I cannot prove this or weave too large a theme out of it, but I think there is a Mediterranean modernism, one that takes up the challenge of Nietzsche’s Gay Science.
“I’m so bored. I hate my life.” - Britney Spears
Das Langweilige ist interessant geworden, weil das Interessante angefangen hat langweilig zu werden. – Thomas Mann
"Never for money/always for love" - The Talking Heads
Friday, November 27, 2020
Child of the Century
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
For E.D.
I’d as soon lay hold of Emily’s dash
and trifle
as I would lift my uncle Jeff Cash’s
favorite rifle
from out of the case where he keeps it
in his den
- under where the head of an 8 point buck sits
and scares men
and little girls who enter – I should know
who used to stare
back at the monster until I’d go
Beyond my fear.
From this I culled my fiercest dreams
- the dash from Emily
would be heavier and scarier than it seems
similarly.
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