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August 14, 2005
how much the 21 grams weight?
How many lives do we live?
How many times do we die?
They say we all lose 21 grams at the exact moment of our death…
Everyone.
How much fits into 21 grams?
How much is lost?
When do we lose 21 grams, how much goes with them? How much is gained?
21 grams…
The weight of a stack of five nickels.
The weight of a chocolate bar.
The weight of a humming bird,
How much the 21 grams weight?
21 Grams
Posted by amin at 6:22 PM | TrackBack
August 12, 2005
a writer's voice
A writer, I say, must have not only a story to tell but a story that he must tell. And, in order to do so, he must struggle to find a voice. Whether he works for or against the natural iambic meter of the English language, the writer must be in love with language, with the words themselves, the sound of the words on the page, the music they make in meaning. He must love them not so much in order to express the self as to discover a self, and, through it, his province, his territory, the territory of his story.
Lynn Freed
Posted by amin at 9:21 PM | TrackBack
August 7, 2005
working class hero
As soon as you'r born they make you feel small,
By giving you no time instead of it all,
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool,
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
Then they expect you to pick a career,
When you can't really function you're so full of fear,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
And you think you're so clever and classless and free,
But you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
There's room at the top they are telling you still,
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill,
A working class hero is something to be.
A working class hero is something to be.
If you want to be a hero well just follow me,
If you want to be a hero well just follow me.
John Lennon