being close to me means honoring that i often need to disappear into myself, into spirit, into silence, and not taking that pesonally.

*traffic signals

they disgust me
the way they wait for death
with as much passion
as a traffic signal.
these are the people who believe advertisements
these are the people who buy dentures on credit
these are the people who celebrate holidays
these are the people who have grandchildren
these are the people who vote
these are the people who have funerals
these are the dead
the smog
the stink in the air
the lepers.
these are almost everybody
finally.

Charles Bukowski.*

you're the only person I've ever met who seems to have the faintest conception of what I mean when I say a thing.
Virginia Woolf.**