Tectonic Plates (Pangea) |
When I speak of heartI want you to take it and loveWhen I speak of wings I want you to take them and flyWhen I speak of nowI want you to take it and beFor you are a book and this is a pageYou are a fo...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:09:00 GMT |
bullets and drought |
I move in slow-motion sometimesand it feels faster than thoughtI think in bullets sometimesand it feels slower than droughtAnd in that dissonance sometimes I find meaningLike lint fished from pocketso...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:21:00 GMT |
For you |
My heart is an empty parking lotand my head is a junkyardUnspoken thoughts rust my head fullburying their broken frames in a stilted foreverReaching from the ground like some sad shaded flowerTheir in...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:45:00 GMT |
Dancing a path to freedom: Belly full, but still hungry |
I pour half a can of beer into the batter for our fried tofu and Maki cringes. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?" she asks. I tell her not to worry. I guess it's just as weird as her putting s...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:17:00 GMT |
Lost in Japan: Hitches and Hopes |
6-19-2007 Tokyo, JapanThe crystaline clink of glasses and speaker crackle of smooth jazz. The stilted staccato of Japanese and the constant click-clacking of cellphones opening and closing. Cigarette ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:41:00 GMT |
Shanghai and Shangri-La: From a spectacle to the sea |
Apologies for the delay. Quite alot has happened in the last couple of weeks so I'll try to breeze through this so as not to be soporific. I finally bid riddance to Hanoi with relief and tre...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:00:00 GMT |
Updates forthcoming |
I have arrived safely in Japan. I could not access my blog in China (damned government censorship), hence the lack of updates. I don't have much time now, but I will give a proper update within the ne...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:15:00 GMT |
Omens: Thievery and woe, redemption through action |
I am sitting in the old quarter of Hanoi on a little red plastic chair at a tiny streetside bia hoi stand sipping tepid and watered down "fresh beer". Bia hoi is the no-name brand of the light lager s...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:23:00 GMT |
Friends and fencing: Warm beer in the Forbidden Purple City |
5-25-07 Hanoi, VietnamIt was a long trip here from Nha Trang. Two days on a bus with a 1 hour stop in Hoi An and a 5 hour stop in Hue. When the sun afforded me a view what I could see was beautiful. S...
Posted by on Sun, 27 May 2007 02:05:00 GMT |
Where I'm from: Shame and Re-evaluation |
5-19-07 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam"Hello, sir. Where are you from?"America, I say quietly, ashamed."Oh, America. Nice to meet you." His arms are missing from above the elbows. He extends a stump toward...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 05:18:00 GMT |
