by | April 18, 2011 · 6:57 pm
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Monsoon dialectic by Guy Yasko

I write naked. It is too hot to do otherwise.

Tomorrow will be the same: high skies, relentless sunshine, token
clouds. There is no hope for change, not until the monsoon dialectic
generates its own destruction.

My neighbours take refuge in air-conditioning and ghost stories. I
take cold showers and dream of thunderstorms.

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6 Responses to Monsoon dialectic by Guy Yasko

  1. susan
    April 22, 2011 at 9:08 am

    Nice, simple, strong in its tension. Well done, Guy.

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  2. stephen
    April 22, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    nice. i like the phrase monsoon dialectic a lot. and the piece catches something, a place, maybe an imaginary one. well played, comrade.

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  3. ganymeder
    April 24, 2011 at 6:43 am

    I like how sensory this is, visual and tactile. I really enjoyed this. One of my favorites from you.

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  4. guy
    April 24, 2011 at 5:22 pm

    Thanks Susan, Steve & ganymeder. I like the phrase ‘monsoon dialectic’ myself. Sometimes i think a story or a book or a movie is just a platform for delivering good lines.

    Reply
  5. susan tepper
    April 26, 2011 at 5:39 pm

    Very cool (hot) flash, love this one! It reads like a prose poem too.

    Reply

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