Down There

Having gathered, the foam rose.
The lather spilling over, upon the stones:
slippery sheen gleaming; traitorous,
bewitching siren swept almost
silent; bewitching still, but farther down.

Hiatus

It may be no way to start off a year, but it is what it is.

Hiatus. N. \hī-ˈā-təs\ an interruption in time or continuity : break; especially : a period when something (as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted.

Optimism may be the eighth cardinal sin; and if there may be only the Seven then it shall await the Elevation of Pride To pride of place... Wait.

2010 In Passing

It was a good year to be a Muneeb Pasha. There have been and will be better years, and there are no altogether bad years, not yet, no - but 2010 was a good year nonetheless.

TL;DR

"What is this thing called love?

It is nothing reliable,

not like this silk cravat"

      - John Beer, the Waste Land
 
What made 2010 such a good year to follow after the jump:

Pillow Talk

I. Immaculate Misconception

Too many people were hitler this year

so it was unsurprising to hear

from someone, maybe Jon Stewart

(because Jon is one clever J-Streeter),

that Hitler also is hitler.

Through Your Jalousies

I sat atop that hill there, see?

I reached and saw you descend

like that sequin for myself

I peeled off her dress.