lest i forget.....
what do best of pals do when tipsy with wine?
why, trade maudlin, unashamedly wistful epitaphs to each other, naturally! in this HIC instance, GOD ON EARTH was picked by us both. the oneness has ceased to surprise me.
`never again would birds' song be the same
and to do that to birds was why she came'
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
and on WHY epitaphs are important.... cassius hueffer says
...and for a couple of crackers
though perhaps no one said it better than.....
Codeine . . . bourbon.
~~ Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d. December 12, 1968
08 March, 2006
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the best one is my grandfather's, who was a rugged misanthrope: "What the fuck are you looking at?" says his moss-covered grave...
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