"A Ball" by Czeslaw Milosz
He gives to the chief the head of an enemy
Whom he pounced on in the bushes by a stream
And hefted with his spear. --A scout
From the enemy village. It's a pity
It wasn't possible to capture him alive.
Then he would have been put on the sacrificial altar
And the whole village would have had a feast:...
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He gives to the chief the head of an enemy
Whom he pounced on in the bushes by a stream
And hefted with his spear. --A scout
From the enemy village. It's a pity
It wasn't possible to capture him alive.
Then he would have been put on the sacrificial altar
And the whole village would have had a feast:...
Read More
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xtx:
Quite impressive. Very Hemmingway-esque. Excellent piece.
cobalt:
Not familiar with this one! Thanks for sharing - last couple pf lines are killer.
Sweet! Dirty Pretty Things is finally debuting in Orlando, and I won a free advanced screening pass for two... All I have to do now is find the second one in this equation so I won't end up being "that guy" at the movie theater...
So I bought a disposable camera just for the sake of one pic for the SGFL group... More proof for why I hate taking pics of myself... They always turn out awful... I just need to make some friends who know what they're doing with photography... or maybe just some friends in general... 
Spooky... when I checked out my profile, I actually thought that Beck pic was me... 
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cobalt:
Thanks for the kind words! Nice poem! I took you up on your offer to give merciless criticism...well actually I didn't criticize it, I just experimented by changing a few of the phrases and words - hope you don't mind!
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Day two of my throat-ravaging sickness continues... That and a lumbar strain, but at least that's going away.. Oh, well, gives me more time to work on my writing and grad school applications...no excuses for procrastination now...
One day out of every week, my roommate goes on a domestication blitzkrieg and cleans and rearranges everything in the house... today, the day of my worst hangover ever, is that day... Add into that mix that her husband is watching Ace Ventura 2 very loudly behind me and that their bored baby is screaming for entertainment, and you've got a lousy start to the...
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decisions, decisions...
I could make this first entry a little speical and write a lengthy, rambling, pretentious manifesto on the new world order...or I could just shave, take a shower, and go to the Copper Rocket Pub...
the latter sounds tastier...
I could make this first entry a little speical and write a lengthy, rambling, pretentious manifesto on the new world order...or I could just shave, take a shower, and go to the Copper Rocket Pub...
the latter sounds tastier...