A rare moment of sunlight on an otherwise gloomy road trip to Cornwall. I think the weather did improve by the time we got there, but I could be imagining it.
The Devil’s Details: There Is a Lizard That Shoots Blood from its Eyes
The Regal Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma solare) can shoot blood from its eyes. There really isn’t a lot more to say.
“The regal horned lizard is a small, flat lizard about the size of the palm of a man’s hand. Though it has spikes all around its body, the regal horn’s main defense is the ability to squirt blood from its eyes.”
– Wikipedia
Poems: Creating Nothing

Creating Nothing
December 31, 2004
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So long has been the night
Since my descent began
I am losing the memories
Whose few, I treasure
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Eternal hours spent
In replacing creation with reverie
So many times failed
Things I could grasp
Are now beyond belief
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My mind is dying
And what I bring upon myself
Prepares my funeral
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Weakness now, in writing
Proof for my scorn
What I am to be
Becomes a shell of what I was to have
Consciousness fades
And with wide plains behind me
I continue down this canyon
To the bottom of despair
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