Desiring lasts a long time, demands and request go on to infinity; fulfillment is short and is meted out sparingly. But even the final satisfaction itself is only apparent; the wish fulfilled at once makes way for a new one. - Feel Free, Zadie Smith Virginia Beach, July 2019
The Gulf Stream
"I learned living requires a kind of discipline; / A reverence for the law of gravity. // But I have wanted, / As I want when I look at the painting, / To unhouse my body." - Terrance Hayes I don't remember for which class I purchased Hayes' Hip Logic. But sometime between 2001 and … Continue reading The Gulf Stream
Blind Assassin
I'm about to revisit Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin. And found this highlighted passage as I flipped through: "Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence. Time and distance blur the edges; then suddenly the beloved has arrived, and it's noon … Continue reading Blind Assassin
The Jam 