"And thus do we of wisdom and of reach
With windlasses and with assays of bias
By indirection find directions out." --Hamlet II.1 (63-65)

"Moudeyres"

generous syringe
abundant as a litany

becalmed in Hell
age of MCO-XV.

fog-shrouded overpasses
this is the tug's din

tungsten-drawn
so only as a calico


Termagant.


A language for the Na'vi. (via Silliman)


"...you can expect our other calamities to multiply rapidly, because we’ve proven to ourselves that we can’t avert calamities, even when the calamities are slow, pretty easy to avert, and obvious to anybody in touch with basic facts."


Die Reise nach Tunguska. (via Sterling)