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, August 15, 2007
i am in ithaca now, learning new roads, navigating maps.
there are deer and otters in my backyard. they tell me, there is a creek behind, they will take me there, and to the diners, and the lakes. i find myself perpetually surrounded by laughter and voices, occasionally missing the loneliness of new york, it is a loneliness that breeds a certain kind of intelligence, an intelligence that is constantly searching and never ceases questioning, it is also an intelligence that makes you lonelier.
in new york, i walked down the west street with leon, to canal street. the sunlight was brilliant, i'd never seen a new york like that before, brooklyn river bright and brilliant. i jammed with justin on the last day, then left that crazy morning with my ten boxes, you moving in with justin? asks mr kim downstairs, i laugh. no, i'm just taking my stuff from his flat. the other people in the korean deli laugh at the sight of big boxes coming down the stairs like big elephants.
these days, i find myself incapable of free falling, apathetic, obsessed about consequences, impatient, dismissive. i never imagined i'd be able to censor love out of my life, and convince myself of it.

[publishing] Publishers Weekly . Dystel & Goderich . New York Center for Independent Publishing . Association of American University Presses . Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

[people] clarisse . nurul . aunty zarina (ummi's bakery) . jeremy . pak . cyril . softblow . karen & kenny (booksactually) . eric . joel .

[other loves] digitaljournalist . ballet dictionary . poetshouse . urbanwordnyc

[me] dawn, singapore, new york city, ithaca.

[yesterday] we've known each other since we were 9 or 10
ANNOUNCEMENT!
excess luggage
In the sun
i have been operating on two time zones for the pa...
certain places
reminder from rich
this has been one of the happiest weeks of my life...
When Tracy cut my hair, she would stand very strai...
i would look at all of you

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