1 After the dark, the stairs up smell of future. 2 I remember when you disappointed me for the first time. Almonds were blossoming, I was south near the border. They were as exquisitely fragrant as happiness. I learned to stand up straight as a person pursuing it. 3 I was in the water, the water was inside of me. I smell of sea. I am going where the ones who first came out of the ocean are. …
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Leopold Bloom Dreams of Kidneys & Sausages & Warm Human Flesh * Excerpt from James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
A while back we published “Molly Bloom’s Stream of Consciousness Ends in Flowers & Perfumed Breasts,” the soliloquy which closes the epic modernist tale Ulysses, by James Joyce. It seemed high time then to give some space to her poor cuckholded husband Leopold Bloom who, unlike his wife who prefers toast and cakes, has a taste for “the inner organs of beasts and fowls.” The below section opens the fourth episode, what’s known as the Calypso episode. It is our …
“Psychedelic Hazelnut Cupcakes” & Other Poems by Clarice Hare
Psychedelic Hazelnut Cupcakes An unassuming cupcake! Other cupcakes would call it a scrumptious masterpiece. But this one is just a cupcake! The aroma coming from the cupcake is like the high- ground tobacco grasses that blend with our harmonious autumn lands. It is sweet and sour. Almondy. Cranberry-tinged. Sweet, but savory, and just a little bit juicy. Honey, almond, and cinnamon. Vanilla. Just the right amount of spices in the flavor. Honey, and chocolate. Apples, but I didn’t add any …
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