ryan mcginley, 'sigur ros' series

wrote a quick thought-stream like poem tonight while
sonia sleeps soundly on my bed
i like it
the quiet company, the heartbeat on my bedsheet


'hole'
by erny melissa

untangling myself from your sweet solace
enchanted endlessly by solitude’s grace
the first few months i laid in bed
unwilling, willowing, de-framing our gate

remembering, briefly, how sweetly it flowed
the liquidation beaming on your thin clothes
but two halves made a catastrophic hole
two hearts beating a tune so old

i tried to cast my eyes and see
how the glittering unknown will take on me
adjourning a date
a clean little slate:
simplify me politely when i’m dead.

i weighed myself at the orthodontist last week
as though the numbers disappeared from between my ears
in the shower i used more shampoo than you've ever let me
thinking about a passage i read on the train
the chronology of yuknavitch and what she believed
'in water, like in books—you can leave your life'
rinse and repeat, prepare for the dive
in a swift uplifting rush, a feeling sown deep
screaming 'I AM NOT HERE AND I DO NOT SLEEP'

i slip through the cracks into the darkest hole in the wall
relieving myself of feelings and more importantly, the gall

bombay bicycle club, the naked and famous at reading festival



fwd>> with skream, metronomy at reading festival

some of the bands i've seen in london, were in singapore for a festival over the weekend.
caught metronomy again, and the jezabels from sydney—pretty fun!


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kip berman from 'the pains of being pure at heart' posted this quote.
i really would like to read this book someday.

reposting this thinking it seems synonymous with an update about music writing. have not been updating as regularly trying to avoiding depressing regurgitation of thought streams regarding life, exhaustion, happiness. not to be confused with not feeling blessed with the current state of life, merely dont really feel like sharing, 'blogging' now feels like a modern juxtaposition of daily reveries not excitable as it used to be.

i will, however, share some of the reviews i've done under a writing programme at esplanade. mostly to keep track of my (hopeful) progress, am open to thoughts on these writings you can email me, address found under 'profile'. current writings are waiting to be approved for publication and soon updated here as well. although it can be a liiiiitle bit of a pressure to be in a writing programme—it has proven to be helpful in the lines of self-satisfaction and dealing with words have always been pretty therapeutic. duely hope that time permits for more reading to give an inch in the dwell of my word well.