disasterpants jones ([info]muse) wrote,
@ 2008-01-19 12:41:00
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Entry tags:everyday blessings, philadelphia, philly, warehouse district

in my head after the first time at the gym in three weeks; muscle and brain sing electric
Downtown Philadelphia tilts on the axis of near-night. The sky is a symphony of dove-wings. I dip my hands into a pigeon-coloured puddle. My hands are clean. I go to a gallery in the warehouse district. The artists have made prayer flags out of textile art and paintings. As I walk beneath them, the prayers of these starving children, these soulmates, rain dirty blessings onto my head. Outside, the sky will do the same with large, star-shaped snowflakes. Once again, my hands are clean. My tongue has never been more bare.



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ding, ding, ding, ding
[info]campana
2008-01-19 07:18 pm UTC (link)
this made me get up and ring the blackfeather bell. opus j in the house.

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[info]nplusm
2008-01-19 11:36 pm UTC (link)
This reminds me of my college days so very much.

On the South Street bridge, crossing the Schuylkill river, I stood on one of the recessed stone alcoves for several hours, trying to determine what to do next. I had left school, split with my parents, and had nothing planned next...even the roof over my head was going to disappear in a couple weeks. It was on that bridge that I decided to heed Horace Greely and go west.

I'm enjoying listening to you traverse the Philadelphia wilds.

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empty ness
[info]azpoet
2008-01-19 11:45 pm UTC (link)
bare tongue, bare teeth
bare hands, bare skin

bare soul

erased chalkboard
awaiting fingernail

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[info]poetpaladin
2008-01-20 02:25 am UTC (link)
Hey, I noticed you and [info]lique are friends on LJ and I think she's in Philly, too. You had any contact with her lately?

Edited at 2008-01-20 02:25 am UTC

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[info]lilylivered
2008-01-20 05:14 pm UTC (link)
What? You're in Philly now? OMFG, we need to hang.

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