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Navigator Saint

Cleanshaven for 2 years now...maybe I should take some new pics.

About Me



My Interests

All a y'all

I'd like to meet:

Nobody's baby.

Music:

I have my piano now. I'm in love again.

Movies:

come n' get em.

Television:

frayed circuitry lacking sentimentality

Books:

spread my ashes in a library. in the children's section. that'll freak em out.

Heroes:

all before, after, and current. once, you pulled it off, I swear.

My Blog

Two Straightforward Poems

ResolveNo cleverness you lonesome blade,dulled daft the ledge in nightsthirsty for cut pressure breaksof sharp through wars,sharp through skinsfamiliar but unknown.Lanced at shadows that were you,lanc...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:47:00 PST

The Curse of the Perfect Wingman

I found myself in a frustratingly familiar situation. Reeking of bar, I lay on an unfamiliar girl's couch praying to fall asleep before her sex giggles eked through the walls. For the second consecu...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:02:00 PST

Tiny Tunes Adventures

When I found myself with a wealth of time in Chicago this past summer I sat down at my godo ol' piani. It was fun. Then one day Berlin buddy Ben told me I could record things with my laptop's built ...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:23:00 PST

opening two from something I doubtless will never write.

Hold myself at West, the clay of my boy arms-length at East, together making rain. Four times apologies for youth; fathers should have outgrown mistakes comprehensible to children. But there sits Li...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:13:00 PST

Nietzsche + Sleeping In the Back Seat of A Car

Could always be worse is not a succor. It is an opiate for the walking dead. Reduce and compare man to bum. Could always be worse. Reduce and compare bum to beast, beast to least, least to least's...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:28:00 PST

Final Turkey Email: Hamburger Boy, Well-Done

Hamburger Boy, Well-DoneThe result of my life is no more than these 3 words: I was raw, I was cooked, I was burned. ~ Mevlana Rumi, Sufi poet and mystic.I've just polished off a Philly Cheesesteak in ...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:35:00 PST

Third Istanbul Email

Hey everybody,Sorry for the delay. I've been nomadic for the past few weeks, shuttling around from couch to sleeping bag to mattress to floor, and both Internet and writing time have been hard to com...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:34:00 PST

Second Istanbul Email

Hello Everybody,Here's my second Turkey email. I apologize for the length and thewordiness, I had a burst of inspiration and aspiring writer that I am,I got carried away. Maybe it's just me trying to...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:33:00 PST

First Istanbul Email

Merhaba!Brendan here, writing from Istanbul. Sorry for the delay! Mom, dad, Iam still alive. I have only lost two fingers so far. Aside from that,I'm in good health, having a wonderful time, and missi...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:26:00 PST

Written During Halftime of a Losing Battle

This artist spalls the muse into infinite regression. He compulsively chips at the frisson, reducing it to unstrung quanta, but then, on the subway, or below wet sky, or in the gold fleck in her eye ...
Posted by Navigator Saint on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:22:00 PST