Themes
Design Flaw
One of those rare bumblebees who agreed with the engineers about not being able to fly
so he mainly sits around & watches the other bees work themselves to death.
Destiny
Destiny? There’s only your time & then there’s not-your-time, he said. All the rest is made up to keep you busy.
Detach with Love
has detached with love so many times that her hair has started to fall out in clumps
Different Place
Thinks about moving to someplace else where everything is different enough to be fun again.
Different Plans
I don’t know how long I can do this, he said. I think the universe has different plans for me & we sat there in silence & I thought to myself that this is the thing we all come to & this is the thing we all fight & if we are lucky enough to lose, our lives become beautiful with mystery again & I sat there silent because that is not something that can be said.
Disappearing
The day he first told me he was starting to disappear I didn’t believe him & so he stopped & held his hand up to the sun & it was like thin paper in the light & finally I said you seem very calm for a man who is disappearing & he said it was a relief after all those years of trying to keep the pieces of his life in one place. Later on, I went to see him again & as I was leaving, he put a package in my hand. This is the last piece of my life, he said, take good care of it & then he smiled & was gone & the room filled with the sound of the wind & when I opened the package there was nothing there & I thought there must be some mistake or maybe I dropped it & I got down on my hands & knees & looked until the light began to fade & then slowly I felt the pieces of my life fall away gently & suddenly I understood what he meant & I lay there for a long time crying & laughing at the same time.
Disappearing Act (aka Magical Thinker)
Can make stuff magically disappear, especially if it’s got a lot of butter & sugar in it
Disclosure
It’s hard to believe anything I say, she told me, because I was there & I have a vested interest in being right.
Delayed Gratification
the real problem with details is there’s so many of them
Delegating Anxiety
good at delegating anxiety so nobody sleeps all that well around here
Den egentlige grunnen
Det er noen ting man gjar fordi de foles riktige & de er kanskje uten mening & de gir deg ingen penger & de kan vaere den egentlige grunnen til at vi er her: for a elske hverandre & spise hverandres mat & si at det smakte godt.
Day Break
liking each other because it’s a beautiful day & it seems like a waste of time to disagree about stuff the other one is refusing to change out of sheer stubbornness
Day Job
This holds all the stuff you haven’t been listening to & when the top comes off, it all starts to talk at once & it makes you glad you have a day job so you can get away for part of the time.
De ti bud
Jeg spurte henne hvorfor hun aldri fortalte oss om De to bud & hun sa at hun aldri hadde vaert flink med tall sa hun elsket alt sa godt hun kunne & jeg husker at jeg tenkte hvem trenger alle disse reglene nar en har en mor som henne
Decisions
This is a bag filled with dreams & recipes for soup & he’s deciding right now which he’s really hungry for.
Deep Hole
This is a pretty deep hole for putting away all the ugly things in the world. For a long time it was empty, but it started filling up really fast the last couple of years.
Deep Roots
When I die, she said, I’m coming back as a tree with deep roots & I’ll wave my leaves at the children every morning on their way to school & whisper tree songs at night in their dreams. Trees with deep roots know about the things children need.
Deepest Desires
Wish for your deepest desires, she said & when I asked if they’d come true, she said they always do, so you might as well get them out in the open while you’re still young enough to correct any serious mistakes.
Deepest Secrets
O no, she said, you can’t say just anything to the wind. Only the deepest secrets will do & also you must not use the letter i.
Dangerous Thoughts
Filled to the brim with dangerous thoughts & no where to put them since she lives in a small town & everybody’s always watching.