
Trainor, the Druggist
ONLY the chemist can tell, and not always the chemist,
What will result from compounding
Fluids or solids.
And who can tell
How men and women will interact
On each other, or what children will result?
There were Benjamin Pantier and his wife,
Good in themselves, but evil toward each other:
He oxygen, she hydrogen,
Their son, a devastating fire.
I Trainor, the druggist, a mixer of chemicals,
Killed while making an experiment,
Lived unwedded. Edgar Lee Ma

Volere e Bisogno
...perché c’è differenza tra Volere e aver Bisogno…
Il bisogno vive nell’esigenza, l’esigenza di colmare un vuoto, di riempire uno spazio che qualcos’altro ha lasciato… E i bisogni sono qualcosa di forte… Quando il bisogno ti prende, non puoi far altro che trovare il modo di soddisfarlo. E allora cerchi qualcosa, una cosa qualsiasi che si adatti, per sua natura o suo bisogno, a colmare quel vuoto… Ma a volte non riesci lo stesso a riempirlo tutto…e allora cerchi altro…un al

Trading Cities - CHLOE
In Chloe, a great city, the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings which could take place between them, conversations, surprises, caresses, bites. But no one greets anyone; eyes lock for a second, then dart away, seeking other eyes, never stopping. A girl comes along, twirling a parasol on her shoulder, and twirling slightly also her rounded hips. A woman in black comes along, showin

George Gray
I have studied many times
The marble which was chiseled for me--
A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.
In truth it pictures not my destination
But my life.
For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;
Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;
Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.
And now I know that we must lift the sail
And catch the winds of destiny
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