Margaret Atwood- The Great

Here is a poem by one of my very favorite authors Margaret Atwood.

Variations on the Word Sleep

I would like to watch you sleeping,
which may not happen.
I would like to watch you,
sleeping.
I would like to sleep
with you, to enter
your sleep as its smooth dark wave
slides over my head

and walk through that lucent
wavering forest of bluegreen leaves
with its watery sun and three moons
towards the cave where you must descend,
towards your worst fear

I would like to give you the silver
branch, the small white flower, the one
word that will protect you
from the grief at the center
of your dream, from the grief
at the center I would like to follow
you up the long stairway
again and become
the boat that would row you back
carefully, a flame
in two cupped hands
to where your body lies
beside me, and as you enter
it as easily as breathing in

I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
and that necessary.

Cool as a Cold War kid

I've always had a strange obsession with cover art. I love the image it puts behind the music.

I hope CDs don't ever go out of style.

Lucky Wednesday

I had a track meet today and my number was 606. 6 is my lucky number. (I was born on June 6 you see).

Then I opened up my well worn copy of Slaughter House-Five, which is one of my favorites, and found a ten dollar bill between the first page and the front cover.

However, my lucky black hair ribbon has been missing for some time now. I'm counting on finding it before bed tonight.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Oh my, how the world still dearly loves a cage

Harold and Maude, one of my favorite movies.

"You know, at one time, I used to break into pet shops to liberate the canaries. But I decided that was an idea way before its time. Zoos are full, prisons are overflowing...oh my, how the world still dearly loves a cage."

It's brilliant. It's also quite funny in its own way. Oh and the soundtrack is all done by Cat Stevens, absolutely to die for. Watch it next time you have too much homework to do so you watch a movie instead. It's worth watching, promise.