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.

Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact read more

Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape.

love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give read more

love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it

She said some very good things. But her very soft phrases are encouraging our leaders to oppose new leadership.

She said some very good things. But her very soft phrases are encouraging our leaders to oppose new leadership.

The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into read more

The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.

The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses read more

The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses in the town.

Gwen was not there to deceive anyone. She had the right to live honestly.

Gwen was not there to deceive anyone. She had the right to live honestly.

Cal/OSHA does not have enough field inspectors to meet its day-to-day responsibilities, let alone effectively investigate complaints at a huge read more

Cal/OSHA does not have enough field inspectors to meet its day-to-day responsibilities, let alone effectively investigate complaints at a huge project like the Bay Bridge retrofit.

Dave had a financial plan for 10 years before it all came together.

Dave had a financial plan for 10 years before it all came together.