Midnight Pub

1st Decan of Gemini

~mellita

Saturn of arenaceous rings—

Observant of so many things—

Administers this dreary season

Upon the boundaries of reason.

I've started working a new job and am absolutely exhausted because of it. I'm often too tired even to read! But things should lighten up in a week or two. One welcome side effect of working so much is sleeping more heavily.

This month I wrote nearly forty poems, most of which were dreadful. I'd like to take a break from writing poems and focus on philosophy for a while instead. Poetry wilts when the skies are too long cloudy, but philosophy is a hardier perennial.

I offer a complimentary cocktail with artichoke liqueur, for whoever feels tempted.

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inquiry

Writing categories as plant life. I like that.

Is there a form that brings poison ivy to mind?

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mellita

The first thing that comes to mind is Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project. The form of its chapters are known as 'convolutes': the paragraphs do not form a structured argument but instead constitute a meandering path of resemblances and references.

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inquiry

Why... that dirty, rotten, plagiarizing scoundrel! :-)

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