Monday, August 28, 2006

Friday, August 18, 2006

Monday, August 14, 2006

on the mechanics of his reflection


There comes a point where silence becomes deafening, where someone's absense becomes relentless.

He took from his back pocket his little black moleskine, opened it to a fresh page and doodled a doodle of a flip-flop in a puddle,
"We were friends once,"
he muttered to himself, "its a shame but....oh, no matter." And he returned to his reflection in the glass and considering the empty void beyond it....


Friday, August 11, 2006

having outed myself i found myself just outside Out and About

outside out and about copy
...for what its worth, my heart was beating like a drum and i felt unsteady and breathless with it. My hands shook as i fingered the keypad and drafted, then wrote and then rewrote, the text on my mobile. I had to make sure it was right...

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

amused to death

"Reached back for the bottle
And rubbed against the lamp
Genie came out smiling
Like some Eastern tramp
He said 'hey boy what's happening,
What is going on?
You can have three wishes
If you dont take too long'
I said well
I wish that all were happy Lebanon...
Wish somebody'd help me write this song
I wish when I was young
My old man had not been gone
Genie said consider it done..."

*
"Three Wishes" by Roger Waters. Album "Amused to Death"
Its what i was listening to whilst putting this together. Its a very relevant album at the moment i think.