Christian Molenaar

Tag: instruments

  • Inauguration

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    …scratched on the plaster with a pin, formulas of love or revolt, more often of resignation: “Jojo of the Bastille loves his girl for life.” “My heart to my mother, my cock to the whores, my head to the hangman.” These rupestral inscriptions are almost always a gallant homage to womanhood, or a smattering of… Read more

  • Bikes Del Pueblo 11/17/24

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    Bikes del Pueblo is a community bike repair space in City Heights whose wide purview includes repair, refinement and — most importantly — riding. Humble Servant of the Worm is a composting co-op who have set up a community garden in the back of Bikes del Pueblo’s lot, focused primarily on local herbs but also… Read more

Thought:

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There was a game they liked to play when they were midway in life’s journey, but still healthy, still lustful and keen.

It was: Who could get you to cry in the fewest words?

Of course, some of the best effects were made when everyone was drunk.

He remembered this girl had a good one once.

The last whale swam deeper…

But one of the best was a line from Chekhov’s Three Sisters.

You mean, I’m being left behind?

He couldn’t remember many others. They hadn’t played the game in years.

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Joy Williams | “Whale”