No notion did I have in soaring over the path that day.
Intending to rest only upon beginning and end,
no wood, ford, valley, or crest; no man, beast,
nor act of Nature was to occlude the day I had foreseen.
But a sunny summer breeze sought to oppose my burning thoughts.
Keeping pace, I pumped my wings, and recalled [...]
Oh, dearest Failing, how You do deserve me!
I nearly dared such arrogance as to look upon her with unflinching eye
And was lulled into the singe and sear of seeing her,
Much as the nomad, seeking the time of day, is crazed
As he gazes at the Sun a moment too long.
I would have taken her in completely
And [...]
No photographs or trinkets
in secret do I keep
to remember her from afar.
Though I escaped
with life and limb intact,
I dare not put the same test to heart.
Her visage, like needle in hand
placed well on fingertip
pricks, shoots great pain,
causes blood to boil
yet draws none.
Her body, the edge
brought slowly across,
cuts cold and runs warm
to heal, impatient and slow.
She [...]
Again, HDNet comes through with a classic film. This time it’s Blade Runner, Director’s Cut. I watched the original cut a few times on VHS – and might have watched the director’s cut on a standard DVD once upon a time – but this is the first time I’ve seen the Director’s Cut in HD. [...]
Dollars and Dogs
Celebrate well the word.
While a mere word is not always the best form
for ideas to take flight, it may well be
the only winged thing worth weight.
Even so, a word is the dollar bill
of notion in motion, most common,
capable of being handled
by rich and poor with equal disease.
They too often are false prophets
bearing false profits
and like [...]