the caves of marabar

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the caves of marabar

Post by constantine » September 25th, 2010, 10:15 am

rhythm in the backwash
black hole pulsing, null - mute
ancient muddles,
like the caves of marabar
easier to get in than out

ionic bonds dissolve
random particles, crumbs
snake skin and nail clippings
this is the natural order
this too is rome

there are insects who live a lifetime in a day
they twiddle their thumbs and call it free will
cheap knock-offs of a second edition
incestuous, with every woman they know
my head is a fossil whose time has come

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Re: the caves of malabar

Post by stilltrucking » September 25th, 2010, 1:48 pm

caves of malabar i am googely aware of some myth?


thrilling pome dino, the last line killed me.

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Re: the caves of malabar

Post by constantine » September 25th, 2010, 2:24 pm

it's a reference to em forster's a passage to india

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Re: the caves of malabar

Post by SadLuckDame » September 25th, 2010, 3:10 pm

And insects live their whole life in a day.
Nice to go deep there, mr. u
and thanks for sharing it here, too.
`Do you know, I was so angry, Kitty,' Alice went on...`when I saw all the mischief you had been doing, I was very nearly opening the window, and putting you out into the snow! And you'd have deserved it, you
little mischievous darling!
~Lewis Carroll

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Re: the caves of malabar

Post by stilltrucking » September 25th, 2010, 4:28 pm

thanks for the information
it enhances my enjoyment of the poem

small r rome
I liked that

sorry
I think I misspelled googily

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Re: the caves of malabar

Post by constantine » September 25th, 2010, 4:47 pm

thanks to the both of you. i've been in the process of moving and was offline for a while - in terms of producing and posting. it's nice to be back.

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