to respect her and ensure that she is equally if not more satisfied. </span></div>
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For me, that’s only real right or wrong about sex. Did I treat my partner well? Was I considerate of her needs, expectations, and boundaries? How many and how often has always been simply part of how my life has turned out. I have never gone out to a bar and picked up someone to take home. I’m always aware of women I’m attracted to, and since physical attraction is directly connected to my libido, that’s part of it. But it’s never been my goal to pick up women. I’m aware of my attractions and interests, but respectful of each as an individual. When I find myself in a willing, consensual situation, I follow my desires. If they lead to sex, so be it. If I’m not sure it’s something I want, or have misgivings or hesitations, I don’t do it. If my partner expresses misgivings or isn’t sure she wants to, I don’t push her. Sex is about respect. It’s easy enough to find a willing partner and does no man harm to be patient if it’s not forthcoming. I’m not above driving a woman so wild she changes her mind, but that still leaves the decision in her hands. </span></div>
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It seems to me that denying our sexuality, repressing it, more frequently results in more erratic, unhealthy sexual behavior than being open about it. There is a lot of evidence to support this, and its been shown that the stricter the mores regarding sexuality in a given area, the more individuals in that area clandestinely seek out that which is not ‘permitted’. A map I recently saw showing porn consumption in the US by length of viewing and delineated by ‘genre’ unsurprisingly showed the heaviest consumption and most deviant types consumed in the areas included in what we call the Bible Belt.</span></div>
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I should reiterate that I don’t support lascivious, promiscuous behavior. My definition of such is the active seeking of new sex partners on a regular basis for your own gratification: i.e. Barney in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How I Met Your Mother</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. If you practice safe sex, I don’t find multiple partners to be an issue, however. It’s all about intention. </span></div>
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Equally, I don’t think that we should go from one extreme to the other. There’s a healthy way to approach sex education, and exposing teenagers to porn intentionally is not it. They are going to find it on their own, whether in your own home, on their smart phone, or at a friend’s. Instead of treating it as a deviant thing, I think healthy discussion would be wiser. For one, because, for the love of god, women deserve better sex than that. There’s a terrible, unimaginative, extremely boring pattern for most porn out there and it barely ever varies from that format. I generally find one of the most common endings rather unpleasant, personally. If it’s your kink, that’s your business, but facials make me want to vomit. </span></div>
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nor should I leave any reader with impression that a more conservative mind set is necessarily a bad thing. I don’t think that teaching healthy sexuality and monogamy, even to the extreme of no partners before marriage, are by nature dichotomous. But I will always believe that a healthy awareness of what sex is, the possible dangers or consequences, what it can/should be, what is possible in pleasing a partner and how to go about it mutually are important. If a person’s mores suggest having sex before marriage/outside a relationship is taboo, so be it. But don’t let the concept be taboo. Sexuality should be embraced whether that sexuality is saved to be savored at a later date or enjoyed in the moment. It’s an integral part of who we are, but never, ever, all we are. </span></div>
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