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What Does Love Want?

Jays
are back
blue & flashy & loud
arguing
with ravens
all around town.

The beach
is littered with glass
sharp-edged
stones, broken
crockery
shells, rain
from a slate
sky.

Today I nearly swallowed
a lady bug.
It was harsh
& pungent
a bitter
taste on my tongue.

I walked
to the end
of the road, dogs
geese
the sea
a garden of huge cabbages, gulls
crying
on the water.

I came home wet and steaming.

Naming

Jenni asks:

1. Where did you get your blog's name from?
2. How is it representative of your life, personality, or writing?
3. If you had to change the name of your bog, what would be an alternative title?

And I say:

1. I was thinking about writing on water, the impermanence, the ephemeral quality of all writing.

   I saw the mineral line on a crystal water glass; all that was left of the water that once filled it.

   I thought of the high-water line on a coastal cliff, or the tide line on a sandy beach (that line my dog would not cross; though she loved the beach, she hated wet feet.)

   I thought of my tiny garden pond, the goldfish, and the verb to ponder.

2. All of the above.


3. This is difficult. Pool, perhaps?

A Special Thanks . . .

. . .  to the commenters this week. I have especially needed the encouragement lately.

Christo

      

First one must find a concept
large enough to contain the entire
city: Saffron, perhaps, or Gate.
The horse pulls its head into
its neck, making its body an
S below the gibbous moon.
Cover the river in grey silk. Let
the building reinvent itself
in soft satin curves. Owls
resent this impersonation
of their essence, feathers
cloaking coldness and no
blood. Let mice run beneath
the strutted floors, the gilded
ceilings arched like stars over
nothing. Nothing in this sky
is identified, so let it be
that.

R.F.O.A.C.

This is a Reasonable Facsimile Of A Cat -- it's in the rules, really, check it out (rule #3.)  Actually, I could do lots of these, and I might, if the real cats keep hiding from the camera. If you must have real ones, though, Hanan sends this one.

We also have this Bulletin: a flaw has been identified in a piece of cutting-edge feline technology. And, from my Friday Cat Blogging mentor, a link to A Mapping of the CAT BRAIN.

Here is a beautiful RFOAC. And lots of real ones (via Look At This.) And lots more. Finally, Your Random Cat Name, via The Generator Blog.

This week's Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark. Have a pettable weekend.