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Billy Collins

Journal Entry: Wed May 21, 2008, 9:04 PM
Ahhh enjoy. I read this recently and enjoyed it very much.

Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house
By Billy Collins

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.
They must switch him on on their way out.

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,

and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.

When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton

while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.

More here [link]

  • Listening to: The Monkees
  • Reading: Essays
  • Watching: A stack of essays
  • Playing: with my pen
  • Eating: yogurt
  • Drinking: uhm...no...I said I'm eating yogurt

Devious Information

  • Current Age: What's the point? In geological time I don't even exist.
  • Current Residence: The State of Euphoria
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: XL
  • Print preference: legible
  • Interests: More than could posibly be good.
  • Favourite movie: The Big Sleep, at least one other you might be able to guess.
  • Favourite band or musician: Benny Carter, Avenged Sevenfold, Jonathan Coulton, Les Baxter, Si Zetner, Van Halen, Ugress
  • Favourite genre of music: Who can give a response to this...honestly.
  • Favourite artist: Again.....honestly!
  • Favourite poet or writer: Whomever I am reading at the moment - unless it's Barbara Kingsolver. Never ever Barbara.
  • Favourite photographer: http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/ (but also Hag)
  • Operating System: I don't use a system, I prefer a regimen.
  • MP3 player of choice: iTunes
  • Skin of choice: Mine, unless of course you have the urge to share yours.
  • Favourite game: NHL 94, King's Bounty
  • Favourite gaming platform: Playstation
  • Favourite cartoon character: Lupin III
  • Personal Quote: puppy snack. The and the ate a girl
  • Tools of the Trade: pen, paper, and paradox

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~zeherah:iconzeherah: 3 days 18 hours ago
I'm so glad you like Two Fifteen!
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~withoutwings07:iconwithoutwings07: 3 days 19 hours ago
thanks for the watch =)

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Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life is so stupid I can't stand it. ~Barbara Kingsolver
*YouInventedMe:iconYouInventedMe: 4 days 25 minutes ago
thanks for the :+fav: on
resident's description

xo!

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interested in collaborating?
writer, photographer, painter, whatever(er) -
I'll mix with words with anything you've got.
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~Desertlion:iconDesertlion: 4 days 1 hour ago
Thank you for the fav, chile

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"Don't get it right, just get it written."
(James Thurber)
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~endingStart:iconendingStart: 4 days 13 hours ago
Thank you :)

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"One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night." - Margaret Mead
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*spikelover7:iconspikelover7: 4 days 18 hours ago
aww, thx :blush:

i've been preoccupied lately. but i will def put some new works up :)

--
You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.
-Nietzsche
*YouInventedMe:iconYouInventedMe: 5 days 14 hours ago
much obliged, sir
much obliged

:D

xo!

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writer, photographer, painter, whatever(er) -
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~Lucifer-InTheFlesh:iconLucifer-InTheFlesh: May 14, 2008, 2:47:48 AM
Actually, uh... no.

I just write to write and whatever emotion goes into it, goes into it. Sure, each piece/work portrays a different emotion, but...

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The heart is merely an organ; not something that provokes emotion.
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