July 21, 2005

Ferry ride

This brain don't tire
of shore

shrinking to speck
as boat pulls away

as every day
I immigrate.

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ok, not a fan of poor grammar (doesn't tire!), but i like the perpetual immigration idea. what do you feel you are constantly immigrating to? ever shifting national/cultural landscape, or is it more personal?

"I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort."
---Andre Bernard Buruch

good for you andre. just like the dems, except with bitterness.

one last thing, of shore or off shore?

Posted by: Itto Ogami at July 21, 2005 11:53 AM

Loved this last line, and the idea of "perpetual immigration" Itto comments on. I wonder how it would read if that final "as" were removed? i.e. "every day/I immigrate." Or would that sound too haiku-y?

Posted by: rodney k. at July 21, 2005 12:09 PM

next i want to hear the one about emigrating

then the one about being chased by la migra

the vernacular don't bother me at all, tho'

Posted by: xian at July 21, 2005 2:24 PM

Immigrate? Are you a terrorist-o?

Posted by: h imp at July 22, 2005 3:29 PM

xian, you are NOT going to believe this, but MIGRA also stands for:

michigan international gay rodeo association!
http://www.migraonline.com/

michigan+international? is it a state chapter of IGRA? only the lariats know.

how about that acronym double vision.

Posted by: Itto Ogami at July 27, 2005 6:13 AM

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