I would like to describe the simplest emotion
joy or sadness
but not as others do
reaching for shafts of rain or sun

I would like to describe a light
which is being born in me
but I know it does not resemble
any star
for it is not so bright
not so pure
and is uncertain

I would like to describe courage
without dragging behind me a dusty lion
and also anxiety
without shaking a glass full of water

to put it another way
I would give all metaphors
in return for one word
drawn out of my breast like a rib
for one word
contained within the boundaries
of my skin

but apparently this is not possible

and just to say - I love
I run around like mad
picking up handfuls of birds
and my tenderness
which after all is not made of water
asks the water for a face
and anger
different from fire
borrows from it
a loquacious tongue

so is blurred
so is blurred
in me
what white-haired gentlemen
separated once and for all
and said 
this is the subject
and this is the object

we fall asleep
with once hand under our head
and with the other in a mound of planets

our feet abandon us
and taste the earth
with their tiny roots
which next morning
we tear out painfully

- Zbigniew Herbert

Short legs linked to diabetes!

TV watching triggers autism!

Remote control pigeons!

 So I was planning on having vacation pictures up but my sister hasn't uploaded them anywhere where I can see them.  Anyways, I'm sure everybody knows that the Japanese are super smart when it comes to conveniences for the home.  Anyways, here is my newest toy and no, it's not the lamp.

I got a bunch of Ipod stuff for Christmas so I figured I might as well get an Ipod.  Other than that, I have been trying to stay reasonably low-tech lately.  This means that I simply forgetting things entirely instead of forgetting to check my PDA.  I also preordered the last Harry Potter book :(.  I know I am just going to stay up all night to read it, but seeing as it's the last, maybe I can manage to read it very slowly.  I doubt it though.  July seems so far away.

I think it's a little sad that Anna Nicole Smith has been the biggest headline these past few days.  I think this is much more interesting: Deodorant sets off smoke alarm