{"id":61,"date":"2004-08-18T09:44:15","date_gmt":"2004-08-18T16:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2004-08-18T09:44:15","modified_gmt":"2004-08-18T16:44:15","slug":"like-icarus-loves-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/2004\/08\/18\/like-icarus-loves-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Icarus loves the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday, as I sat at the window
inside Caffé Vita, I watched
a blind woman cross 4th Ave,
the main street in downtown Oly.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t help but wonder
where she was going, what doing.
And so I imagined her,
weaving a straight line into
a local gallery,
and buying a painting.<\/p>\n

The most perfect action ever taken.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Olympia has been good to me.
It feels like home, treats me like
a long-lost lover, rediscovered.
For me, that faceless throng is
a world of stories, telling themselves
in facial tics and snippets of conversation.
Even the morally destitute give me hope.
I couldn’t say why.<\/p>\n

My job is excellent;
slow right now between semesters,
allows me a chance to get my bearings.
At 19 hours a week, I’m still waiting
for that second job to fall in my lap.
My supervisor here in the Library,
after just a week, is willing to put
in a good word for me
(the 2nd job is also on campus),
so I think I stand a good chance.<\/p>\n

In the evenings:
darts in the garage,
music and conversation,
story-telling,
a beer to relax and
watch our neighbors across the street
[human story of a couple and two kids],
listen to our neighbors next-door
[irish tap jigs against hard-wood floors],
barbeque at sunset and
wonder what it’s all about.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Creatively, I’ve been working on story-boards
for two strips,
which Theo and Tim draw, respectively.
We’ve a good creative environment,
communication and amusement.
We should have a few up on a website soon,
once our internet kicks in at home.
So, you know, stay tuned and all that.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

A poem to part with, from 8\/9.<\/p>\n

Rata-tat<\/em>-tata-tata-rata-ta<\/em>ta-ra-ta-tat<\/em>:
heart drumbeats
simple beats
easy as it looks
rata-tat-tat-tat –
beguile me for awhile
i’m easy:
tell me your stories like lies
of flies on walls
i too saw it all;
tell me your truths & heartbreaks
rata-tata –
life’s easy
getting by is getting by
but life’s easy &
happiness is easy as a choice –
simple beats:
rata-tat-tat-tat –
easy as it looks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, as I sat at the window inside Caffé Vita, I watched a blind woman cross 4th Ave, the main street in downtown Oly. I couldn’t help but wonder where she was going, what doing. And so I imagined her, weaving a straight line into a local gallery, and buying a painting. The most perfect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,19,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}