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One week of excerpts from The Phantom Tollbooth:1
“It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time… I can’t see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February.” And, since no one bothered to explain otherwise, he regarded the process of seeking knowledge as the greatest waste of time of all.
from The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, 1961
World’s Fair
The look of happiness, trapped and frozen in
that 1964 photograph looks hauntingly hopeful.
How I wish I could have seen it on your
lovely face in my lifetime.
Turn to Clear Vision
Sometimes it can be that easy.
Some things that entice
milk chocolate
red walls
fresh snow
the smell of coffee
blue light at daybreak
warm blankets
new notebooks
the setting sun
The City
gowalkingtunnelsstreetspeoplecolors
signssmellscarslightshornsbuildings
voicesarrowsnumbersmetalbricks
glassfoodlanguagespigeonsdrinking
smokingtrashcandybroomstrains
shoppingneonelmocamarasanxiety
exhaustexhaustionrevolvingdoors
coatsmusicrunninghatsclocksalleys
truckssewerssteamcloudscursingcold
hotsmilingeatingarcadesshopsoffices
computerswindowspolicechildren
strollerssupermanstrawscirclesmoney
lettersvertigofastforwardrewindstop
Blue Skies
NYC: You are wild, frenetic, spontaneous;
always surprising and challenging.
Those panic attacks I have when we’re together?
I feel better when I remember to look up.
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