somebody lives here - riverside 3 - festivités

writing on the wall - don't tell me what to do!

 look at the sky...

don't tell me what to do !

johan de guillem - la déferlante

marguerite duras, la vie tranquille

     "... triste de la tristesse "sans raison" comme on l'est les lendemains de noce ou de rentrée du blé. Lorsque la chose est faite et qu'elle n'est plus à faire, on regarde ses mains et on est triste."


     "Il a ajouté que je n'étais pas menteuse, que si je disais des choses inexactes, c'était que j'étais encore en train de chercher la vérité."


     "On croit continuer à penser à la même chose et l'on s'aperçoit qu'on pense à autre chose."

sages femmes en grève / striking midwives

on walkabout today - writing on the wall+ / for lola

elmore leonard R O A D D O G S ctd

     "Both houses," Dawn said, "are higher than any others on the canal. Trust me, you won't be seen. And, Tico?"
     "Yes?"
     "Push him off the back end, so he lands in that brick patio. The bamboo trees give it privacy."
     "Then what do I do?" Tico said, "take [him] out in the boat with Cundo?"
     "You might as well," Dawn said. "Save you making an extra trip."

                                                            R O A D  D O G S,  p. 226
 

haiku les voyageurs de l'aube

après l'oiseau
les roulettes des valises des gens
qui partent en voyage

 

haiku blackbird (again?) la merlesse

deux aubes du solstice
la merlesse est de retour
sifflant dans ma rue


two dawns to solstice
she black-bird is back again
whistling on my street

Parking maternelle

Ulysse[s] ct'd/suite

meet Ulysses / je vous présente Ulysse

elmore leonard R O A D D O G S

Little Jimmy came out of St. Mark's making a sign of the cross with the hand he'd dipped in the holy water font and approached his Bentley standing at the curb. His driver Zorro, resting against the front fender with his arms folded, took his time turning to open the door.
     "You confess your sins? Tell the priest everything you been doing?"
     "Everything."
     "Some sins he never heard of before?"
     "Nothing outrageous."
     "What do you do for pennance, flagellate yourself?
     " Don't be disgusting. I say ten Our Fathers and ten Hail Marys," Little Jimmy said, "and anything I did to get God pissed at me is forgiven."

                                           R O A D  D O G S,  p. 196

château du seuil près du grand st jean

[walk @] ste victoire

traveling / sundown

graffiti - pink X 2

# je marche

 

somebody lives here/ riverside - voie sur berge 2

        with clothesline, with/without dog

somebody lives here blue / 4 fils

high water and a dog / seine haute