Tick Tock.
The Bodhi Clock.
The Stolen Child.
‘Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water rats;
There we’ve hid our faery vats,
Full of berrys
And of reddest stolen cherries.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim gray sands with light,
Far off by furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night,
Weaving olden dances
Mingling hands and mingling glances
Till the moon has taken flight;
To and fro we leap
And chase the frothy bubbles,
While the world is full of troubles
And anxious in its sleep.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-Car,
In pools among the rushes
That scarce could bathe a star,
We seek for slumbering trout
And whispering in their ears
Give them unquiet dreams;
Leaning softly out
From ferns that drop their tears
Over the young streams.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
Away with us he’s going,
The solemn-eyed:
He’ll hear no more the lowing
Of the calves on the warm hillside
Or the kettle on the hob
Sing peace into his breast,
Or see the brown mice bob
Round and round the oatmeal chest.
For he comes, the human child,
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than he can understand.’
WB Yeats
From Wiki :
‘In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone, also called Kore or Cora is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld after her abduction by and marriage to her uncle Hades, the king of the underworld.’
Klara And The Sun.
And if he were there at just the right time, we would see the Sun on his journey, crossing between the building tops from our side over to the RPO Building site.
When I was lucky enough to see him like that, I’d lean my face forward to take in as much his nourishment as I could and if Rosa was with me I’d tell her to do the same. After a minute or two we’d have to return to our positions and when we were new, we used to worry that because we often couldn’t see the Sun from mid-store we’d grow weaker and weaker. Boy Artificial Friend Rex who was along side us then, told us there was nothing to worry about, that the Sun had ways of reaching us wherever we were. He pointed to the floorboards and said ‘That’s the Sun’s pattern right there. If you were worried you can just touch it and get strong again.’
So I gave Rosa a glance and when she looked back blankly I took two steps forward, crouched down and reached out both both hands to the Sun’s pattern on the floor. When I stood up again Boy Artificial Friend Rex said :
‘Klara, that was greedy. You girl AFs are always so greedy.’
Even though I was new then, it occurred to me straight away it might not have been my fault; that the Sun had withdrawn his pattern by chance just when I had been touching it.’
When somebody loved me.
Then Josie was there before me on the other side of the glass.
‘Hey! How you been?’
I smiled, nodded and held up a raised thumb – a gesture I’d often observed inside the interesting magazines.
‘Sorry I couldn’t come back sooner’ she said. I guess it’s been how long?’
I held up three fingers, then added a half finger from the other hand.
‘Too long’ she said. ‘I’m sorry. Miss me ?’
I nodded putting on a sad face, though I was careful to show I wasn’t serious and that I hadn’t been upset.
‘I missed you too. I really thought I’d get back before this. I’ll be back really soon. Promise. Tomorrow if I can. Bye just for now’.
Living in the Past.
‘You maniacs. You blew it up.’
Time’s winged chariot.
That’s a great photo of the sun’s rays beaming through!
It’s been a long winter.
There’s a question in there about the sun and memory. Since about 2010 the sun has been purely white during the day apart from at sunset when it goes yellow. My memory and others remember it as yellow during the day. Why is the yellow sun now a memory and where was it ?
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The shit storm continues. Problems with website. Hopefully sorted in next few days.
Shit storm continues. Problems with website. Hopefully sorted in next few days.