HE SAID, MARIE, MARIE, HOLD ON TIGHT
And when we were children, staying at the archduke's,
My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
~ The Waste Land, "The Burial of The Dead", Eliot
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
today was a hot day. unusually hot. spring is here. i was reminiscing, staring out into the blue, late evening. my hands in midsentence from a sentence about the hajj and high capitalism. "reminiscing about what?" madi asks.
"rubbish," i say.
"it better not be sad rubbish, because you have a PAPER to do," she glares.