- I bought Chris Ware's Rusty Brown and one-fourth in I'm holyfuck
- don't worry, I'm not gonna start drawing cartoons (or jinx me) of me
- Ware an addict too for telephone poles street signs stop lights, an old fuck like me
- I did buy a giant moleskin to paste in white papered thingees from big Boorum and Peace tablet (and too big from beige tablet for orange tablet)
- A sad face drawn five pages into Ware's *Rusty Brown* broke my heart I remember I don't watch what people watch on screens - I'm supposed to be able to produce those images in my head not lazily watch someone else's I was taught believe(d)....
- But I promise you and more importantly me, no graphic cartoons, graphic novels, can't promise no graphic poetry, no cartoon mes
- Self-portrait in a convex mirror (above bigger at other place)
- Advancing propaganda for evil agendas and me
- Obama is shittier than Trump
- Ch-ch-ch-ch changeless
- Life in the Pyrocene
- The answer to many rhetorical questions is *Motherfucking Democrats, That's Why*
- How are you going to pay for that? See above bullet.
- Democrats are not viable
- UPDATE! Fight? Democrats? A youngster's case for Sanders
- Motherfucking Democrats (Biden edition)
- The two above are one, actually, click, yo:
- Baby shark coup
- Assange was right
- What to do if you're exposed to tear gas.
- Hopepunk and solarpunk
- Also have Library's copy of Ware's Jimmy Corrigan recall my jones, Jeff, not too late
- Truth or consequences
- Wednesday was Steely Dan Day at Pitchfork, and I *like* Steely Dan, excommunicate if you must, this is one of my favorite songs ever
EDEN
Rae Armantrout
1
About can mean near
or nearly.
A book can be about something
or I can be about
to do a thing
and then refrain.
To refrain is to stop yourself.
A refrain
is a repeated phrase.
2
This table is an antique
from the early Machine Age.
The indented
circle within a circle
motif
which appears
at three-inch intervals
around the base
may be a nod
to craftsmanship
or may be a summary
dismissal of same.
It is charming
in its mute simplicity.
3
People will ask, "Why should we care about this unattractive character?"
despite the fact that turning yourself into an admirable character
has been considered gauche for as long as I can recall.
The word "transparent" is often affixed to such efforts
while the mystification surrounding the unflattering self-portrait
at least provides some cover.
Now someone will say, "You don't need cover
unless you're standing naked at a window
shouting, 'Look up here!'"
