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Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:23 pm

Be it rain or wind,
or stones of ice that crack the
skull like coconuts
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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skull like, coconuts
collide making hollow sounds
beneath waving palms
to anticipate touching what is unseen seems far more interesting than seeing what the hand can not touch
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beneath waving palms
my very much sweaty arm
and wet salty pit
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and wet salty pit
forming a crust over chips
smothered in red sauce
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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smothered in red sauce
I evaluate my life
and decide to leave
to anticipate touching what is unseen seems far more interesting than seeing what the hand can not touch
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and decide to leave
where exactly do you mean?
I'll stay til half four
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:38 pm

I'll stay til half four,
because after that, my train
won't wait anymore
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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wont wait anymore
this thought I felt in the womb
whilst gathering pace
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Whilst gathering pace
the stone lost all its old moss
yet picked up no fresh
After letting go of branches and walking through the ape gait, we managed to grasp what hands were really for......
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yet picked up no fresh.
It sat, calm, waiting in vain.
But after a while...
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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But after a while
on its damp and shady side
slugs and snails gathered
After letting go of branches and walking through the ape gait, we managed to grasp what hands were really for......
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slugs and snails gathered
and painted their slime over
the cold stone surface
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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the cold stone surface
racked with the movements of Earth
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solid underfoot,
until cracks show through, brittle.
Humans, bickering.
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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Humans, bickering.
all my blisters are splitting
in America
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In America
land of the free, liberty.
She watches, sceptic
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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She watches. sceptic
He feels her gaze near the end
of days in New York
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:06 pm

of days in New York.
The end of all things easy.,
they look to the sky.
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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they look to the sky
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firmament peeps through
a gap in concrete skyline –
clocks crow and men rise
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clocks crow and men rise
with the sun, while the women
wait for the new moon
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:19 pm

Wait for the new moon -
it's only just been ordered.
Could be a long wait.
After letting go of branches and walking through the ape gait, we managed to grasp what hands were really for......
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Could be a long wait.
The line stretches far away,
from the pearly gates.
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. (Terry Pratchett on the Big Bang Theory)
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from the pearly gates
heaven is not a half-pipe
more like a flat bank
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Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:10 pm

more like a flat bank
never the less, it has charm
in every dip.
to anticipate touching what is unseen seems far more interesting than seeing what the hand can not touch
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