I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round read more

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round as the moon, to stare up.
I want to be looking at them when they come
Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots.
I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.
Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.
I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.
They will wonder if I was important.

I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership read more

I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children.

The exchange failed to deal with systems problems twice because of excessive red tape. Tokyo is falling behind other markets read more

The exchange failed to deal with systems problems twice because of excessive red tape. Tokyo is falling behind other markets in Asia.

The real problem is structural: retail consolidation, difficulties in the classified auto space and competition from other media.

The real problem is structural: retail consolidation, difficulties in the classified auto space and competition from other media.

I'm not saying he's going to get a pass. If the state economy is in the hole his entire term, read more

I'm not saying he's going to get a pass. If the state economy is in the hole his entire term, that's going to be an albatross. Any kind of honeymoon he had is gone. It's the same old typical politician, I think, that's how a lot of that anger is going to be seen.

I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon. I love the Beatles and especially John Lennon. My mom and read more

I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon. I love the Beatles and especially John Lennon. My mom and dad let me take the day off school to come here.

AWB was prepared to deceive the U.N. as to the true nature of its contractual relationship with the Iraqi Grain read more

AWB was prepared to deceive the U.N. as to the true nature of its contractual relationship with the Iraqi Grain Board.

Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on read more

Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on the void.

That's probably the third game they've won for us this year. The crowd wouldn't let us quit.

That's probably the third game they've won for us this year. The crowd wouldn't let us quit.