day sunk into night
haunted heart placed out of sight
time a dark echo
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on trend
good humor
just beyond the bend.
times are delicate;
proceed. caution.
press send.
reverberate
the refresh rate.
momentary stasis.
where the outside
world leaves no traces.
lost on a relapse basis.
fortune can’t out pace fate,
but a voice can mend
against the trend.
strange to be out doors
strange to be out doors
middle day.
placate now –
who is this verse for any how?
I’ve got a finite feeling
if the birds would just sing.
a raise of spirits,
fleeting but resonate.
on the move;
my feet fit back in the groove.
this trail is worn.
a failure to warn.
I’m having a day.
carry glass
inward the wayward heart
beat skips that carry
reverberate the broken spark
with sound astonishment
ignite the homeward arc
like a bomb tipped cherry
rekindle the stalled start
with blood-warm lament
alive in dead of dark
wounded & weary
overstep the glass shards
with renewed embodiment
with/out
we limit ourselves
without evidence
we burden ourselves
without cause
we tear apart meaning
with superficial claws
Stand By Me
#standbyme this movie. buddy holly. ben e. king. stephen king. river and kiefer. the writer as hero. friends of our youth. a dead body. castle rock. barf-a-rama on the wrong side of the tracks. leeches. train dodges and hometown blues. this movie. a movie about loss #filmsky
lost position
Beauty satiates
with viral fakes
As promises of late
escape while in transition
Regular relapses await
and presence abates
As caution elates
against fast submission
Withering songbird makes
Its last song relate
to tunes against hate
As love loses its position
The Internet and J.D. Salinger
This morning I awoke to news that three J.D Salinger stories were leaked online. Within three minutes I was able to find a torrent link and download a copy for myself. Surely, Mr. Salinger never anticipated the power of the Internet to undermine his publishing wishes. I felt strangely at odds with myself over the download. On one hand I wanted to respect the wishes of the revered author. Despite myself, I also wanted to read something new from the man whose writing had considerable influence over my teenage years. With Black Friday being the ultimate impulse shopping day, I relented and secured a copy.
I look forward to reading the works once my baby-boy settles down for a nap. I am a bit weary, however, given the fact that so little is published by Salinger. For this reason, the reading does risk disappointment. I had a very similar feeling when Nirvana released “You Know You’re Right.” Fortunately, the posthumously released single did not disappoint.
Too often the Internet’s commenting class ruin these type of releases because they overly criticize, judge and rehash the past. Check out the YouTube comments that go with the Nirvana link above for proof of this trend. In actuality, it’s just a song. It’s just a story. I think J.D. Salinger’s Buddhist sensibilities would appreciate this approach. For this reason I will let you all decide if the works are worth reading. There is, however, reason for intrigue. According to the Guardian Newspaper:
The stories include An Ocean Full of Bowling Balls, which has only been available under lock and key to scholars at Princeton library.
The tale is an early version, originally written for Harper’s Bazaar magazine but withdrawn before publication, of The Catcher in the Rye. The narrator is the older brother of Holden Caulfield, the teenage narrator of the later book.
The other stories, entitled Paula, and Birthday Boy, were held by the University of Texas under similar conditions.
Enjoy.
Best Block: JD Salinger’s unpublished stories leaked online (Maev Kennedy)