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ReplyTo a comment on Blackout, Amman, November, 2005 by zodiac.

zodiac18 Nov 2005

First, I read these out loud about a million times. It's the only way.

Second, I stole it from something I've read recently and forgotten. I have a list of "Words to Use in Poems" on my refrigerator I add to whenever I find a good one.

Third, at least, I'd rather be the sea-hurtler than the resigned crucifixion.

Fourth, of course. I don't actually live in Amman. I am having a lot of blackouts recently, though. Something about how it hasn't rained for the last 8 months, water's fouling the transformers.

I'm always surprised and flattered by your readings. I mean, surprised because there're things I'd given up on anyone seeing. Thanks. I mean that.