Saul Steinberg, Country Noises.
And I’ve been a forest fire And I am the fire and I am the forest And I am a witness watching it
What's that poem about the cockroach and the moth where the cockroach is like "I wish I've ever wanted anything the way that moth wanted to burn itself up in that lantern" because we had to read that in high school and it still fucks me up to this day
Ok I found it it's called "the lesson of the moth by archy" and it's by Don Marquis
archy and mehitabel are a treasure, newspaper columnist Don Marquis wrote a lot of these free-verse poems in character as a cockroach named archy (always lowercase because he's a cockroach and can't reach the shift key!!) who was using his typewriter & while it started out as a way of poking gentle fun at the avant-garde poetry of his time (the 1910s - startling how little "avant-garde poetry" has moved forward, isn't it) it evolved over time into some genuinely beautiful and moving poetry
ALSO many of them have illustrations by Krazy Kat author George Herriman which are frankly iconic and adorable!!
yeah I've been feminizing my voice *does a flawless dog bark*
emotional impermanence is so funny bc like. i forgot that i am relevant in people’s lives. my friend since i was 10 asked me if i would be in her bridal party and when i burst into tears and thanked her for thinking of me and wanting me to be there she was like “why would i not want you there??? we’ve known & loved each other longer then we haven’t.” and i was like oh yeah. i forgot ab the part where you love me too
Chimú
Feathered Tunic, 1470/1532
Peru, south coast, Possibly Nazca Valley
Cotton, plain weave; embellished with feathers knotted and attached with cotton in overcast stitches
85.1 × 86 cm (33 ½ × 33 7/8 in.)
Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago
