Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Tuesday 30 September 2008

Monday 29 September 2008

Sunday 28 September 2008

Chunqing

Long ago, the population
of Babylon exceeded that of France.
Now, the population of one Chinese city
exceeds that of Australia and Canada
combined.

Thursday 25 September 2008

Tuesday 23 September 2008

They have taken away the poles

and replaced the cables
but the electricity
seems no better than before the war.

Saturday 20 September 2008

Men are mostly

mindless,
women sometimes
heartless.
The brain and the heart
are houses without air.

Thursday 18 September 2008

Wednesday 17 September 2008

Those who love silence

understand all that needs
to be understood.
Words are bedizened emptiness.

Tuesday 16 September 2008

Monday 15 September 2008

A Curious Thing

Men's armpits in their natural state
have a range of smells
- fennel, ginger,
leather, ripe date,
pipe-tobacco, damp logs -
but their balls
all smell the same

though maybe not to dogs.

Saturday 13 September 2008

The joy of sex

is not ejaculation
but the fun of doing silly,
sensual, sexy things
à deux.

Friday 12 September 2008

Thursday 11 September 2008

Louisiana Purchase

OK is a conflation of Scots Och Aye with French d'accord; and guy is a corruption of the French word gars with echoes of English anti-Catholic bonfires. 'Have a nice day!' is an intrusively imperative version of Bonne journée ! Denim comes from French de Nîmes, as Gènes, French for Genoa, turned into jeans.

Denim originated in Indian fishing communities around Bombay (Mumbai) and was the fabric used for Dungarees.

Wednesday 10 September 2008

Tuesday 9 September 2008

I am

a bubble of being
outside the bubble of breeding,
of meat- eaters
- almost a ghetto of one.

Monday 8 September 2008

Sunday 7 September 2008

Saturday 6 September 2008

Monday 1 September 2008