From another space, from Ludmilla's sister, per Calvino.

Username: b. Total words: 2688

the 155 domestic 16 with 10
and 82 who 16 will 9
of 59 was 14 out 9
to 52 word 14 those 9
in 51 at 13 against 8
a 43 abuse 12 time 8
for 35 this 12 from 8
i 28 what 11 do 8
is 28 sexual 11 thy 7
it 26 her 10 i'll 7
that 24 one 10 no 7
on 24 as 10 me 7
my 23 you 10 thou 7
jewish 22 but 10 have 7
violence 19 thee 10 women 7
not 17 by 10 if 7

I'm waiting for the list of words used only once.

small damp hands over your eyes, grass stains

Listen: ten comes in through the window
blowing winter dust aside, smelling
like ferns from the crumbling black peat
of firewood rotting by the garage

with the phrase "fuck gerunds" neatly lettered into the inside flap of his English textbook

108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3687

To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 8, 2003

Mr. OSE (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, is amended -

(1) by inserting "(a)" before "Whoever"; and (2) by adding at the end the following:

"(b) As used in this section, the term "profane", used with respect to language, includes the words "shit", "piss", "fuck", "cunt", "asshole", and the phrases "cock sucker", "mother fucker", and "ass hole", compound use (including hyphenated compounds) of such words and phrases with each other or with other words or phrases, and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases (including verb, adjective, gerund, participle, and infinitive forms)".

Mssrs. Ose and Smith, I thank you for your grammatical attention.

because you've all done it at some point:

The League of Extraordinary Cultural Theorists

"The medium is the message, asshole!"

While we're at it, you are no longer welcome in the Homer reading group.

Bird-beaks and light-anchors.


Bird Transfer

Unfasten the crows & the clouds
come crashing down. It's a window

into the lightning-struck-ago:
diamond sunspots on the videotape,

coins hitting the fountain floor.
Invent the sun & edition the trees.

Center your swan on the pond.

-- Matthea Harvey

Fifty-six.


Some time when the river is ice ask me
mistakes I have made. Ask me whether
what I have done is my life. Others
have come in their slow way into
my thought, and some have tried to help
or to hurt: ask me what difference
their strongest love or hate has made.

I will listen to what you say.
You and I can turn and look
at the silent river and wait. We know
the current is there, hidden; and there
are comings and goings from miles away
that hold the stillness exactly before us.
What the river says, that is what I say.

-- William Stafford

Happy birthday to Herr J.S.B.