One-way street

Deafening... defining. The shore might not be there any more
among seasons of seasickness and reeling waves.

Asian Markets Fall Like Cherry Blossoms In Gentle Spring Rain

Asian Markets Fall Like Cherry Blossoms In Gentle Spring Rain

TOKYO, HONG KONG, SEOUL—"Our worst monthly drop; rate cuts make investors flee—to commodities," Nikkei index vice commissioner Fukako Mishima said in haiku last week.

And yet another masterpiece from The Onion. A genuine poem in prose.

All plots tend to move deathward

“The discussion moved to plots in general. I found myself saying to the assembled heads, “All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots. Political plots, terrorist plots, lovers’ plots, narrative plots, plots that are part of children's games. We edge nearer death every time we plot. It is like a contract that all must sign, the plotters as well as those who are the targets of the plot.” ”

Don DeLillo, White Noise

Grendizer/Goldorak. Giant robot knight shell

After more than twenty years, what I find surprising is the bizarre Americanization of the main character, an aristocrat from a remote (and dead) planet, who passes himself off as a humble horse wrangler (of all things).