here’s another, from matthew barney’s cremaster 2.
desert gas station

i’ve been finding myself daydreaming about a gas station, isolated in the desert, at night. i can’t think of anything more american. here’s one, from …
a gay and terrible poison

Don’t you want to preserve old things?” “But you can’t, Anthony. Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, …
a person of some influence

If you get to thinking you are a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around. will rogers.
duplicitous

In theory, if I make a real world, and there are some dramatic events taking place in there, I should be able to drop the …
hateg island

back when the earth was tumult and the landmasses where still forming, a random area in the middle of romania was its own island (haţeg …
only 37mm

love the income ranges harvard uses in its alumni survey: Which income range most clearly represents the total annual income of your household? $0-$49,999 $50,000-$99,999 …
michael prokes, after jonestown

michael prokes was a television reporter in modesto, california, on the day in 1972 when he cracked open the phone book to dial jim jones …
the really important kind of freedom
The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for …