1) The City

Those who fret over seasons!—summer has left; fall is upon us—fall, dwells through the soundless Shifts of wind: cars turn toward the highways of melancholy; the vast city, with its water-and-dust-stained skies…soaked coffee smells, drug induced public lives: dying, sighing! With caked dust and pests: sweat and garbage up to their chins. Worms and strange neighbors…I could have died here…in the heart of poverty.

#877 9/29/5

2) “Can You Love a Pig?”

“Can you love a pig?”

I have spoken aloud about this—this madness to be confirmed.

“Can you love a pig?”

Morality is weakness of the mind; so she says; but I say:

“Can you love a pig?”

“If you’re ripe for death, you can love anything!” she says.

Somehow I saw comforting in this, this madness—madness in A city confirmed: ripe for death!... [the pig]

#878 9/29/05

3) A Nihilistic Mood

Living off them that sweat
It isn’t the hard working man—
In heaven you can’t take all your toys
The problem is: it’s a long wait!
No place in this sinful world

Can an honest man profit?
In an absurd world who is the say
What is sane and insane?
Meaninglessness of existence—
A joke to the idiot,
Tragedy a comedy,--
We rub our eyes, sit back and laugh
For outrageous behavior we put up with—
This is a learned humor…in a nihilistic city.

#879 9/2005

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