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Sunday, May 22, 2005
The Mermaid
A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown
Picked him for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown
- posted by Mehreen Malik @ 4:27 PM 3 comments
Monday, May 16, 2005
Friday, May 13, 2005
larkin for you
Vers De Société
My wife and I have asked a crowd of craps
To come and waste their time and ours: perhaps
You'd care to join us? In a pig's arse, friend.
Day comes to an end.
The gas fire breathes, the trees are darkly swayed.
And so Dear Warlock-Williams: I'm afraid--
Funny how hard it is to be alone.
I could spend half my evenings, if I wanted,
Holding a glass of washing sherry, canted
Over to catch the drivel of some bitch
Who's read nothing but Which;
Just think of all the spare time that has flown
Straight into nothingness by being filled
With forks and faces, rather than repaid
Under a lamp, hearing the noise of wind,
And looking out to see the moon thinned
To an air-sharpened blade.
A life, and yet how sternly it's instilled
All solitude is selfish. No one now
Believes the hermit with his gown and dish
Talking to God (who's gone too); the big wish
Is to have people nice to you, which means
Doing it back somehow.
Virtue is social. Are, then, these routines
Playing at goodness, like going to church?
Something that bores us, something we don't do well
(Asking that ass about his fool research)
But try to feel, because, however crudely,
It shows us what should be?
Too subtle, that. Too decent, too. Oh hell,
Only the young can be alone freely.
The time is shorter now for company,
And sitting by a lamp more often brings
Not peace, but other things.
Beyond the light stand failure and remorse
Whispering Dear Warlock-Williams: Why, of course--
- posted by Mehreen Malik @ 1:28 PM 0 comments
friends: binge in Eden leads to twinge in the hinge...at least in the case of Eve!
so here...enjoy Ted Hughes' irreverence in a poem called "Apple Tragedy".
(note: as most of you know, the seventh day was when God had finished his work (creating the earth etc) and decided to take a break. Below is HUGHES' version of what happens on Day 7.)
Apple Tragedy
So on the seventh day
The serpent rested,
God came up to him.
"I've invented a new game," he said.
The serpent stared in surprise
At this interloper.
But God said: "You see this apple?"
I squeeze it and look -- cider."
The serpent had a good drink
And curled up into a questionmark.
Adam drank and said: "Be my god."
Eve drank and opened her legs
And called to the cockeyed serpent
And gave him a wild time.
God ran and told Adam
Who in drunken rage tried to hang himself in the orchard.
The serpent tried to explain, crying "Stop"
But drink was splitting his syllable.
And Eve started screeching: "Rape! Rape!"
And stamping on his head.
Now whenever the snake appears she screeches
"Here it comes again! Help! O Help!"
Then Adam smashes a chair on his head,
And God says: "I am well pleased"
And everything goes to hell.
[ted hughes -- from the crow poems]
- posted by Mehreen Malik @ 1:21 PM 0 comments
Thursday, May 05, 2005
the master picture. y so glum chum (salu) ?
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ok....from left to right: ahmed shah, ayeshah amina askari, anita, yasir, myself and shani
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ammar debating the wisdom of having his picture taken with two drunk people. hmmm to do or not to do?
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its my party i'll holler if i want to!!!
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baber standing with me, pretending to be all involved and excited while secretly looking for "teacher"!
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MJ and myself (friday may 29th, GT at sam's)
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Friday, April 22, 2005
he's perdy. shes weird. blue all the way.
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its a hard day's night and i've been working like a dog!
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Friday, January 28, 2005
Sunday, January 23, 2005
excerpts from an msn conversation with mina
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
where does it smell like love eh
smells like love in here says:
i dont know
smells like love in here says:
it just leaped out at me
smells like love in here says:
and stuck
smells like love in here says:
it sounds familiar
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
hmmmm
smells like love in here says:
but i can't place it
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
wht exactly cant u place!
smells like love in here says:
why it sounds familiar
smells like love in here says:
i jsut came up with it
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
hmmmm
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
well ok. WHY did u come up wid it
smells like love in here says:
i like it, in any case
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
real life event
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
or imagination
smells like love in here says:
aisee
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
u would like to imagine that love could be smelt?
smells like love in here says:
nothing to trigger it, alas
smells like love in here says:
lol
smells like love in here says:
im sure it can, vaisay
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
yeah.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
im SURE it can.
smells like love in here says:
smoky
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
ok give it a shot
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
tell me how u think it wud smell
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
smoky....ok...go on...
smells like love in here says:
hm
smells like love in here says:
well
smells like love in here says:
there'd be a spectrum
smells like love in here says:
so one end would be musky, something layered and vibrantly strong
smells like love in here says:
smoky
smells like love in here says:
and the other wold be a clean, crisp smell
smells like love in here says:
aftershave and freshly-washed shirt
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
haha.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
thats if u confine love to just heterosexual love.
smells like love in here says:
that end, well
smells like love in here says:
okay
smells like love in here says:
hahaha
smells like love in here says:
women can smell crisp too
smells like love in here says:
citrusy
smells like love in here says:
but i'd rather women smell musky, if i were to smell a woman lover-wise
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
when u stand in a huge room
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
u know..
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
where ONE wall is almost all windows
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
and there is a
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
slanted ray
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
of sunlight
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
that kinda fingers everything
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
yeah?
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
if u stand in that
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
there is a smell.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
which i wish i cud describe.
smells like love in here says:
hmm
smells like love in here says:
yeah
smells like love in here says:
something heated and dusty
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
but THAT is how i think love smells like.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
airborne dust and other unsmellable things.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
mixed together
smells like love in here says:
maybe love doesn't smell at all
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
yeah.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
i was thinking that too.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
but comon mina.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
it has to.
smells like love in here says:
or is person-specific
smells like love in here says:
i think it's person-specific
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
haaan of course
smells like love in here says:
like people'd taste different too, type of thing
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
it cant have one universal smell
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
that would be impossible.
smells like love in here says:
of course, i can only hypothesise but i think they would
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
well
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
im tellin u from personal experinece
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
smells like love in here says:
they do or they don't?
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
well.....
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
different kinds of loves smell different
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
thats for sure.
smells like love in here says:
taste, do different people taste different
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
yeah.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
they do.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
infinitely.
smells like love in here says:
how great
smells like love in here says:
but skin, skin smells a certain way
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
yeah.
smells like love in here says:
so if you love what's inside that skin then that goes
smells like love in here says:
haha
smells like love in here says:
or even just lust for it
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
well.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
i can tell u
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
the smell of skin grows on u.
smells like love in here says:
hmm
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
u cant even smell it initially.
smells like love in here says:
but we need a universal smell
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
but then it becomes familiar..........
smells like love in here says:
that everyone'd smell and say aha
smells like love in here says:
love smells like baby powder
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
sometimes....even when people arent there.........or have been there...but walk away..
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
u can catch these whiffs
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
of aroma
smells like love in here says:
yep
smells like love in here says:
or you can even conjure them up, sometimes
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
yeah.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
thats fun.
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
trying to remember exactly how someone smells
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
except of course when they show up..n u smell THE SMELL....its like u know it like the back of your hand.
smells like love in here says:
hahaha
smells like love in here says:
yeah
smells like love in here says:
or you smell something like it and say well, now
smells like love in here says:
heh
MêH®êëN - smartaleck! says:
yeah. man.
smells like love in here says:
hm. well.
smells like love in here says:
love tastes like salt, though.
- posted by Mehreen Malik @ 2:06 PM 3 comments
