The window in her bedroom is open, even though there is frost crystallized like cracked glass on the window. She lay belly down on her bed, a mattress in a corner, reading from a book that she’s been trying to finish for months. She places the book on the ground, lays her head across her forearms, and begins to mentally play out a conversation she would like to have. Before she gets to the crux of the internal dialogue, a cool stream of wind whistles down her spine and the apartment buzzer sounds. She flies off the bed to answer the door, but stops cold as she glimpses a shadow escape through the window. A shadow so palpable she could have run the back her hand along its cheek, licked its teeth, pricked the bottom of its foot with a needle and sewed it back to a body before it could fly out into the piercing dusk.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
THE SYNDROME
The air tastes like cutlery and salt. It lay smooth and cold on a furry white tongue that he runs over rows of cluttered teeth. His mouth is a crowded room, a subway car during rush hour, a deadline. He presses the third floor buzzer and then slips his hands into the pockets of his sweatshirt to hold them there and feel the beads of pulled material accumulating; the wear and tear of every day that sneaks by. Everyday that is exactly the same as the last. When he breathes out, he breathes out smoke. When he breathes in, he breathes in savory metal. He runs one hand over the back of his neck as the door opens and the warmth inside hits him like an air bag.
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The window in her bedroom is open, even though there is frost crystallized like cracked glass on the window. She lay belly down on her bed, a mattress in a corner, reading from a book that she’s been trying to finish for months. She places the book on the ground, lays her head across her forearms, and begins to mentally play out a conversation she would like to have. Before she gets to the crux of the internal dialogue, a cool stream of wind whistles down her spine and the apartment buzzer sounds. She flies off the bed to answer the door, but stops cold as she glimpses a shadow escape through the window. A shadow so palpable she could have run the back her hand along its cheek, licked its teeth, pricked the bottom of its foot with a needle and sewed it back to a body before it could fly out into the piercing dusk.
The window in her bedroom is open, even though there is frost crystallized like cracked glass on the window. She lay belly down on her bed, a mattress in a corner, reading from a book that she’s been trying to finish for months. She places the book on the ground, lays her head across her forearms, and begins to mentally play out a conversation she would like to have. Before she gets to the crux of the internal dialogue, a cool stream of wind whistles down her spine and the apartment buzzer sounds. She flies off the bed to answer the door, but stops cold as she glimpses a shadow escape through the window. A shadow so palpable she could have run the back her hand along its cheek, licked its teeth, pricked the bottom of its foot with a needle and sewed it back to a body before it could fly out into the piercing dusk.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
2010 WINTER MIX TAPE: WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT
A.
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
Kyle Gilbride - The Flood
Josephine Foster & The Supposed - Jailbird (Heart of Sorrow)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy (Sing the Greatest Palace Music) - New Partner
Marked Men - Ditch
Allergic to Bullshit - I'm Not Ashamed
John K. Samson - Utilities
Straight Street Holiness Group - Come On
Cara Beth Satalino - Good Ones
Aphid Ant Constructions - Track 5 (Off their Winter Tour E.P.)
B.
The Wedding Present - Brassneck
Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
Grass Widow - To Where
Deertick - Diamond Rings 2007
Bratmobile - Throway
Otis Redding - Let Me Come Home
P.S. Eliot - Incoherent Love Songs
Husker Du - Terms of Psychic Warface
Neil Young - Lotta Love
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
Kyle Gilbride - The Flood
Josephine Foster & The Supposed - Jailbird (Heart of Sorrow)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy (Sing the Greatest Palace Music) - New Partner
Marked Men - Ditch
Allergic to Bullshit - I'm Not Ashamed
John K. Samson - Utilities
Straight Street Holiness Group - Come On
Cara Beth Satalino - Good Ones
Aphid Ant Constructions - Track 5 (Off their Winter Tour E.P.)
B.
The Wedding Present - Brassneck
Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
Grass Widow - To Where
Deertick - Diamond Rings 2007
Bratmobile - Throway
Otis Redding - Let Me Come Home
P.S. Eliot - Incoherent Love Songs
Husker Du - Terms of Psychic Warface
Neil Young - Lotta Love
A cold weather airing out, of sorts. Or, cold songs for colder weather & feelings.
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