morning ride

i talked to a hippie on the streetcar today. "My, that's a good book you're reading," I said. He nodded in agreement and shaking his beard like a horse's mane 3 sparrows flew out to perch on my coffee mug.

Music to my ears: Saul Williams
Words to live by: "Symbolism and meaning are two separate things. I think she found the right words by bypassing procedures like meaning and logic. She captured words in a dream, like delicately catching hold of a butterfly's wings as it flutters around. Artists are those who can evade the verbose." ~Haruki Murakami, from Kafka on the Shore

In reality: 22 American soldiers in Iraq committed suicide in 2005.