I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round read more

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round as the moon, to stare up.
I want to be looking at them when they come
Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots.
I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.
Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.
I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.
They will wonder if I was important.

When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me read more

When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me into acting, he encouraged me to get the lead in a musical. They didn't have any guys.

In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the read more

In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.

Say that cricket has nothing to do with politics and you say that cricket has nothing to do with life.

Say that cricket has nothing to do with politics and you say that cricket has nothing to do with life.

Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great read more

Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great news for the overall economy. Inflation is rearing its ugly head and may soon stifle economic growth.

We exported commodities to Somalia.

We exported commodities to Somalia.

Once in royal David's city / Stood a lowly cattle shed, / Where a Mother laid her Baby / In read more

Once in royal David's city / Stood a lowly cattle shed, / Where a Mother laid her Baby / In a manger for His bed: / Mary was that Mother mild, / Jesus Christ her little Child.

Love is made by two people in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd but in an read more

Love is made by two people in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd but in an oblivious crowd.

Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.

Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.