a futile and impotent criticism
"A Futile and Impotent Criticism," July 1, 2022 (#181)
title from Danse Macabre by Stephen King (1981)
Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Big Horn by Evan S. Connell (1984)
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (2005)
The Tyrant's Daughter by J.C. Carleson (2014)
The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante (2006)
A Futile and Impotent Criticism
These enlisted men did not know how to use their weapons
more than spinster spawn, and had seen little of the world of men
different from the one that cleared the space, but the crowd
wouldn't sleep a wink because of the heat and some night club
out of sight, but he did not forget or neglect urban centers of
himself perched on a broomstick dozens of yards above the highest
concentration. Which means that I don't have to think about
beaches not yet completely eaten away by the concrete of the
thousands of bushels of corn. This corn had been transported
on the outside steps, peering out through the yellowing foliage in
the window for a long minute before his shoulders slump and
in her motherhood there was something that distinguished her.
from here
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Bee Movie (2007)
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art by Tom Friedman
Fuck You Duality by Tom Friedman (2008)
from here