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Claire Askew
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Found poem III am describing to you on the phone.  I am twenty four.  I buried my father in the sky.  I came at night to the dark house.  I can't get him out of my mind.  I decided to do it free.  I did it.  I killed my mother tongue.  I found my father face down.  I hadn't met his kind before.  I only did it for a laugh.  I think at some point I looked at my father.  I thought of other significant hearts.  I was not allowed to live my life.  In my beginning is my end. Found poem II
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Found poemWhen the sea's to the west,  when they say, 'go on, play your little girl,'  when Tom and Elizabeth took the farm,  when we last hugged each other,  when you come back to me,  when you're gone out of town,  whenever a good-looking secretary walks down the aisle,  
where the long hall ended the living room. Found poem
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If you don't want to be
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ZombieOnly dead a week, but now I'm back --  tuxedo Lazarus, awake in the dark  with the coffin's varnish stink and my own  disinfectant cologne.  You wouldn't think it,  
but I'm afraid -- sunk like a bulb under six  
square feet of earth, shrugging off stiffness that spits  
and fights in my bones.  My lungs flap like sheets  
on a line, but won't fill, and my tongue's a stuck lock:  
the throat's hinge rusted fast.   
But it seems I am strong.  I thrash myself free  from the earth's fearsome suck and then stand  in the wreckage, hungry and sore.   Zombie
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The steady illiterate movement homewards...

Wed Sep 16, 2009, 2:44 PM
Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't been on here for... what, a month? Longer? Probably. Things are mad. I started teaching again -- I got another lecturing job (same place, different department) and I'm two weeks in, knee deep in paperwork and issues already and loving every second. Things are suddenly happening rapidly (wait, that's new? OK, things are continuing to happen rapidly) and I'm pinging off the walls at present. I have lots to update you on. Soon, promise.

In the meantime, check out my little retail enveadour. I started it a while ago now and I am so enjoying the warm fuzzy feeling of being an Etsyer! Getting very into it, as it were. Anyway, for those of you who don't know, I have an online vintage store. Everything is very reasonably priced. I just listed a bunch of new stuff including some cool Mod/two-tone gear and an amazing prom gown. So check it out. If you like it, favourite me by clicking the ":heart: this store" button.

Thanks guys, more soon --

Obv. x

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  • Mood: Sweet
  • Listening to: Noisettes
  • Reading: Woman on the Edge of Time - Marge Piercy
  • Drinking: Tea

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  • Current Residence: Edinburgh
  • Interests: Words & pictures
  • Favourite band or musician: Tom Waits
  • Favourite poet or writer: Allen Ginsberg

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:iconvolodia9:
~Volodia9 Oct 17, 2009, 6:43:14 AM
Thanks a lot for the sending of Sharks don't sleep!

I was sure I vaguely knew someone named Claire, living in Edinburgh, and then doing my Sherlock Holmes I remembered having read "theobviouschild" I don't know where. So. I was there on dA with an account named "aroke" and remember following your work at that time. It seems I'm back -- even if it's quite impossible for you to recognize me :D

Have a nice afternoon!

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« Le scepticisme est l'élégance de l'anxiété. » E.M. Cioran
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=TheObviousChild Oct 24, 2009, 6:42:20 AM
What a coincidence, eh? Thanks for buying it! Supporting small presses means YOU ROCK :heart:

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Blog: One Night Stanzas
Magazine: Read This Magazine
Store: Read This, Etsy!
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~critmass Sep 12, 2009, 11:14:27 AM
hiya OC, how ya be

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its not too late to become what you were meant to be
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~moondrunk Sep 11, 2009, 8:37:49 PM
and when i walk the grounds at dawn
i can hear the sound of far-off bells
i lay my feet out in the reeds
and i dream of bein' somewhere else

so girl, next time you are in town
just ring the bell, i'll come let you in
i don't think you gon' need directions
just ask for the house where we all live

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"My little old man and I fell out;
I'll tell you what 'twas all about,--
I had money and he had none,
And that's the way the noise begun."
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~moondrunk Aug 10, 2009, 6:35:40 PM
[link]
tell me if you like them

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"My little old man and I fell out;
I'll tell you what 'twas all about,--
I had money and he had none,
And that's the way the noise begun."
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^fllnthblnk Aug 10, 2009, 12:43:09 PM
Got my package today -- tis awesome! I was sad Issue 10 wasn't included, though. That was the issue I wanted the most -- the whole reason why I ordered! Okay, just kidding, haha.

Enjoying the read so far. Thanks again! :cookie:

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Clearfield Review: Prose, Poetry, Art.
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~Drumboy Jul 24, 2009, 7:09:41 AM
Haven't commented on any of your writing because I can never think of anything meaningful to say, but just letting you know - you're one of my favourite writers, always makes my day to have something new from you in my deviantwatch

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Nothing to fear, Nothing to doubt
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=TheObviousChild Jul 28, 2009, 3:06:08 PM
Lovely comment! Thank you :heart: Just nice to know you're reading...

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:icondrumboy:
~Drumboy Jul 30, 2009, 3:44:35 PM
You're welcome :)
also, Tom Waits = exceptional taste. Just listening through Small Change atm, any suggestion on which album to try next? the selection is a bit daunting...

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Nothing to fear, Nothing to doubt
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=TheObviousChild Aug 1, 2009, 2:35:04 AM
My favourite is Rain Dogs, or any of the Island Trilogy (Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Frank's Wild Years). Those would all be a good follow-on to Small Change, as would Heartattack and Vine, which was a bit of a transition album. Or you could go backwards to the early, lounge-y stuff -- Closing Time, Heart of Saturday Night (favourite of mine!), Foreign Affairs. Anything up to about 1987, basically. After that it's all of a bit of an acquired taste... I love it, but not everyone does!

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