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Monthly Archives: October 2007
On Hillary Clinton’s birthday
Friday, October 26, 2007
It weighs cruelly heavy on the tender heart when a familiar face grows lined and dry, when familiar shoulders seem daily to droop lower, a familiar nape is hollow between cords.
The Custard Heart
Advice to Hillary Clinton about the campaign
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The Lady’s Reward
Lady, lady, never start
Conversation toward your heart;
Keep your pretty words serene;
Never murmur what you mean.
Show yourself, by word and look,
Swift and shallow as a brook.
Be as cool and quick to go
As a drop of April snow;
Be as delicate and gay
As a cherry flower in May.
Lady, lady, never speak
Of the tears that burn your [...]
On the woman who had to take her glasses off and then her bra to get past a security check
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.
Not So Deep as a Well (1937), “News Item”
On fame and the paparazi
Thursday, October 11, 2007
I’m never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don’t do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don’t even do that any more.
Here Lies (1939), “The Little Hours”
On the inability of the Iraqi Legislation to produce substantial new laws
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Somebody was using the pencil.
On the death penalty
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Resume
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.