"Long Day's Journey into Zugzwang"

1.
Potomac
froth whispering
thimble
stick-up job
feels like steam parrot

2.
funeral of a white-coat
thrift
casting the runes

3.
by dead reckoning
the spring shakedown
a little enhanced
Trithemius · khaki

a twilight that never leaves
a word i mispronounced
with grave
repercussions

go out walking
like i used to do
till it all came clear

Hope Sandoval
by grace of the batteries
city of secret meanings


"...nor could the wise man
Turn aside his trouble; the strife too severe,
Too long, too malignant, that settled on that people,
Fierce-forcing persecution, night-frightfulness unequalled."

--Morgan's Beowulf


My favorite Finnish words.


"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces together." --Ray Bradbury


Word wooze thread.

The French Postman's Ideal Palace.