Thursday, 10 March 2016

startled by the light

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A Syrian child lies wounded at a hospital after a bombing in Douma, a suburb of Damascus. It was unclear what group was responsible for the attack.: photo by Mohammed Badra/European Pressphoto Agency, 10 March 2016


A Syrian child lies wounded at a hospital after a bombing in Douma, a suburb of Damascus. It was unclear what group was responsible for the attack.: photo by Mohammed Badra/European Pressphoto Agency, 10 March 2016

Migrants wait for food at an encampment in Idomeni, Greece, near the border with Macedonia, which has joined other Balkan nations in closing its borders: photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse, 10 March 2016


Migrants wait for food at an encampment in Idomeni, Greece, near the border with Macedonia, which has joined other Balkan nations in closing its borders: photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse, 10 March 2016

knots and kinks crop up in the slack parts of the system to block the flow
and loose points of tension
all over the world every doofus socially engineered instant, every heads up! moment
breaking into the sleep of reason
like an unleashed driverless tow-truck without a lease to go down this bad 
bad stretch of road
parked halfass on the shoulder 
over the scattered pinions and mauled body of the rainyday roadkill crow
and the radio sounds like an electrical storm all of a sudden out of El Cerrito
sparks snaps pops impedances 
meanwhile more honkers and towtrucks beastlike in honking flashing swarms 
move up the roaring Ave.
into the immediate past... then fade mercifully into the more distant past
that best of all pasts
and when we are gone from this environment of death, and these disturbances we have interjected,
our "works",
will have continued to occur somewhere, suffering
outside our brains
and beyond our minds, 
this is perhaps the one thing we will have been able to trust, in the night of the quiet bug 
startled by the light of the generous man,
as the rain continues to fall over the milling victims in the trap...


Refugee warm themselves by a fire at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of Idomeni, where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade

Refugees warm themselves by a fire at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of Idomeni, where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade: photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP, 10 March 2016
 
Refugee warm themselves by a fire at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of Idomeni, where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade

Refugees warm themselves by a fire at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of Idomeni, where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade: photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP, 10 March 2016


A worker at the White House makes preparations for the state dinner for Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister: photo by Stephen Crowley The New York Times, 10 March 2016


A worker at the White House makes preparations for the state dinner for Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister: photo by Stephen Crowley The New York Times, 10 March 2016


Vince Lipsio wears a button in support of Senator Bernie Sanders as he waits to hear the Democratic presidential candidate speak at the University of Florida in Gainesville: photo by Sam Hodgson for The New York Times, 10 March 2016


Vince Lipsio wears a button in support of Senator Bernie Sanders as he waits to hear the Democratic presidential candidate speak at the University of Florida in Gainesville: photo by Sam Hodgson for The New York Times, 10 March 2016


A crowd of supporters stands behind Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, the Republican presidential candidate, at an event in Miami: photo by Eric Thayer for The New York Times, 9 March 2016


A crowd of supporters stands behind Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, the Republican presidential candidate, at an event in Miami: photo by Eric Thayer for The New York Times, 9 March 2016



A partial solar eclipse is visible through the clouds at a construction site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters, 9 March 2016



A partial solar eclipse is visible through the clouds at a construction site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters, 9 March 2016


Malaysian children wear safety glasses to watch the partial solar eclipse at the National Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eclipse was visible in Asia and Australia.: photo by Mohd Rasfan/Agence France-Presse, 9 March 2016


Malaysian children wear safety glasses to watch the partial solar eclipse at the National Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eclipse was visible in Asia and Australia.: photo by Mohd Rasfan/Agence France-Presse, 9 March 2016


Clothing for Barbie dolls on display at a French exhibition, “Barbie, Life of an Icon,” by the Museum of Decorative Arts, running concurrently with Paris Fashion Week: photo by Thierry Chesnot via The New York Times, 9 March 2016


Clothing for Barbie dolls on display at a French exhibition, “Barbie, Life of an Icon,” by the Museum of Decorative Arts, running concurrently with Paris Fashion Week: photo by Thierry Chesnot via The New York Times, 9 March 2016


A female baby polar bear snuggles with its mother at the zoo in Bremerhaven, Germany.: photo by Carmen Jaspersen/The New York Times, 9 March 2016


A female baby polar bear snuggles with its mother at the zoo in Bremerhaven, Germany.: photo by Carmen Jaspersen/The New York Times, 9 March 2016


Black kites and white storks fly over the Dudaim landfill site near Beersheba, in southern Israel: photo by Ariel Schalit/Associated Press, 10 March 2016


Black kites and white storks fly over the Dudaim landfill site near Beersheba, in southern Israel: photo by Ariel Schalit/Associated Press, 10 March 2016

Tim Ferris shades himself from the sun while waiting in line to attend a campaign rally with Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, in Kissimmee, Florida, USA
 
Tim Ferris shades himself from the sun while waiting in line to attend a campaign rally with Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, in Kissimmee, Florida: photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP, 10 March 2016

Soldiers take pictures as flame and smoke are seen following air bombardments during the Northern Thunder exercises, in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq...Soldiers take pictures as flame and smoke are seen following air bombardments during the Northern Thunder exercises, in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq, March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Abedullah al-Desori EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Soldiers of the Saudi army take pictures as flame and smoke are seen following air bombardments during the Northern Thunder exercises, in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia's  border with Iraq: photo by Reuters, 10 March 2016

Soldiers take pictures as flame and smoke are seen following air bombardments during the Northern Thunder exercises, in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq...Soldiers take pictures as flame and smoke are seen following air bombardments during the Northern Thunder exercises, in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq, March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Abedullah al-Desori EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Soldiers of the Saudi army take pictures as flame and smoke are seen following air bombardments during the Northern Thunder exercises, in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia's  border with Iraq: photo by Reuters, 10 March 2016
 
French President Francois Hollande, King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands look at a Rembrandt painting during a visit at the Louvre Museum in Paris...French President Francois Hollande (C), King Willem Alexander (2ndR) and Queen Maxima (R) of the Netherlands look at a Rembrandt painting, Portrait of Marten Soolmans, during a visit at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, as part of their State visit to France March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Etienne Laurent/Pool

 French President Francois Hollande, King Willem Alexander, and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands look at a Rembrandt painting, Portrait of Marten Soolmans, during a visit at the Louvre Museum in Paris: photo by Etienne Laurent/Reuters, 10 March 2016

French President Francois Hollande, King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands look at a Rembrandt painting during a visit at the Louvre Museum in Paris...French President Francois Hollande (C), King Willem Alexander (2ndR) and Queen Maxima (R) of the Netherlands look at a Rembrandt painting, Portrait of Marten Soolmans, during a visit at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, as part of their State visit to France March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Etienne Laurent/Pool

French President Francois Hollande, King Willem Alexander, and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands look at a Rembrandt painting, Portrait of Marten Soolmans, during a visit at the Louvre Museum in Paris: photo by Etienne Laurent/Reuters, 10 March 2016

A historical building is seen being moved to make way for new constructions in Wuhan...A historical building is seen being moved to make way for new constructions in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in this picture taken March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.
A historical building is seen being moved to make way for new constructions in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China: photo by Reuters, 10 March 2016

A historical building is seen being moved to make way for new constructions in Wuhan...A historical building is seen being moved to make way for new constructions in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in this picture taken March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.
 
A historical building is seen being moved to make way for new constructions in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China: photo by Reuters, 10 March 2016

Greek Island Of Lesbos On The Frontline Of the Migrant Crisis...MITHYMNA, GREECE - MARCH 10: Hundreds of used life vests lie on a makeshift rubbish dump hidden in the hills above the town on March 10, 2016 in Mithymna, Greece. Local authorities start to clean the beaches from life vests and destroyed dinghies, used by refugees and migrants after crossing the sea from Turkey to Lesbos. The village of Mithymna is the northest town of the Island of Lesbos and located 75 kilometres north of the Capitol Mytilini. Migrants and refugees are still arriving on the shores of the Island of Lesbos, while Joined Forces of the Standing NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Maritime Group 2 are patrolling the coast of the greek Island of Lesbos and the turkish coast. Turkey has announced on Monday to take back illegal migrants from Syria and to exchange those with legal migrants. (Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)

Hundreds of used life jackets lie on a makeshift rubbish dump in the hills above the town in Mithymna, Greece. Local authorities start to clean the beaches from life vests and destroyed dinghies, used by refugees and migrants after crossing the sea from Turkey to Lesbos: photo by Alexander Koerner via FT Photo Diary, 10 March 2016

Greek Island Of Lesbos On The Frontline Of the Migrant Crisis...MITHYMNA, GREECE - MARCH 10: Hundreds of used life vests lie on a makeshift rubbish dump hidden in the hills above the town on March 10, 2016 in Mithymna, Greece. Local authorities start to clean the beaches from life vests and destroyed dinghies, used by refugees and migrants after crossing the sea from Turkey to Lesbos. The village of Mithymna is the northest town of the Island of Lesbos and located 75 kilometres north of the Capitol Mytilini. Migrants and refugees are still arriving on the shores of the Island of Lesbos, while Joined Forces of the Standing NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Maritime Group 2 are patrolling the coast of the greek Island of Lesbos and the turkish coast. Turkey has announced on Monday to take back illegal migrants from Syria and to exchange those with legal migrants. (Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)

Hundreds of used life jackets lie on a makeshift rubbish dump in the hills above the town in Mithymna, Greece. Local authorities start to clean the beaches from life vests and destroyed dinghies, used by refugees and migrants after crossing the sea from Turkey to Lesbos: photo by Alexander Koerner via FT Photo Diary, 10 March 2016
 
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi Announces Interest Rate Decision...An empty chair stands in the news conference room before the arrival of Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), to announce the bank's interest rate decision at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, March 10, 2016. Draghi will unveil fresh economic projections that for the first time will extend to 2018, and oil's slump will likely lead to downward revisions from the December outlook when inflation was projected to average 1 percent this year and 1.6 percent in 2017

An empty chair stands in the news conference room before the arrival of Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, to announce the bank’s interest rate decision at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany: photo by Martin Leissl/Bloomberg, 10 March 2016

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi Announces Interest Rate Decision...An empty chair stands in the news conference room before the arrival of Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), to announce the bank's interest rate decision at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, March 10, 2016. Draghi will unveil fresh economic projections that for the first time will extend to 2018, and oil's slump will likely lead to downward revisions from the December outlook when inflation was projected to average 1 percent this year and 1.6 percent in 2017

 An empty chair stands in the news conference room before the arrival of Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, to announce the bank’s interest rate decision at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany: photo by Martin Leissl/Bloomberg, 10 March 2016

A man washes his face close to a shelter for refugees and migrants at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece 
A man washes his face close to a shelter for refugees and migrants at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece: photo by Michalis Karagiannis/Reuters, 10 March 2016
  
A man washes his face close to a shelter for refugees and migrants at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece

A man washes his face close to a shelter for refugees and migrants at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece: photo by Michalis Karagiannis/Reuters, 10 March 2016

Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore: A Quiet Bug

A quiet bug walks discreetly
behind a bottle on my

bathroom sink

taking it a little slow
to not attract attention

when I turn on the
light
........................................................9/4/15

Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore: A Quiet Bug, from White Noise in This World Silver in the Next, Ecstatic Exchange, 2015

A Dogue de Bordeaux arrives for the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham...A Dogue de Bordeaux arrives for the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham,

A Dogue de Bordeaux arrives for the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham: photo by Darren Staples/Reuters, 10 March 2016

A Dogue de Bordeaux arrives for the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham...A Dogue de Bordeaux arrives for the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham,

A Dogue de Bordeaux arrives for the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham: photo by Darren Staples/Reuters, 10 March 2016


Tibetan exiles are forced into police vehicles after shouting anti-China slogans outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, on the 57th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day: photo by Saurabh Das/Associated Press, 10 March 2016


Tibetan exiles are forced into police vehicles after shouting anti-China slogans outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, on the 57th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day: photo by Saurabh Das/Associated Press, 10 March 2016

Nepalese police keep watch on 57th anniv...Nepalese police keep watch on 57th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, at Jawalakhel Tibetan camp in Lalitpur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 10, 2016. Tight security prevent grand commemorations of the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in Nepal, which is under intense pressure from its giant neighbour China to not tolerate "anti-China activities". / AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMAPRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images
Nepalese police keep watch on 57th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, at Jawalakhel Tibetan camp in Lalitpur on the outskirts of Kathmandu: photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP, 10 March 2016

Nepalese police keep watch on 57th anniv...Nepalese police keep watch on 57th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, at Jawalakhel Tibetan camp in Lalitpur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 10, 2016. Tight security prevent grand commemorations of the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in Nepal, which is under intense pressure from its giant neighbour China to not tolerate "anti-China activities". / AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMAPRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images

Nepalese police keep watch on 57th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, at Jawalakhel Tibetan camp in Lalitpur on the outskirts of Kathmandu: photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP, 10 March 2016
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2 comments:

  1. TC10 March 2016 at 23:31

    this post is dedicated to the lovely person and bright soul our friend and oaktown homeboy Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, in thanks for his discreet bug, among other discreet gifts o'er the years.

    we first met Daniel 48 years ago next week, not far from where we now think of him, on this sopping night

    Daniel was a sort of jongleur or minstrel denizen back in that day, with his own theatre company and floating locus magic orchestra, of curious instrumentation and substantial size, we visited him amongst his working orchestra once, in a big dark woody northside house, though I don't think he remembers.

    All that was in a little noted nor recollected period before smartphones, when people found all sorts of interesting ways to spend their time. Daniel and his family circus were doing weird free theatre among the rock promontory parks of these hills, in those ancient days.

    some home movies turned up lately...

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  2. TC11 March 2016 at 12:09

    ... on the other hand, those ancient days are long gone, little mourned, and pretty much harmed nobody, so maybe we ought to just let 'em lie, there in the time machine...

    Now is now, Daniel is Abdal-Hayy, oops! and the orchestra was Magic Lotus not Magic Locus (though maybe a bit of that, too) nor Magic Crocus etc, though why not, for all those possibilities...

    and I love his quiet bug more with each passing minute, and wish him well from all of us here, on this sopping morn...

    otherwise, sorry about the rumours of war seeping and weeping through the rain, the sky is crying...

    but for that refugee performing his fastidious ablutions on the streets of Piraeus, the world narrows down...

    the coastline is crumbling, the sky is falling...

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