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nearlyvintage: 1998 Angelina and Gillian- premiere of ‘Playing...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:01:43 -0400

nearlyvintage:

1998 Angelina and Gillian- premiere of ‘Playing by Heart’ in Los Angeles, California. ——

space & spock

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:04:50 -0400

space & spock

"Homecoming"

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:49:00 -0400

When you were fifteen,

your mother mapped out your future

in a little white cup stained with coffee grounds

thick and black like the bottom of a lake.

You scoffed at her superstition;

pushed the butt of your Marlboro Red

deep into the murky sediment

blowing smoke to mix with the heat of the heavy Kuwaiti air.

Even then, you knew you weren’t home.

Even then, you felt the push of wind from the ocean.

Even then, you heard the whisper and rustle of greener grass.

You left at eighteen,

hopping like a frog, one desert to another.

The night lights of Dallas offered you

blondes, blondes, blondes.

You shed the old customs that wrapped around your skin like a death shroud.

Pink Floyd replaced the surahs and beer flowed like Zamzam water;

while you adopted the twangy accent of your new friends.

Even then, you knew you weren’t home.

Even then, you felt the shove of wind from the desert.

Even then, you heard the whisper and rustle of greener grass.

You returned at thirty,

a blonde wife and three daughters in tow.

To Sharjah, close to the sea, in a small apartment above a Chinese restaurant

where dead fish and the yells of sailors on dhows

mixed in with the smoke of your Marlboro Reds.

Your wife cooked beitinjan, mlukhiyya, and mansaf in the tiny kitchen

while the package of coffee your mother sent lay in the freezer.

Even then, you knew you weren’t home.

Even then, you felt the shove of wind from the desert.

Even then, you heard the whisper and rustle of greener grass.

In Sharjah at thirty four,

in the weak dawn hours, you answered a call from Amman.

Packed a hurried bag and went to Jordan

to find your father dying on a hospital bed.

People filled your sister’s small apartment with condolences

and your mother made pots of thick Turkish coffee.

You swallowed your cup whole,

the bitter grounds filling your throat like soil.

You buried your father on a hill in Burqa.

Under an olive tree, you finally wept.

Wept out the push of the ocean.

Wept out the shove of the desert.

Wept out the whisper and the rustle of greener grass.

You had returned to the country of your birth but you knew you would never find home.

——————
Sausan Masoud

editing poems in boyfriend’s flannel while space sleeps on...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:06:53 -0400

editing poems in boyfriend’s flannel while space sleeps on my papers

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theremina: wilwheaton: neil-gaiman: butcherbilly: The...

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:17:58 -0400

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wilwheaton:

neil-gaiman:

butcherbilly:

The Post-Punk / New Wave Super Friends by Butcher Billy

Who are your heroes?

Reblogged purely to make Amanda smile.

This is the best thing that was ever made so just turn off the planet now because we can all go home. Thank you, it’s been a great show.

YESSSSSSSSSSS

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roqayya: This year marks 65 years of Israeli apartheid and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:35:13 -0400

roqayya:

This year marks 65 years of Israeli apartheid and expansion of the colonial settler state but also unwavering Palestinian resistance.

During the #Nakba, the Palestinian exodus, more the 780,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed. Today there are more than 7 million Palestinian refugees, the largest refugee community in the world, living in exile.

Palestine was never “a land without people”, and the people of Palestine will return

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good hair day during finals week

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:40:02 -0400

good hair day during finals week

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pbmc77: Special Agent Dale Cooper Kyle McLachlan Twin Peaks...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:41:31 -0400

pbmc77:

Special Agent Dale Cooper

Kyle McLachlan

Twin Peaks (1990-91)

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dddmagazine: R. Crumb on Charles Bukowski.

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:30:19 -0400

dddmagazine:

R. Crumb on Charles Bukowski.

lots of peaches this year!

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:40:14 -0400

lots of peaches this year!

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