idea: Play by Samuel Beckett
Utrecht goitre (Utrechtse Krop) is the title of a collection of photographs by Paul Kooiker. The book includes images of the file Utrecht University Hospital, some of them around 1890.
Reading this gives me that holy shit moment that all phenomenal quotes do:
“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, that’s not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that’s not progress. The progress comes from healing the wound that the blow made. They haven’t even begun to pull the knife out. They won’t even admit the knife is there.”
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| — | Malcolm X (via warriorsrise ) |
Unsteady Things
you are half a good idea and i am half a good trip .
we’re a pyramid of unsteady things and the trick is not to tip,
the trick is not to tip.
i been told that i push it too much, like how i never switch into fifth gear fast enough i must just enjoy the strain, the groaning of the engine as it moans as it’s grasping and i guess i could just guess at what would make you mutter my name but
i prefer to give to those who commit to the asking.
yeah, i prefer to give to those who commit to the asking.
so ask me with your hands up.
my coaches always taught me to ignore the shifty feet,
it’s the hips that will lead you where the ball is gonna land.
so i’m watching your hips, i’m watching your hips and
i’m getting woozy
we’re slipping from the top
drenched in the sweat of our attempts
earthquakes are measured by the unsteady signs they bring:
you’re like water in the glass, and i’m shaking i’m shaking i’m shaking from these unsteady things these unsteady things,
you tickle me so pink now that i’m in the red
my blood shooting up like mercury heading up into my head
and i know
you can’t handcuff heat
degrees rise when they please
all you can do is guess at the effects
and put your head between your knees.
