Monday, May 8, 2023

 May 2, 2023



PAGE  263

 

Any book with a lot of pages

Has a page 263.  Check it out.

Was it carved out? Was it rushed?

Or was it like ten thousand conversations?

I’ve  had – forever lost in the wind –

of words. Oops! I still have it.

It’s written down. It’s in a book.

Check out – look at  page 263.

 

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello


 May 3, 2023





Quote  for Today


"To be adult is to be alone."


Jean Rostand

Penses d'un blologiste (1954)

 May 1, 2023



MOSQUITO

 

Mosquito ….

I was about to chase you down-

and kill you – and that would be that –

and I would continue doing my nothings ….

But no, I decided to get my window open

and my screen up and watch you fly  out

Into the world – with my blood in your belly.

Hope you remember me – and I hope

next time, you land on a race horse –

or a fox or a giraffe or a gorilla.

Any of those would certainly be

be a lot more interesting

than just me in your belly.

Me ….

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello


 May 2, 2023 




Quote for Today


"Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down."


Wilson Mizner in Alva Johnston,

The Legendary Mizners (1953) chap. 3

Sunday, May 7, 2023

 May 1, 2023




Quote for Today

Quote for Today

"I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist  as someone waiting for it to rain. And i feel soaked to the skin." 




Leonard Cohen 

Sunday, April 30, 2023

April 30, 2023



WARNING

 

There were a lot of warnings

in the air – but I wasn’t looking

for or at them: breathing problems -

wrinkled skin – a fat belly –

a train whistle – there were

no lights on this street – and

I had to get to the end of it -

and it was night – right now.

So do I do the usual or do I

put one foot in front of the other

and start some serious walking -

looking over my shoulder, of course,

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 


 April  30, 2023




Quote for Today 


"For hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law  eternal."


Buddhism, Dhammapada, v. 14