January 31, 2008

page 123 tag

Thanks, Cliff.

The Rules:-
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. (No cheating!)
Find Page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
Tag 5 people.
And here is what I found.
I'd worn the same hairstyle since six, when
a phonebook boosted my face onto the mirror,

a few inches off Julio's effort to bend.
Every month he asked me what I wanted

and I said the same thing
my father next in turn for the chair

that had cradled him for thirty years.
At nine I memorized Julio's story

of exile, the whisper of sissors
slicing the air as he paced around me

On Havana nights, he was a tenor.
Barber by day.
And there you have it. Julio, El Barbero by Kevin A. Gonzalez from Crab Orchard Review Vol. 9 No. 2 It's an interesting exercise. Keeping with the sentences rule, we get only one half of the line of poetry at the end. Lovely. Here are my five: Jorge, Megan, Scott, Amy Stewart, Todd

Posted by tripp at January 31, 2008 07:26 AM
Comments

you didn't tag me, but if you did... page 123 is all about the instructions for building the ark of the covenant, from exodus. No, I'm not being particularly holy; it's just happenstance that a Bible happened to be the only book in arm's reach. :-)

Posted by: Cristopher at January 31, 2008 09:57 AM

Posted! And I was enormously tickled by the results.

Posted by: Megan at January 31, 2008 12:47 PM

Posted.

Posted by: Jorge Sanchez at January 31, 2008 02:26 PM

Hey Tripp, I just wanted to remind you to have a happy birthday. I guess I'm a few hours early but I wish all felicitations, blessings, and effective writing concentration for you! Miss you buddy!
Chris O'Brien

Posted by: Chris O'Brien at January 31, 2008 07:16 PM

Tripp, I MEANT to say I'm a few hours late! Whoops!
Best wishes to all you care about
Chris

Posted by: Chris O'Brien at January 31, 2008 07:17 PM

Posted - and like Christopher, happenstance makes me look far more theological than I deserve.

Posted by: Scott at February 1, 2008 08:31 AM

I've posted as well. and looking forward to reading everyone else's soon.

Oh, and Tripp, thank you for your email. It certainly has me thinking.

Posted by: Amy Stewart at February 1, 2008 10:03 AM

Hey, This is great! We never stop talking about that Man. Keep it up. I found you through mybloglog.
God bless you!

Posted by: David Seragih at February 4, 2008 09:38 AM