Nostr notes by Smalljones aka Paul Jones

Wish for a Young Wife -Theodore Roethke My lizard, my lively ...

2026-01-08T02:57:32Z

Wish for a Young Wife
-Theodore Roethke

My lizard, my lively writher,
May your limbs never wither,
May the eyes in your face
Survive the green ice
Of envy’s mean gaze;
May you live out your life
Without hate, without grief,
And your hair ever blaze,
In the sun, in the sun,
When I am undone,
When I am no one.

https://youtu.be/Lmvgqkj3xbM

Did you ever think as the hearse rolls by That some of these days ...

2025-12-16T15:27:09Z

Did you ever think as the hearse rolls by
That some of these days you must surely die?
They'll take you away in a big black hack
They'll take you away but won't bring you back

The men with shovels stand all around
They shovel you into that cold, wet ground
They shovel in dirt, and they throw in rocks
They don't give a damn if they break the box

And your eyes drop out, and your teeth fall in
And the worms crawl over your mouth and chin;

https://youtu.be/WZ9vcz34o8Q

Library of Congress -Arthur Sze You peer down a lit corridor on ...

2025-10-14T20:13:41Z

Library of Congress
-Arthur Sze

You peer down a lit corridor
on the fifth tier of stacks
where a million books breathe
on shelves; here’s a book
on neutrinos captured in Antarctica,
here’s another on solar flares.
A curator displays a book
in Vai script and points to a triangle
with two dots; you wonder
if you are looking at a pregnant
woman, an enslaved man,
or a human ear; you pull a book
[...]

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/20/library-of-congress-arthur-sze-poem

By "swindle" Pete Townsend means ...

2025-08-26T19:30:07Z

By "swindle" Pete Townsend means "enshitification"

"The swindle starts when you become a property and don’t belong to your fans anymore. You belong to record companies, to promoters, to managers. The audience worships you for what you’ve done years before. They’re not interested in anything new. For Roger and I, it’s difficult to do anything other than feel like we’re a Who tribute band."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/arts/music/who-pete-townshend-roger-daltrey-interview.html

I'm not content to be with you in the daytime Girl, I want to ...

2025-05-23T22:17:33Z

I'm not content to be with you in the daytime
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel all right is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night

https://youtu.be/xIYzQfgGTZE?si=DDnRWlLUVXSfFxa_

The Griffin List is a searchable list of all 60,000 of the voters ...

2025-01-15T14:24:49Z

The Griffin List is a searchable list of all 60,000 of the voters being challenged by Republicans & their failed candidate Griffin If you are an NC voter and find yourself or friends there, you'll want to be sure to take action. Recommendations and searchable list below.

Https://thegriffinlist.com

Ordered in 2019; received and installed today! ...

2024-09-03T22:44:50Z

Ordered in 2019; received and installed today!