Monthly Archives: March 2009

Qualia

15th
Mar. × ’09

When 12 Harvard researchers work tirelessly for years,gorillas say“Tickle, tickle, giggle, me, man,”that is not a sentence,no matter how much sense you speak,they see the sign, but not the string.If he could say“Dear researcherwhen you started to tickle me last yearmy depression ended,”this would be successof sorts.
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When they readindependently I pace lookinglike I might [...]

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When

15th
Mar. × ’09

You start to get madwhen the substitute askswhy their grammar’s so badafter you’ve listened to heryell through the wallsall day.
You start to get madwhen you’re walking homeand in store front reflectionsyou see your own furrowed browflash yourself a smileand it doesn’t go away(meta headachemaintained).
You start to get madwhen after a year and a halfthe Chinese [...]

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3:10 pm

15th
Mar. × ’09

I hear kids loiteringthe hallwayI listensomething bubblesabout the back cornerof the schoolyard.
I go to the door,eyes scatter.
I call over Isaiah ask, “Something going on?”
“Nah, we’re cool.”
“You stay away from it, you hear?”
“Yes miss.”
I go for helpbut everyone has gonehome already.
Down the hall I tell the science teacher.
“Want to know what I really think?” he says.I [...]

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