Monthly Archives: April 2002

brief kisses

These are the musings of a poetic heart breathing gently like a warm breeze on a balmy sun-filled afternoon.  He makes me sigh; such a sparkling gift, so perfectly bestowed, and brief.  Ahhh, the lips.  You can keep them, more … Continue reading

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the trial of henry

Pinochet judge asks to question Kissinger, an article from The Guardian today, says in part, “The former US secretary of state is wanted for questioning by Baltasar Garzon over his alleged involvement in a plot by former South American military … Continue reading

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test02

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Guardian Unlimited Ariel Sharon warns troops may storm Yasser Arafat’s ruined HQ to capture terrorists wanted by Israel.

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sad eyes

I hate when you tell the truth, because I hate to see you sad. my supervisor at work.

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eve of destruction?

I am Shirley-McLain-ian, to a degree.  I believe that I chose this life before I was born, and this spot on the planet to live it, and the people who were my family.  All these things I whine about, …they’ve … Continue reading

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scream silently

So what is the other response?  Tell me please.  Parts of the world containing millions of people are going to hell in a handbasket, and I skip merrily along like a girl in a Spring dress distributing depressing little vignettes … Continue reading

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state-conducted terrorism

[T]he accounts of the massive destruction of civilian homes, and of the firing on civilians [in the refugee camp of Jenin], could be confirmed as they also occurred in the town of Jenin, suggesting a widespread and systematic pattern of … Continue reading

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and murder them for sport

It is still. The camp waits, as if holding its breath. And then, out of the dry furnace air, a disembodied voice crackles over a loudspeaker. “Come on, dogs,” the voice booms in Arabic. “Where are all the dogs of … Continue reading

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Harper’s Magazine: A Gaza Diary

Harper’s Magazine: A Gaza Diary

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rendered evil?

It is regrettable, but all too likely to be true, that the parents of suicide bombers are evil, their brothers are evil, their sisters are evil, their spouses are evil, and their children are born innocent but rendered evil by … Continue reading

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great damage

The officers said they were worried that the truth about the level of destruction wreaked in Jenin would do Israel’s reputation abroad “great damage”. “However many wanted men we kill in the refugee camp… there is still no justification for … Continue reading

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lethal salvation

What the hell is real?  And will it hurt me?  The answers, respectively, are nothing, and yes.  What does it matter what’s real, anyway?  I mean, it’s either nothing, or everything.  Or nothing and everything.  It is a superfluous question.  … Continue reading

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the oppressed as restorers of humanity

And this from ‘,CAPTION,’current.reading’, LEFT, BELOW, WIDTH, 200, HEIGHT, 244, CSSOFF, BORDER, 1, BGCOLOR, ‘#000033’, FGCOLOR, ”, FGBACKGROUND, ‘/img/pedagogy.jpg’);”>the book I am reading: . . . sooner or later being less human leads the oppressed to struggle against those who … Continue reading

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a feeble hope

It has been a sad and depressing …week, …month, …season?  Life?  I don’t know, but I hope this darkness lifts.  And I am glad this man is in the same world as me, at the same time as me?if for … Continue reading

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