Graceful Hands

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I was talking to myself in the grocery store again.

My cat likes to bite my knees.
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    Something In A Way - Nirvana
Graceful Hands

On Western Civ.

Every time I hear that tired argument against teaching "Western civilization", something to the tune of "We shouldn't be teaching about the accomplishments of a bunch of dead white men since they're the oppressors" I think about my World History class at UW-MC. More specifically, I think about what my professor always said about Western civilization. As he addressed the all-white class, he made his views quite clear. "Remember guys. You have nothing to do with this. The Greeks and Babylonians were dark-skinned and kinky-haired. While they were creating history your ancestors were eating raw meat in caves."
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    Little Dawn - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Graceful Hands

Anything to feel weightless again

we stopped for coffee in the Redwood forest
giant dripping leaves, spoons of powdered cream
I wanted to kiss you but I wasn't sure how
like those indians, lost in the rainforest
forced to drag burning wood wherever they went
they had all forgotten how to start a fire

this is why people OD on pills
and jump from the Golden Gate Bridge
anything to feel weightless again

those poor lost indians when the white man found them
most died of TB, the rest went insane
in our motel room, you're drinking Slice and gin
reading Moby Dick on the other bed
remember the first time we slept together
you said it felt like when you learned to float

this is why people OD on pills
and jump from the Golden Gate Bridge
anything to feel weightless again
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    Weightless Again - The Handsome Family
Graceful Hands

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I'm amused that every time I make a cup of tea I forget about it before drinking it and hence I have half full glasses of very strong, tepid tea scattered about my living quarters.
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    Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police