dream of the perfect lie
bibliomancy forecast for the week of june 2nd
the world, and Alain Robbe-Grillet’s Snaphsots:
Once more the scene is empty. On the left, the sun is still at the same height; the light is unchanged. Opposite, the straight, smooth tree trunks are still reflected in the unwrinkled water, perpendicular to the rays of the sunset.
Deep in the shadowed zones shine the sectioned reflections of the columns, upside down and black, washed miraculously clean.
the aleatory
I used to think that all of the dark places in the world were one place. That all the mouseholes and keyholes led to the same kingdom. Also the hole next to the furnace, which went down to the potato cellar, and also the holes arranged on the rotary phone. If you went through any one of them, you’d end up in something like a rabbit’s den, striped by moonlight. But you might not be able to get back out.
And I still think that.
the forecast
Make sure you’re getting enough vitamins. Don’t meet a real hunger with an imaginary cake.
writing prompt
Write a play including roles for yourself, your cats, and the sun.
a chune
“I Parade Myself” by Gang of Four
That one guitar fill sounds like a Dodge Daytona and a Sheetz. (Real ones know.) And when it’s time to pick your age from a drop-down menu and you have to scroll … and scroll ….
credits: small spells tarot deck by Rachel Howe
Snapshots by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Shrinkwrapped by Gang of Four
dear diary, yesterday in the grocery store I was looking very closely at the bags of potatoes to select one that was good. Next to me stood an elderly man who was doing the same—both of us intent upon potato quality. He chose his bag, and walked away. But then he turned back and asked me, “Have you tried these?” His was a different kind of potato than I was buying, and so I said (truthfully) no. “They’re really great,” he said. I asked: “Would they be any good in a soup?” He glanced down at them, waiting for the potatoes to answer this question about themselves, and said “No.” But this did not sadden him, because we were both people who apparently cared a great deal about potato quality—and use case—so for me to take his recommendation would have invalidated both of our positions. I could tell we both understood this deeply. XS
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