Tuesday, July 23, 2024

( via / me )

"When the article came out, Dallas was 'fifth in the country for per capita [book] sales'."

"kuebiko- a state of exhaustion inspired by senseless tragedies and acts of violence, which force you to abruptly revise your expectations of what can happen in this world, trying to prop yourself up like an old scarecrow, who’s bursting at the seams yet powerless to do anything but stand there and watch.

In Japanese mythology, Kuebiko is the name of a kami deity, a scarecrow who stands all day watching the world go by, which has made him very wise but locked in place." --The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

"At the time, it was the HQ for community radio station KCHU."

coughsilence · eye-shine of catdark
   kuebiko · battening
restless leg · rubber flashback
   bookstores earlier ogled
angled up · bruise brightens
   quiet in the freeway lee
sleep as far · as a sled of dogs
   their rough trail unmelting
focus far · what it leaves
   cliffside in the last gold

St Jacob the Patriarch gets a sneak peek at the Son of God on a golden ladder.

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