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The hands that write these words tell lies
The hands that write these words tell lies; their range of symbols does not jibe with the instructions they receive and must translate from eye and ear through circuits fixed through years of use to see and hear in certain … Continue reading
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Tagged Henry Miller, illusions, impressions, interpretation, lies, symbolism, writing
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Clouds (Nuages)
Watch the sky slowly unfold in an array of hues across the edges of the world touching every single thing underneath for only just a moment, and then move altering its entire pattern enough to blur and shift the whole … Continue reading
Pleasure City
Canto I: Next stop, the driver said, smiling through cracked wicked lips, Pleasure City – we huddled, prenatal, wondering – even in the suburbs the legends grew, spread by the Party Planners, the malcontent underbelly of the American Experience, bastard … Continue reading
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Tagged deserts, desperation, gambling, impressions, Las Vegas, loss, surrealism, tourism, vacations
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