January 25, 2008
Speaking of Molly Bloom
(oh were we? Well, actually, yes we were - haven't you been paying attention? Oh wait ... yes - Nightfly was listening!! Yay!) ... and speaking of the famous last passage of Ulysses:
yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes
I was walking in my neighborhood on a chill bright morning and saw a sign in a window and wondered: "Hmmm. Does Molly Bloom live there?"
Ha!
This reminds me of the famous story of John Lennon going to Yoko Ono's art exhibit...
One exhibit you had to climb up a ladder and get all contorted to look through a magnifying glass...
Very tiny, on the ceiling was the word 'Yes'.
Lennon said if it had been any other word he would never have wound up with Ono.
Posted by: Brendan at January 25, 2008 6:07 PMBren - ha!!! That's awesome. If it had been "molecule" or "omelette", history would have been altered!
Posted by: red at January 25, 2008 6:12 PMHe said if it had been anything negative, if it had said 'no' or 'you're an idiot for climbing the ladder' he'd have felt ripped off.
I'm paraphrasing like mad.
Posted by: Brendan at January 25, 2008 6:40 PMSoulmates!
Posted by: red at January 25, 2008 6:43 PMNow I'm confused... Molly Bloom broke up the Beatles?
Posted by: nightfly at January 28, 2008 11:46 AM