January 2011
13 posts
In Tennessee I Found a Firefly
Flashing in the grass; the mouth of a spider clung to the dark of it: the legs of the spider held the tucked wings close, held the abdomen still in the midst of calling with thrusts of phosphorescent light —
When I am tired of being human, I try to remember the two stuck together like burrs. I try to place them central in my mind where everything else must surround them, must see the...
Gorgeous passage...
When I emerged from the bathroom in Erin’s flat, I found her busily handing Jana and Paulette clear plastic bags filled with crawling bugs. She laughed at my perplexed face. “Didn’t you hear me? We’re going to release the ladybugs.”
I stared stupidly.
“For the healing garden!” yelled Erin. “These are special store-bought ladybugs, and...
This scene from Blue Valentine was completely... →
“Today the clerk at the fancy deli next door asked me how I was, and I said,...”
– Turgor, Mary Gaitskill
