Asleep
The dream climbs higher daily,
reaching altitudes
no one has ever gained:
tuition, mortgages,
insurance, entertainment
systems of religious
body politics
erotic war. No wonder
we’re afraid of waking.
~Son Rivers 2006
PLOP!
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Though the verse is out of season, a reader asked me how to explain Bashō’s
“Old Pond” hokku to others. First, I suggested telling them to go find an
old p...
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