Archive for January, 2006

January 10th, 2006

S-paced out

Posted in Quotes by duh nston

I will screw your mind, slowly. Slowly.

-Anon

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January 9th, 2006

Strange Fruit

Posted in Songs by Kunal Goel

Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swingin’ in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees
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January 9th, 2006

Monosyllabled Apologies

Posted in Neha Jhingon, Thoughts by Neha

All I had to give him, I have already given. But he wants more. Definately more.

He says he just can’t handle the spasmic silences. You know, the stances where he becomes hysterical with his desires and I become numb with solitude.

Whoever said that opposites attract? Sure sparks do fly when they collide. But what about the sparks? What about them? Where do they go? More

January 8th, 2006

On Pigeons

Posted in Kunal Goel, Poems by Kunal Goel

These pigeons in my balcony,
Fighting with each other,
Brutally.
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January 7th, 2006

Foreplay

Posted in Kunal Goel, Short stories by Kunal Goel

Twice born?
Yes.
And me?
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January 7th, 2006

Playing Pool

Posted in Excerpts by Kunal Goel

“How you say to a little one ball in the side?”
“I never played that game much.”
“Nothing to it. Just the one ball in the side pocket.”
“Anyhow, you look too good for me.”
“Me? I’m just a punk.”
“Oh well. If it’s just a friendly game.”
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January 7th, 2006

All paid jobs

Posted in Quotes by Kunal Goel

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

-Aristotle

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January 6th, 2006

Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her

Posted in Poems by Kunal Goel

If questioning would make us wise
No eyes would ever gaze in eyes;
If all our tale were told in speech
No mouths would wander each to each.

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January 5th, 2006

The Function Of Games

Posted in Excerpts by Kunal Goel

Because there is so little opportunity for intimacy in daily life, and because some forms of intimacy (especially if intense) are psychologically impossible for most people, the bulk of the time in serious social life is taken up with playing games. More

January 4th, 2006

There, anytime

Posted in Short stories, duh nston by duh nston

She said she would.
Yes, she did.
But she didn’t. More

January 3rd, 2006

Fathers send their sons

Posted in Quotes by Kunal Goel

Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn’t.

-L. L. Henderson

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January 3rd, 2006

The Photograph

Posted in Poems by Kunal Goel

In this obscene photograph sold in the street
secretly (have to watch out for the police),
in this whorish photograph,
how could there be such a dream-like face?
How did you get in here?

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January 2nd, 2006

New Year Resolutions

Posted in Neha Jhingon, Non-fiction by Neha

1. Must Learn Knitting.
2. Must Drive More Carefully
3. Must Get a Good Job
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January 2nd, 2006

I Loved You; Even Now I Confess

Posted in Poems by Kunal Goel

I loved you; even now I may confess,
Some embers of my love their fire retain;
But do not let it cause you more distress,
I do not want to sadden you again.
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January 1st, 2006

What’s a man gotta do?

Posted in Neha Jhingon, Short stories by Neha

And so the year began on a bitter note. She would just not listen to me anymore. Just won’t let me explain. Sits there watching me, red eyed. But wouldn’t hear something that would bring a smile to her lips.

I hate love. Did I ever tell you that? I have been with women. Of all kinds. All shapes and sizes. All colours. All ages. I once loved them. Loved them all. But there is only too much you can give out. And I hit rockbottom. Like I was gonna More