08/30/2007 (1:06 pm)

Meat

I am preparing a male impersonation act, and what better subject to include than meat. I over heard a fellow rugby player talking, and he has inspired me to write a little something on Meat:

  I like my meat real thick:

you know,

like one-and-a-half or two inches thick. Mmm.

  And I like it pink:

you know, oh yeah,

seared goodness on the outside,

but rare, raw and tender on the inside,

there, you know, right in the middle.

  Oh, and I like it hot:

you know,

flaming hot, ooo,

with all those juices running down!

  And I like it really spicy:

fiery flavour, oh yeah,

tasty tasty tasty!

gimme some of that salt-and-pepper,

if you know what I mean.

  But, you know,

I especially like my meat jerked,

oh yeah,

and some of those other rubs are real nice too.

  I do love my meat. Mmm, mmm!

08/15/2007 (6:51 pm)

Comment ça va?

Filed under: Short Fiction

Grands yeux châtain clair,
je les tiens de ma mère.
Ici, dessus l’oeil droit surveille
la cicatrice-haricot
que j’ai reçue de mon père.

… seul souvenir d’la’tite table
de salon
et de la maison
avec peu de gazon
mai’tant de rhubarb:
aigre-aigre, trempé en sucre …
et des belles jambes en jupe
faisant la soupe
chaussures à talon.
Gnôle coulant,
l’orage ne se cache plus:
bagarre, lutte,
gendarme, gouttes,
bouteille de bière cassée,
sa grise mine tranchée.

Grands yeux châtain clair
se souviennent
de ma mère, scalpée
de sa queue de cheval arrachée
mise dans le coffre-fort, doucement enfermée,
de mon Grand-père disant:
«Ne le reprend jamais»
de cette cicatrice ronde recouverte de cheveux,
toutefois intériorisée -
mes yeux savent toujours exactement où elle est.

Grands yeux châtain clair
regardent la cicatrice-chemin-de-fer
qui traverse le plein visage du
Monstre qui me possédait il y a plus que 30 ans,
Cauchemar, ne reviens pas, ne reviens pas,
comme la peur, comme la saveur
de larmes dans la gorge,
… ce coeur d’acier reste froid
malgré la chaleur de haine de mon corps-forge;
malgré ton sang dans mes veines,
malgré ton nom de famille lié à le mien,
entre la mémoire et l’oubli -
je ne suis jamais ta fille.
Et voilà, par hasard tu es ici
… me demandant, «Comment ça va?»
Étranger, je te réponds: «Ça va bien, merci.»

08/15/2007 (6:49 pm)

Scattered Stories

Filed under: Short Fiction
 
[A favourite game]
……….[my cousin Chace is six]
………………..[my Grandmother is seven plus (six times his^ age doubled)]
[friendly competition]
[in the kitchen]
[keeps us out of trouble ...]

A boy’s name … that starts with the letter D
Donald – 1pt
……….Dave – 1pt
………………..Chace
……….yes gramma
………………..I mean Chace as a name of a boy
Welllll, ‘Chace’ doesn’t really start with a D …
………………..Right, well I mean Denver – no – Douglas – 1pt
OK, full point.

U.S. cities …
Detroit – 1pt
……….pass
………………..Denver – 1pt

Things that are cold
[Death - don't say it don't say it] pass
……….Drumsticks!!! mmm – 1pt
………………..Downstairs – 1pt
good one!!
………………..What’s wrong with your Grandfather?
………………..Why can’t he come home?
………………..Why does he have to …

Let’s move on, OK, What do you have for … Insects …
Dragonfly
……….Dragonfly
………………..Dragonfly …
We all cancel each other out …

A breakfast food starting with D
Danish – yes! – 1pt
……….Doughnut – 1pt
………………..Diarrhea

[stop]
[She-looks-at-me-i-look-at-her-we-look-at-him ...]
[awkward silence ...]
[we all break out laughing]
………………..You know, there are words missing from my head
[Thinking to myself Dates, Dry toast, Dessert ...]
………………..I know I love you, but I just can’t place you,
………………..Your name is on the tip of my tongue, oh brother,
………………..Isn’t that silly?

[Ding Dong would be 2pts]
Kim. I am Kim, Bonnie’s daughter.
………………..Not MY Kim? Are you MY Kim?
Oh yes, but I did just change my hair …
[cover-it-up-cover-it-up-she's-just-tired]
………………..I’m just tired.
[long days at the palliative care ward at the hospital are very trying ...]

Things found in the ocean
Drowning victims – 1pt
……….Dolphins – 1pt
………………..Kimmy, can we play tile rummy instead?
[I'm scared]
………………..I’m afraid of this game.
[Damn]

07/15/2007 (7:20 pm)

Limes

Filed under: Short Fiction
 
 
lime too too soon . . . young-plucked
emerald-hard . . . heavy
mature rots
flat spots
of brown . . . down . . . and around
tomorrow not ripe
always not mellow
bleeds aromatic yellow
new juices flow
never in prime
lime
 
lime clean . . . jewel green
pucker up baby
cut slice suck
reveals amber drip
bitter-sour fragrant
succulent segments
white stripes to truncate
one into two
four into eight
any time
lime
 
lime fresh . . . perishing
sweat spray and sugar
eye-sized Keys
vivid smack pop sqeezed
and whipped cream
smells like a good dream
whisk until gleaming
egg folds into sweet milk embrace
kiss on face
grate rind
lime
 
lime alone . . . languishing
coriander seeds
cilantro leaves
crushed garlic chili
sprinkled in easy
mango pickle jalapeno – oh
Kaffir – don’t waste
boil in salt-water
sun-dry to stone
and paste
devine
lime
 
lime piquante . . . pining
salted body shots
lick bite tang
skin stings bikini strings zesty zing
squirting like sun
frozen agave concoction
offers fun
this tiny chartreuse celestial sphere
right here
all mine
lime

06/13/2007 (2:23 pm)

facehook (TM)

I am not sure if you have thought about this, but what about starting your own escort business on facebook (TM):

facehook – a Social Utility that connects you with the people around you, for cash. You could set up events, make a list of “friends”… I checked on the web and no-one has come up with it yet.

Sorry sorry, let’s forget the whole thing, forget I mentioned it; we’re all having a good time and of course someone had to wreck it. I think someone is putting thoughts into my head while I am sleeping… must check my wall-to-wall.

I think that it is actually a front for the FBI collecting all of our personal data and especially the tagging photos … what better way to get face shots of every one who knows so and so, they can now scan faces in surveillance capture film more thoroughly… And those applications! So fun, I am a big fan of the horoscopes app!

I am going to come up with an application that compares facial features of people on facebook to animals. People can tag their eyes, nose, mouth in different photos and run it (like CSI & fingerprints) through a db of tagged animal photos from National Geographic or something like that. There may be a problem of copy right, gotta re-think that. Ah! How cool would that be though? Now, if only I knew how to write the code …

NO stealing my ideas…

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