DOMESTICATION and DOMINATION 2 |
I just read that when animals get domesticated their brains shrink. Pigs by 30%! Horses by 16%, Dogs by 14%. All in the frontal lobes, which are where our very human characteristics ...
Posted by Arturo on Sat, 05 May 2007 07:25:00 PST |
Sunset and Tide |
This evening I watched most of a sunset. I sat on the end of Bull Wall in the middle of Dublin Bay, the ocean liners in the distance; the tankers wending their way to who knows where; the myriad...
Posted by Arturo on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:29:00 PST |
Last Tree in the World |
Waiting for the 130 bus, I looked up at the tree beside me. It was beginning to bloom, flowers of springtime. I thought to myself, "what a novelty. This kind of thing won't be around for much longe...
Posted by Arturo on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:25:00 PST |
DOMESTICATION and DOMINATION |
When I think of domestication I think of cows, horses, dogs, cats, sheep, pigs. As Temple Grandin said, they are all social animals and value the company of another being, which is one reason why the...
Posted by Arturo on Wed, 02 May 2007 10:51:00 PST |
BigFight |
Tipping out of my hairBoy oh boy and it's rainingPunched in the face I'm training the dogs to get ready for the big fightI can only hope for defeatMy aim is not to winI'm only in it for the worryI'm t...
Posted by Arturo on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:58:00 PST |
Desperate Nil |
It's sometimes so sad to think of the dayWhen dogs can't play and rays of sunWon't come through the window of loveAnd bad feelings grip with leather glovesWhat will you say in dealing with the funThat...
Posted by Arturo on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:55:00 PST |
Procrastination |
ProcrastinationI could realize my Full potential if only&The habit of shutting down&Passively entertained&Daily nighttime brainless&Duck under the true fruit treeSquishy bulbous under my feetAnd as th...
Posted by Arturo on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:42:00 PST |
I wear my hands two by two skewered |
Business BusinessCrowd ControlLost in a fortuna fish"oh fuck all this"loud mouth mutter mashopen gaily or die, sweatorphans lost and foundpeach pit openness slutbut what happened to my open gash with ...
Posted by Arturo on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:09:00 PST |
Fecal Messiah |
Take a break to worship the gift of a solid morning shit, and be pleased that you didn't even have to wipe!&this time& because the way it could have been& blurry images of strange beef stew, mostly un...
Posted by Arturo on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:51:00 PST |
peal me slowly |
Peal me slowly,Let out all of my nectar into a brass bowl,Skin my eyes,Crease my guts,And know what it is like to behold true ecstasy in a corpse.
Posted by Arturo on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:43:00 PST |
