GHAZAL

the black hand of fortune black hand of glory
under desert skies despise the land of glory

soldiers they bring the next big thing regardless
none of them wants to earn this brand of glory

and dying out there it's clear what they've accomplished
and i from afar am charred with the command of glory

6 20 03

"A Lion That Will Fly with His Face Backward


As we are given it, a dog-eared business. Pause while I stop to speak
with the dogs. For soon they will be old, and learning nothing. They
will be mine, and very tired. Such is the cul-de-sac. Should we rise to
view some meteors fall, our nature in the dark is common and elusive. A
newsprint we hunt for its hide. In the morning you can’t have opinions
about the stars. They should not have shot themselves another
direction, and neither should the paragraph struggle to eclipse the
paragraph. Still we give chase, the dogs bay, the lion’s face is very
beautiful, with holes cut out for the eyes."

—Stephanie Young (via Lime Tree)

Listening to: spooky Chamber Music by Vasks.