Archive for October, 2006

Citizen of the World

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Turns out that not many people believe in the world, the whole world.
I have not yet been able to insure my laptop against theft in Africa or the Middle East. Parts of it, yes. If my baggage goes missing in Casablanca or Cairo I’m ok, but if I’m in Saudi Ariaba or Israel — no […]

Werd To The Smart Bitches

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

now,
one fine night going out on the town
the music’s jumping and the girls are down
Blue eyes, brown eyes, blondes and brunettes
leaving’ me wanting,
lookin’ like sex
Yeah I’ll stop to stare as you put on your show
but tell me something I don’t know
see the problem I find with the ladies today
sure they got the style but the […]

Universal Art

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

no metaphor can say this
but I can’t stop pointing
to the beauty

The poet Jelal ad-Din Rumi does something to me, something wonderful. He makes me feel one of those feelings that I deeply cherish but can never quite describe. Certain works of art do this to me. It’s like being in love, […]