Has LeBron James signed yet? He bores me, I need the next Big Story to distract me from the catastrophic environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that is not only not fixed, they're now barely pretending they're trying to fix it.
- h/t Ethan.
- UPDATE! Gambling on starvation.
- Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball.
- The variable humanity of women.
- Football/capitalist realism/utopia.
- Afghan sunset.
- Oopsy!
- Heh, Krugman bitchslaps Brooks.
- UPDATE! Dean Baker bitchslaps Brooks.
- War economics.
- The war is stimulus spending to some minds.
- Manhattan's welfare farmers.
- I was looking for something else and found this:
- Does anyone read or cite Polanyi anymore? I can't remember the last time I saw his name.
- Career progressive idiocy.
- Shills are forever.
- No shit.
- Well, wasf Obama.
- Asshole calls Obama a pussy, is correct!
- UPDATE! YFWP.
- Politics of noise in a loud society.
- On owning a cell-phone.
- On education.
- On education.
- UPDATE! Why I don't post links to Froomkin (except this once).
- Just Die! Motherfucker! already.
- Petraeus and Max Boot?
- HAH! two of this bleg's avatars in a row makes me grin.
- What fart of a damn I had for MOCO politics is gone, but if you still are curious, Maryland Politics.
- Bunch of interesting metromofo links.
- Purple Line! Fuck Roger Berliner, and every rich Bethesda fucker who wants to make it as onerous as possible for their gardeners and maids to get to work.
- Not voting in November.
- Who hates soccer?
- UPDATE! The metaphysics of the World Cup.
- Soccer purists are wankers.
- Awesome home shirt.
- Arjen Robben, internet meme.
- New Ashbery.
- UPDATE! Weird (mis-)conceptions about poetry.
- Prose poems part their hair in the middle?
- UPDATE! On adjectival poetry.
- Anticipated books of Fall 2009?
- I'll try this.
- Interesting syllabus.
- Anyone read this guy anymore?
- Short can't be ambitious?
- This week's new releases w/mp3 includes an excellent new Robert Pollard song.
- Please by me a ticket to Vegas and a ticket to these shows for my birthday.
- I'm old. Ringo is OK w/me. Luckiest mofo on the planet.
- Generous playlist, w/MP3.
- Eau d'Bedroom.
- Obscure Sound's Best of June, w/MP3.
- Pliable is back from holiday.
- Yuri-G.
THE HUNT
Anthony Hecht
I
A call, a call. Ringbolt clinks at dusk. Shadows wax. Sesame. Here are the earthworms, and the dry needles of pine. I am hidden. Gems in their harness might be stars, picked out. Lovely to see, trust me. And the stone is protection, wouldn't you say? This is my stone, gentle as snow, trust me. Darkness helps. Let us eat. The air, promise-crammed. And so the poor dog had none. I saw three in sunlight. One had a pearwood bow, like Cupid's upper lip. I whisper my love to this rock. I have always loved it. Sesame. A caul, a caul. Where is Lady Luck in the forest? Well, there's no moon. Once I had apples. Let us pray. They have great weight, the bronze fittings of Magyar kings. Their trumpets are muted. But the tall trees gather here, friendly. What is that fluttering, there? I can't make out. All the dark sweet dens of the foxes are full of stink and safety. That was a tasty one. Just to go down, there with pale roots and hidden waters. O hidden. Is anyone hungry? He laughed, you know, and shook my hand. I must not say that. O the dear stone. Owls are out; mice, take warning. All those little squeaks must be death-cries. You're welcome. Trust me, trust me. But didn't he laugh? So help me.
II
I am much too tired now to do anything
But look at the molding along the top of the wall.
Those orchid shadows and pearl highlights bring
My childhood back so oddly. The recall
Two weeks of scarlet fever, when I lay
Gazing at grooves and bevels, oyster whites
Clouding to ringdove feathers, gathering lights
Like snow on railings towards the middle of day.
Just to lie there and watch, astonished when
That subtle show gave way to electric light,
That's what I think of, lying here tonight.
Tonight the interrogations begin again.
Another one of dozens....