"It is not made of earth, or muscle, or fur."
I've read "Close To The Knives" by David Wojnarowicz before, but when a friend mentioned it in his blog, I realized I'd completely forgotten everything about it. Re-reading it now, I'm flabbergasted that it didn't make more of an impression the first time.
And on the day when over twenty thousand people in Myanmar have been killed by the weather, I find myself reading this:
Perhaps you'd like to lend a hand.
Love
Dan
And on the day when over twenty thousand people in Myanmar have been killed by the weather, I find myself reading this:
Americans can't deal with death unless they own it. If they own it, they will celebrate it, like in the air force base museum of the atomic bomb, where whole families of camera-toting tourists gather after the required i.d. security checks. In the gray-carpeted rooms, they walk the mazes of portable screens and platforms and enlarged photographs of death and incineration as seen from a discreet distance. The distance is far enough so you can't see the bodies, only the architecture.
...I'm thinking if I owned the place I'd hook the constant smell of rotting flesh into the air-conditioning unit and have all the screens filled with speeded-up films of rotting corpses and the family outside the window is moving to the next plane for the next photo. A man steps out from behind a doorway I hadn't noticed before and offers me his hand in greeting, asking if I'd like a cup of coffee. He looks like the kind of guy who'd one day end up in an alcohol detox center studying snakes and insects. I turn away without a word; I'll never shake the hand of someone I might be fighting against in wartime.
Perhaps you'd like to lend a hand.Love
Dan
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