SOMETHING there is that doesn't love a wall,from Heungshan, an Angel Island Poem:
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
from Karla Kelsey, We Do Wall Good:There are tens of thousands of poems on these walls
They are all cries of suffering and sadness
The day I am rid of this prison and become successful
I must remember that this chapter once existed
I must be frugal in my dailyneeds
Needless extravagance usually leads to ruin
All my compatriots should remember China
Once you have made some small gains,
you should return home early.
One thing we do so good together Is we wall, yes we wall so so good ogether. Like that time. Like that time You held my arms so tight, you held my arms so tight To show me how your love was good, so Good inside your dark green Nova in the rain.from W. H. Auden, Roman Wall Blues:
It's just that we wall and we wall and we wall So good together, Like brother to brother we hit hand to face And your silver ring grazes my lips - A forbidden embrace, a brother to brother Show of love, big hand And show of love.
The rain comes pattering out of the sky,
I'm a Wall soldier, I don't know why.
The mist creeps over the hard grey stone,
My girl's in Tungria; I sleep alone.
Aulus goes hanging around her place,
I don't like his manners, I don't like his face.
Piso's a Christian, he worships a fish;
There'd be no kissing if he had his wish.
She gave me a ring but I diced it away;
I want my girl and I want my pay.
When I'm a veteran with only one eye
I shall do nothing but look at the sky.
In about a week Fiction International will begin to receive submissions for the theme "Walls." Why walls? Because they are everywhere Politicians love building (erecting) walls. Here are a few:
There's a wall in China. It was supposed to keep out invaders, but it didn't.
There's another in England. It was supposed to mark the borders of an empire. But it didn't.
So why would this wall achieve both purposes?
Flog
Pakistan's supreme judge demanded a hearing into the flogging of an adolescent girl, videotaped and displayed on YouTube. The video shows an alleged Taliban flogging the girl with chains while she shrieks in pain.
US analysts insist this marks an advance.
Previously, Taliban beheaded females accused of un-Islamic behavior.Dead Wired
Online social networks are crucial to our lives and increasingly crucial when we die.
An industry has emerged to deal with online contacts after death.
Through a site called Deathswitch, humans post posthumous emails, announcements on online social networks, and send text messages.
Current cost: $16 per month.Dope
About opium, Jean Cocteau, himself addicted, suggested chemists modify its toxicity while salvaging the euphoria.
Were cannabis legalized, it would become, like Marlboros, overpriced, with carcinogenic additives for extended shelf life.
Meanwhile the real shit, strong and safe, that amateurs grow would remain, like bootleg liquor, subject to prosecution.A German
and his Italian girlfriend abandoned her three children at a cafe in the northern town of Aosta, after ordering them a pizza.
They left the cafe, supposedly for a cigarette, but never returned.
Later the German tried, unsuccessfully, to hang himself with his belt in the railroad toilet.
