motel blues

 
Sea in my hair.
Gasoline in my veins.
The disease got me deep
in my bones,
since I left you alone.

Rain in the east.
And there’s rain in the west.
And there’s rain in my lashes
like stones,
since I left you alone.

And I drive.
I drive to forget I’m alive.

Lover, oh lover,
I don’t want another.
I’m sorry I left you alone.

(Olenka & the Autumn Lovers)

Japanese poetry

Since I am convinced that reality is in no way real,
how am I to admit that dreams are dreams?

A. Waley

elizabethtown

"So you failed. Alright. You really failed. You failed, you failed, you failed, you failed, you failed, you failed, you failed, you failed, you failed, you failed, you failed, you failed. You think I care about that? I do understand. You're an artist. Your job is to break through barriers, not accept blame and bow and say 'Thank you, I'm a loser, I'll go away now.' You want to be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around.
Make them wonder why you are still smiling.
That's true greatness to me."
Claire

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cover story

Little Women, one grand piece of literature. And here with a beautiful cover.

nude with a splash of warm red