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Just for a moment,

A snapshot Neanderthal
Of something wonderful.

Just for a moment,

Some parents with offspring
Were playing & splashing.

Just for a moment,

Interglacially
It is really sunny.

Just for a moment,

But the tide occulates
These prehistoric dates.

Just for a moment,

Then the footprints, ...

More specifically, mine.
(This is going to be a mumbo-jumbo of mechanic crap, so good luck staying interested.)

So, about a month and a half ago, my truck decided to make this scraping noise. I didn't know where it came from, so I continued driving. It didn't stop. However, every time I came to a complete stop, the entire front end would give a horrendous CLUNK! and the grinding would stop. So, I got home and started tearing **** off. Having no clue what it was, I tore ...

On William Blake's birthday I first saw the Christmas lights
Illuminating Market Street with their supernatural sheen,
They made me actually stand & stare at the faery sight
In the twilight of the morning that is in-between

The long dark night of the soul & that little taste of death
Which we conveniently label slumber or sleep.
It was almost as if they took away my breath
With some ethereal nature that could make me weep ...

... Transcribing manuscripts.

I kid you not.

So this week, in Medieval Lit., Dr. K runs us through some important historical facts AND THEN we get to do some hands-on stuff. It's a 500-level course and I'm doing well in it - each day is an absolute delight.

And, of course, the Monty Python: Quest for the Holy Grail quotes don't too much harm either.

"And class, how do we know he's a king?"
"Because he hasn't got sh*t ...

Large powerful fan
shaking his electric face
negating my thoughts

a circular cage
ventosity uncalled for
from his moving head

just that squatting there
in his cave of Aeolus
whining that old song

seeming to blow strange
cryptic anemometers
speeding in my mind.