<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746003714729395093</id><updated>2012-02-16T00:13:13.852-08:00</updated><category term='poetry'/><category term='chesterton'/><category term='endorsement'/><title type='text'>Life/Death</title><subtitle type='html'>'&amp;Iota;&amp;omicron;&amp;upsilon;&amp;lambda;&amp;iota;&amp;alpha;&amp;nu;&amp;pi;&amp;omicron;&amp;theta;&amp;omega;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"Oh, I desire too much"</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4746003714729395093/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>the blarney stone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04849737446707937083</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746003714729395093.post-5823208310257429973</id><published>2011-10-09T01:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T01:23:17.661-07:00</updated><title type='text'>comix etc</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;So many things are happening, it is like living inside a machine made of bones where touching each piece of bone does something wildly different to your life, only the floor &amp;amp; walls are made of bones too &amp;amp; you are constantly tripping &amp;amp; falling down, every move you make activates one of the bone shards &amp;amp; you are careening off into a terrifying but probably beautiful future&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen I started a webcomic -- it is not very funny:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dropkickbabies.com"&gt;dropkickbabies.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will probably not want to be friends with me anymore after reading it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life is sure a large violent exciting creature sometimes, isn't it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4746003714729395093-5823208310257429973?l=excessivevibrato.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/feeds/5823208310257429973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4746003714729395093&amp;postID=5823208310257429973' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4746003714729395093/posts/default/5823208310257429973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4746003714729395093/posts/default/5823208310257429973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/2011/10/comix-etc.html' title='comix etc'/><author><name>the blarney stone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04849737446707937083</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746003714729395093.post-4544148757700317150</id><published>2011-05-31T13:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-31T13:39:07.453-07:00</updated><title type='text'>a conversation remembered only dimly years later from two different perspectives, one a girl whose eyes are on fire the other an almost invisible boy</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;He.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No more hotels for us we slept in the car&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;blocked the windows with heavy tarpaulin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;to hide the fireworks show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I said Where are we headed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;she said God only knows&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Then why all the burning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-I am an emitter of flames&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Yes but why&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Chemicals oxygen heat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Is it fatal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Perhaps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-For you or for me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-God only knows&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Does moving steadily or erratically help&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Yes very much&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Which&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Erratically but in one direction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-East&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Yes east&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Why east&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;-Away from that yellow time&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;(you see she doesn't trust beauty either)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;She.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;We straight-up eschewed all inns&lt;br /&gt;blacked out the windscreens with butcher paper&lt;br /&gt;no sense in showing off&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he got thoughtful asked Where to sunshine&lt;br /&gt;I shot back Hell if I know&lt;br /&gt;-Crazy thing those peepers of yours&lt;br /&gt;-Just call me Bottle Rocket&lt;br /&gt;-What’s that all about&lt;br /&gt;-O the usual sparks fuses timers&lt;br /&gt;-You mean you’re gonna go off&lt;br /&gt;-At some point&lt;br /&gt;-What about the debris&lt;br /&gt;-Hell if I know&lt;br /&gt;-Can we make that fuse any longer&lt;br /&gt;-Well what do you think we’re doing mister&lt;br /&gt;-So we keep rolling then&lt;br /&gt;-Thataway&lt;br /&gt;-Atlantic&lt;br /&gt;-Atlantic&lt;br /&gt;-Remind me why&lt;br /&gt;-I’m tired of fake sunsets&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;I think he's supercharged with death too&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4746003714729395093-4544148757700317150?l=excessivevibrato.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/feeds/4544148757700317150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4746003714729395093&amp;postID=4544148757700317150' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4746003714729395093/posts/default/4544148757700317150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4746003714729395093/posts/default/4544148757700317150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/2011/05/conversation-remembered-only-dimly.html' title='a conversation remembered only dimly years later from two different perspectives, one a girl whose eyes are on fire the other an almost invisible boy'/><author><name>the blarney stone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04849737446707937083</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746003714729395093.post-7272404638547144717</id><published>2011-05-01T19:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T12:43:32.048-07:00</updated><title type='text'>a calm and lively sunday morning meditation</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;skin your hands my boy&lt;br /&gt;skin em raw &amp;amp; red&lt;br /&gt;on the sharp salt rocks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(skin em like you believe in em)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4746003714729395093-7272404638547144717?l=excessivevibrato.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/feeds/7272404638547144717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746003714729395093.post-5788289484264550652</id><published>2011-04-27T01:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T01:54:47.513-07:00</updated><title type='text'>this is what i might say to you over coffee or perhaps a nice ethnic lunch</title><content type='html'>God rides around in a convertible&lt;br /&gt;his long hippie hair sunning in the breeze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he takes the little tissues of our worries&lt;br /&gt;tears them into white shards throws them&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all overboard&lt;br /&gt;they shoot around his fenders like spring snow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but I had one worry&lt;br /&gt;it wouldn’t biodegrade out on the backroads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the crumbs started seeping into the topsoil&lt;br /&gt;poisoning any hungry birds or amphibians&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;soon the whole watershed&lt;br /&gt;was grey with pollution&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the Good Lord is miles ahead now&lt;br /&gt;enjoying his Sunday drive&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4746003714729395093-5788289484264550652?l=excessivevibrato.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/feeds/5788289484264550652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4746003714729395093&amp;postID=5788289484264550652' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4746003714729395093/posts/default/5788289484264550652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4746003714729395093/posts/default/5788289484264550652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-is-what-i-might-say-to-you-over.html' title='this is what i might say to you over coffee or perhaps a nice ethnic lunch'/><author><name>the blarney stone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04849737446707937083</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746003714729395093.post-7658119806663093120</id><published>2011-02-03T19:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T19:11:56.667-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>fragments</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt;fr. 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was that time of day it was yellow everywhere&lt;br /&gt;sheets of it coated people's throats&lt;br /&gt;drops of it clogged up the waterworks&lt;br /&gt;its pedestrians were small bits of syrup glowing&lt;br /&gt;yellow always yellow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Step after step over every alive flower&lt;br /&gt;I moseyed into town&lt;br /&gt;said Maybe I will go opaque when night comes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;your thin lizard arms were they sunset colored&lt;br /&gt;or do I misremember&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fr. 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Get in the car she said hurry&lt;br /&gt;we don't have much time&lt;br /&gt;my eyes are already going like a forest fire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fr. 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Little bedrocked solid flesh&lt;br /&gt;in the cool morning&lt;br /&gt;I will munch my breakfast tucked up against you&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4746003714729395093-7658119806663093120?l=excessivevibrato.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/feeds/7658119806663093120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4746003714729395093&amp;postID=7658119806663093120' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4746003714729395093/posts/default/7658119806663093120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4746003714729395093/posts/default/7658119806663093120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excessivevibrato.blogspot.com/2011/02/fragments.html' title='fragments'/><author><name>the blarney 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