Hey there! I'm Eli. I'm a Vermonter transplanted to Oberlin, Ohio, where I study archaeology, classics, and chemistry.

I originally hopped on Tumblr to document my experience studying in London in fall 2010. I also like mountains, co-ops, old things, artful books, queer politics, sexual health, and gender non-normativity, so there's lots of that stuff here too.

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30th January 2012

Quote reblogged from musing among the vegetables? with 1,058 notes

In an effort to get people to look
into each other’s eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.

When the phone rings, I put it to my ear
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.

Late at night, I call my long-distance lover,
proudly say I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you.

When she doesn’t respond,
I know she’s used up all her words,
so I slowly whisper I love you
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.
— Jeffrey McDaniel, “The Quiet World” (Forgiveness Parade, Manic D Press, 1998)

Tagged: poetrylove

Source: gammasandgerunds

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