I want this book.

I could tell you but then you would have to be destroyed by me by Trevor Paglen

By submitting hundreds of Freedom of Information requests, the author has assembled an extensive guide featuring 75 patches — icons that represent CIA projects known by peculiar names and illustrated with occult symbols and cartoons — to reveal a secret world of military imagery and jargon.

In other news: I am still awaiting the great return of the Little Gray Books series. Since Hodgman has become popular there has been a serious lack in updating of the Little Gray Book series. There are still some in the backlogs of the webpage. I do still enjoy those.

Tonight I was meant to be going to The Richard Hugo House to read some poetry at the open mic by since I am a pansy and can't go alone and all my friends bailed on me I didn't go. I'm sorta really regretting that now, but hey. What can you do? I'll make it next month. There are still a bunch of awesome things coming up, like the Poetry Performance Contest and the Cheap Wine and Poetry night. It is national poetry month, after all, so this month should be all about the poetry.

I just stumbled across a website called Washington Poets Association that has all sorts of fun goodies.

I've been working on some Doormat Poems. I'll leave you with one.

Doormat Poem (#71)

I went shopping
to find hearts.
artichoke hearts.

Doormat Poem (#9)

The ashtray tells me
that he is planning
on leaving me
as soon as he grows legs.

Doormat Poem (#8)

Watching from
sea.
It's the cargo
that needs
its hand held.