roomand QUOTES

1 " If you heard your lover scream in the next room
and you ran in and saw his pinkie on the floor, in a small puddle of blood.

You wouldn't rush to the pinkie and say,
'Darling, are you OK? '

No, you'd wrap your arms around his shoulders
and worry about the pinkie later.

The same holds true if you heard the scream,
ran in and saw his hand or -god forbid- his whole arm.

But suppose you hear your lover scream in the next room,
and you run in and his head is on the floor next to his body.

Which do you rush to and comfort first? "

― Jeffrey McDaniel

2 " From the shadow of domes in the city of domes,
A snowflake, a blizzard of one, weightless, entered your room
And made its way to the arm of the chair where you, looking up
From your book, saw it the moment it landed. That's all
There was to it. "

― Mark Strand , Blizzard of One

3 " that was bad; i shouldn't have done that

to prevent you from entering a catatonic state
i am going to maintain a calm facial expression
with crinkly eyes and an overall friendly demeanor
i believe in a human being that is not upset
i believe if you are working i should not be insane
or upset--why am i ever insane or upset and not working?
i vacuumed the entire house this morning
i cleaned the kitchen and the computer room
and i made you a meat helmet with computer paper
the opportunity for change exists in each moment, all moments are alone
and separate from other moments, and there are a limited number of moments
and the idea of change is a delusion of positive or negative thinking
your hands are covering your face
and your body moves like a statue
when i try to manipulate an appendage
if i could just get you to cry tears of joy one more time "

― Tao Lin , Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

4 " How Many Michals Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?

And the lamp was on
Darkening up the room
And I sat, alone
Looking for the switch
To turn off the darkness "

― Michal Coret , Becoming What I Might Be

5 " Now that lilacs are in bloomShe has a bowl of lilacs in her roomAnd twists one in her fingers while she talks." Ah, my friend, you do not know, you do not knowWhat life is, you who hold it in your hands" ; (slowly twisting the lilac stalks)" You let it flow from you, you let it flow,And youth is cruel, and has no remorseAnd smiles at situations which it cannot see." I smile, of course,And go on drinking tea. "

6 " ~Posters with torn edges hanging from rotten walls~

The doctor told me something once
she said
STOP DRINKING
I slapped her across the face with this
NO
I walked right out of that office
went right down to the hole
I told the bartender
WHISKEY, MOTHERFUCKER
he poured and he poured
and I slapped my money down on that bar
the man I had been driving around with
he just sort of sat there next to this hooker
she probably had something rotten
way down there between her legs
her eyes told of no soul
I emptied the bottle down my throat
and ordered some chips
the bartender told me
THEY'RE STALE
and I give him a
I DON'T FUCKIN' CARE,
GIVE ME SOMETHIN'
He slid me a ham sandwich dripping with cheap low-fat mayo and said
ENJOY
I went back to my room
and talked all night
so much conversation
it turned the toilet bowl pale "

― Dave Matthes , Strange Rainfall on the Rooftops of People Watchers: Poems and Stories