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Maria

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About Me

I seem to lean on old familiar ways.

My Interests

Growing old. Wishing I lived in the 70s. The theater. Teaching. Making photographs.

I'd like to meet:

A face at the kitchen table. Letters from my grandmothers. God. Lifelong friends. A piano.

Music:

Almost everything that was written on a piano in the 70s, film scores, and songs I make up when I'm driving.

Movies:

Ghostbusters. Annie Hall. The Wizard of Oz.

Books:

Kiss the Joy as it Flies.

Heroes:

My seven-year-old self.

My Blog

anatomy of a theory

the arm, my sleepy collar, a fivefinger branch to hang my hand on.it tells the time to take a number,and sews a nose into my hair. oh, is it safe to climb a tree if you aren't wearing any shoes?oh, it...
Posted by Maria on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:03:00 PST

two for two

1.Here I go, Venus fly trap eyesand a swollen sock tongue,I get a bellyache just looking.2.Good advice fisherman, yourslack line frying pan was awaste of love or money.
Posted by Maria on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:24:00 PST

2.00.7.whoopie.

It is the customary practice of my contemporaries to publish a reflective and subjective end-of-year review, as if to say "I present you with the best and/or worst _____ of ______, as a testament to m...
Posted by Maria on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:38:00 PST

fear takes a holiday

I have an irrational fear of people, particularly when I encounter them in groups. Parties portend discomfort and holidays are haunted by the ghosts of my neurotic insecurities and the nauseating worr...
Posted by Maria on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:20:00 PST

benediction

painted hearts come for benediction, they are tight bloused and beautiful with breasts of benefaction. i remember every line, i am dusty diamond shine in the room that blows forever in the sun....
Posted by Maria on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:32:00 PST

home poem

suitcases don't float not in water, not on clouds. you can't barf in the pacific ocean it is against the law. beer is cheaper in california, but tastes better in michigan. what are you doing tomorrow ...
Posted by Maria on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:33:00 PST

the new romantic

that trailer in the upperpeninsula, your factoryjob and my unwrittennovel. your mustacheand my bad cooking.the mailbox is alwaysempty. the bathroom door does not latch. i can hear you piss from the ki...
Posted by Maria on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:14:00 PST

parking ticket blues

never am i missedas much as i miss,never do i ownmore than i owe
Posted by Maria on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:02:00 PST