the river at night

I wonder if conversation does for human beings what the river at night does for the streetlights… it smooths them out, ripples them, attenuates. It lets them be something other than themselves, but still attached to the original. The river at night shows them what they’re not: sparkling, moving, changing.

Nikki-Rosa

childhood remembrances are always a drag if you’re Black you always remember things like living in Woodlawn with no inside toilet and if you become famous or something they never talk about how happy you were to have your mother all to yourself and how good the water felt when you got your bath from Continue reading Nikki-Rosa

qotd

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again. — Oscar Wilde

cowz

Maybe they want to import their mad cows from a different country? Japan officially bans imports over U.S. mad cow disease case japantoday Japan officially bans imports over U.S. mad cow disease case TOKYO — The health ministry officially banned imports of U.S. beef and beef-processed products Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Thursday Continue reading cowz