And another one from the same site that I’ll just give to you here:
Afternoon of a Biblioparadisiac by David Mitchell
Melted to incandescence by
The aroma of fresh ink,
Yielding stiffness
Of fine paper,
Elegant lines of the font
Of eternal renewal:
We are bound by language
As by other tyrants,
Although the torture
Remains far sweeter, even
In memory.
Okay, so I’m a hopeless sap, but the last of the Six Favorite Poems from Dandelion de LaRue – To David, got me all verklempt.
Once and again, Rob Brezny at FreeWillAstrology has managed to sum up the crux of the condition for me:
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There’s a party in your astrological House of Self-Definition, Gemini. Four planets have converged there for a rare get-together: forceful Mars, ingenious Mercury, intimate Venus, and concretizing Saturn. What does it mean? This is the best time in many moons to get to know yourself better, to glorify yourself with feisty precision, and to nurture relationships that will activate your dormant potential. Choose one dream (not two or three or ten) that will best serve all those purposes, then initiate plans to make it your labor of love for the next two years.
Time for a visit to Camelot: Tra-la, it’s May / the lusty month of May / when every maiden prays that her lad / will be a cad….