{"id":3568,"date":"2005-01-25T10:43:39","date_gmt":"2005-01-25T14:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/01\/25\/the-hanging-jeans\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:01","slug":"the-hanging-jeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/01\/25\/the-hanging-jeans\/","title":{"rendered":"the hanging jeans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3136'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">nightfall<BR>the shape of his knees<BR>in the hanging jeans <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">glacial stream <BR>shadows of dragonflies <BR>pass over the bridge <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">a puff of fog<BR>floats over the falls<BR>New Year&#x2019;s dawn<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaiku.net\/poetry\/eng\/us\/p.miller.ness.htm\"><FONT color=\"red\">Pamela Miller Ness<\/FONT><\/A> from <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/\">The Heron&#8217;s Nest <\/A>&#8211; a haiku journal<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0311l0073\/thn_issue.h3.html#POEM03\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">nightfall<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8221; Nov. 2001; &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0410m2155\/thn_issue.h2.html#POEM07\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">glacial stream<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8221; Oct. 2002; &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0604a2020\/thn_issue.h4.html#POEM4\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">a puff of fog<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8221; April 2004.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT><SPAN><FONT><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3053\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">:<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT><SPAN><FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">that little grunt<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">dad always makes &#8212;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">putting on my socks<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV>headful<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>of suds<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>the shower turns cold<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<EM><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><EM>[Jan. 25, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><EM><STRONG>one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><IMG height=\"15\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinyRedCheck.gif\" width=\"18\" border=\"0\">&nbsp;Thanks to <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/talkleft.com\/new_archives\/009445.html#009445\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\">TalkLeft<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"black\"> <\/FONT>for pointing to the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.networkforjustice.org\/impact.php?uid=459891797be85351f1047c7de55466fc\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">Network for Justice<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"> campaign to stop the <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">reinstatement&nbsp;of the <EM>death penalty<\/EM> in New York State.&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.networkforjustice.org\/partners\/fka_weblog\">Click here<\/A>, for a quick way to<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">e-mail your State legislators to voice your opposition.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/snowmanGrayF.gif\" alt=\"snowmanGrayF\" \/>&nbsp; Priorities: poetry and groceries this morning; maybe&nbsp;some punditry <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">this afternoon.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>nightfallthe shape of his kneesin the hanging jeans &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; glacial stream shadows of dragonflies pass over the bridge &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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