soul sisters
— Ignatius J. Reilly, A Confederacy of Dunces
John Tottenham (excerpt)
“You sea! I resign myself to you also…. I guess
what you mean,
I behold from the beach your crooked inviting fingers,
I believe you refuse to go back without feeling of me;
We must have a turn together…. I undress
…. hurry me out of sight of the land,
Cushion me soft…. rock me in
billowy drowse,
Dash me with amorous wet…. I can
repay you.
Sea of stretched ground-swells!
Sea breathing broad and convulsive breaths!
Sea of the brine of life! Sea of unshovelled and always-
ready graves!
Howler and scooper of storms! Capricius and dainty
sea!
I am integral with you…. I too am of one phase
and of all phases.
Partaker of influx and efflux…. extroller of hate
and conciliation,
Extroller of amies and those who sleep in each others’
arms.”
Walt Whitman
Les Miserables in emoticons.
Words that look good in helvetica





