The wise man grows younger as he grows older until he is again as he was. A great return he has chosen, and new openness to a world he has certainly known but which he no longer knows. He dodges blind rigidity and its associated woes by recovering his mind's flexibility.
"I'm not sure of anything," he says, and relearns- drawing not exclusively from his head, but frequently from the changing natural world instead. A good way not to die before he's dead.
Hungry?
The sickly spores of boredom in the brain are bleating-
drawing ever nearer the hour of unnecessary feeding.
Feel the urge surge within; purge the scourge that is thankfully fleeting.
Courage cures, and causes the sublimation of recreational eating.
Run off the unwelcome sensation: distraction is deflection.
What small satisfaction is gained from a common confection?
drawing ever nearer the hour of unnecessary feeding.
Feel the urge surge within; purge the scourge that is thankfully fleeting.
Courage cures, and causes the sublimation of recreational eating.
Run off the unwelcome sensation: distraction is deflection.
What small satisfaction is gained from a common confection?
I'm tellin you bro
You gotta go slow.
You gotta know fo sho
you've got the flow
and you ain't no ho.
You gotta relax.
You gotta pay the tax
before you play the sax
or swing the ax.
It's gonna be wild.
But the consequence
is a lot more mild
without a child.
You gotta know fo sho
you've got the flow
and you ain't no ho.
You gotta relax.
You gotta pay the tax
before you play the sax
or swing the ax.
It's gonna be wild.
But the consequence
is a lot more mild
without a child.
a new one
Hopefully ethnocentricity
is sorta like outdated,
along with monochromicity.
But I see you alone, missy,
as the finest ethnicity.
is sorta like outdated,
along with monochromicity.
But I see you alone, missy,
as the finest ethnicity.
Saftey
First Year, put on all your PPE and repeat after me:
Safety is very important.
Safety is a priority.
Safety is number-one priority.
I love safety.
I love feeling safe.
I feel safe right now,
and I've never felt better in my life.
Safety is very important.
Safety is a priority.
Safety is number-one priority.
I love safety.
I love feeling safe.
I feel safe right now,
and I've never felt better in my life.
Mother
Mother,
this is from me and my brother,
your son and your other son
wishing you a happy day
in this way
right away.
We may be in New Orleans still
but soon we'll be standing on your door sill
asking for so much that you want to kill us.
Hope it's been a good four months
just you and Bill in our great big house.
Enjoy it while it lasts
cause who knows when you'll long for the past:
I don't want to be crass but I am the shit
and you'll want me around if you are with it.
Of course your fault it is,
raising us on healthy alternatives.
So thank you Mom
cause my life's a song
and it will be long
and I love you strong.
this is from me and my brother,
your son and your other son
wishing you a happy day
in this way
right away.
We may be in New Orleans still
but soon we'll be standing on your door sill
asking for so much that you want to kill us.
Hope it's been a good four months
just you and Bill in our great big house.
Enjoy it while it lasts
cause who knows when you'll long for the past:
I don't want to be crass but I am the shit
and you'll want me around if you are with it.
Of course your fault it is,
raising us on healthy alternatives.
So thank you Mom
cause my life's a song
and it will be long
and I love you strong.
progress
This week the end of my project, getting Sheila's house ready for occupancy, came into sight. On Monday we began what could have been an arduous, drawn-out process: shoring up the soft subfloor in preparation for installing flooring. But we were motivated and industrious so we ended up finishing that same day at 6:30 pm. It was awesome to wield a framing nail gun again. Crawling around under the house like a commando I felt that this was real work, an actual accomplishment. Today we did more preparation for the flooring installation, including buying some of the flooring so it can acclimate on site. My parents are coming down to work this Thursday until next Thursday, and I've assigned them to the floor. Also, we're almost done with the walls, which is what I started on 2 months ago. I'm excited.
dynamism
Whenever I've been uncomfortable here, or especially when I've become keenly aware of the unsustainability of the systems in place for work and living, I've consoled myself with the mantra: everything here is temporary. Turns out it's true; I meant that I plan to leave in May, but the founder is in town and he has started the grindwheel of policy building. The informality and start-up feel of this place has begun to slip away and I am already missing it. Simultaneously, I feel my Boston-area relationships slipping because I don't have time and energy to keep them up. This is why I was scared of traveling.
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