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Thursday, August 31, 2006

Oh Paletaman
























Oh Paletaman

August is dying
in sunlight of gold
two million
bat-flight
every eye holds

but not mine
not my eyes

it’s stuck on my tongue
stuck on my mang-
os Paletaman
oh Paletaman


frozen tangles
of frozen mangos
frozen to my skin
Paletaman
oh Paletaman

August is dying
in sunlight of gold
two million
bat-flight
holds every eye

except the girl beside
except the girl beside
me

she’s stuck on my tongue
stuck on my mang-
os Paletaman
oh Paletaman


go down to the river
under the bridge
bring up some water
set me free

Paletaman
oh Paletaman

posted by Matt @ 11:32 PM  

5 Comments:

  • At 8/31/2006 11:52 PM, Blogger Matt said…

    My roomate Shea, his friend, Andrea, and I went to watch the bats.

    See, here in Austin there is a bridge over a lake. (the Congress Street Bridge) Every year over 2 million bats call the underside of the bridge home. Every night around dusk...they fly out to hunt insects.

    Watching the bats fly is pretty amazing!

    A man selling Mexican popcicles (paletas) came down the bridge with his cart o treats. I bummed some change off of Shea to buy a mango popcicle. as you can see from the picture...it got stuck to my tongue.

    note the expression of the woman in the background...

    and don't forget to download the tune...

     

  • At 9/01/2006 1:21 PM, Blogger D.O. said…

    yeah for the bazookee

    boo for misspellings

    mine, not yours.

     

  • At 9/02/2006 11:44 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hey, I'm the girl with the funny toilet pictures. Anyway, just thought I'd drop by and see who left the "anonymous" comment on my site. Welp, you have some interesting entries...definitely nothing I've ever seen before. Okay, well I won't leave this anonymous. Have a good day.

     

  • At 9/06/2006 2:22 PM, Blogger kari said…

    gui lian,
    i am tickled to death but not surprised- you are indeed the same...today, yesterday, and forever. i praise God that he has created you to bring the most unusaul but healthy laughter to the souls of men :) kari

    p.s.- when i heard your song, i called linds immediately and we listened to it together (from NC to Kansas you are famous) :) and i promise- danny will enjoy it too.

     

  • At 9/16/2006 10:20 AM, Blogger Rachel said…

    That's hilarious! I hope it didn't tarnish your affection for the mango paletas.

     

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